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Birthplace: My name is Wilbert Quispe Cari. My parents are Mateo Quispe Cordova and Matil de Florentina Cari de Quispe. I have six siblings: Justina (28), Nacy (26), Rosalia (20), Maria del Carmen (18), and Maria del Pilar (18). I was born on June 16th, 1983 in the district of Azangaro, in the providence of Puno, in the department of Puno-Peru.
How I Came to Know Christ: my family has always been Catholic, yet rarely did we attend mass. One of my sisters became an Advent for a while, but returned to the Catholic faith. The youngest became a Pentecostal and I am not sure if she is saved. I lost my father at the age of two, and my mother supported us by selling vegetables and would leave us alone at our house, so we grew up by ourselves. We suffered the consequences of raising ourselves. Our oldest sister had a child at the age of 15, and my other sister at 19. At the age of 18, I came to live in Arequipa and met a girl that worked in the judicial system, and because of her I began to go to church. One of those times a man in the church spoke to me about the love of Christ. I rejected the Gospel on three different occasions. As I learned about this new way of living I tried to change my bad habits of drinking and smoking.
How Christ has changed my Life: On November of 2002, my brother invited me to a church service one evening. On a Sunday night I went, and asked Christ to come into my heart and save me, after listening to the message. I felt an incredible peace and the experience of having the presence of God in my life. When my family found out, they wanted nothing to do with me, and said that I was involved in a satanic sect. My sister invited me to the Adventist Church . When I went back to Arequipa I decided to enroll in Bible College , but my family was opposed to that and wanted me to continue where I had been studying. However I wanted to change and God was working in my life little by little. My love for God made my decision to go to Bible College .
My Calling into the Ministry: My life was changing and I was glad. I wanted to be a good and faithful servant of God. However I did not want to commit my self in anyway, much less make a commitment to be in the ministry. Then at a conference at my church my pastor preached on the call of God on people's lives, and the message was directed at me. I could not resist the call of God on my life. So I went to talk to my Pastor, and it was then that I made the decision, that I wanted to be a Pastor. |
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