In my early teens, God began to give me a fresh desire to study His word and serve His people. So at sixteen I began to lead the youth ministry at a new church plant in Valencia, Venezuela. God used that time to confirm his calling in my life for full-time ministry. After going to Bible College in the U.S., I went down to Peru to be mentored for ministry by veteran missionary Austin Gardner. While in Peru, I met my wife and we were married in 2006.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” bg_color=”#efe1de” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”8%” bottom_padding=”8%” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”5/12″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-bottom” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”FAVIANA” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:rgba(0%2C0%2C0%2C0.75)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”none”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-bottom” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”50″][vc_column_text]I was born in Arequipa, Peru into a non-Christian family. When I was six, several of my family members started going to a local Baptist church that had been started by an American missionary. After attending that church for three months one of my aunts took me aside and shared the gospel clearly with me. She showed me that it was only by the grace of God through faith in the finished work of Christ that I could be saved.
From a young age I was able to make several mission trips to different parts of Peru. God used one of those trips to impress upon my heart the need to share the gospel with those that have never heard. I am on the mission field today because a missionary truly cared about the glory of God among the nations. I thank God because He gave me a godly husband and four wonderful children.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/12″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][image_with_animation image_url=”128″ alignment=”” animation=”Grow In” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”large_depth” max_width=”100%”][/vc_column][/vc_row]