Luis David Toribio

My Testimony:
My parents were idolaters and supporters of feasts for idols in several areas of Northern Peru.  On 2003, students from Baptist Seminary of Peru arrived to my town, Viru; one of them invited me to the new borning church several times, but I only went few times.
One day, at home, I felt my heart was empty, I remembered the gospel so many times shared to me.  So I went to the small church and knocked the door; that student called Jose Churata open de door, and I said to him: I want to receive Jesus.  He explained again the gospel to me, and I asked forgiveness from God and received Jesus in my heart.  It was a Sunday, on October 19, 2003.  John 3:16.

My Vision For The Ministry In Puerto Maldonado:

On December, 2007, my church, Bethel Baptist, sent me to Puerto Maldonado to spend two months there.  Puerto Maldonado is the capital city of a rain forest departament called Madre de Dios (Mother of God).  Puerto Maldonado is close to Brazil and Bolivia, there are high level of commerce (legal and ilegal), a lot of natural resources that produce money, but a lot of corruption and sin that keep the city in poverty.
Madre de Dios has 109,000 inhabitants, (14 year ago they were only 67,000 inhabitants).  In the jungle there are several tribes, but I want to work in the capital city to establish the first Baptist Church (currently there are less than 10 believers that can be the core for the new church.

So my vision is:

1. To strength the core of believers teaching them at public meetings and at homes.
2. To disciple them with a vision for national and international missions.
3. To evangelize all the city of Puerto Maldonado; working for areas.
4. To disciple the new believers.
5. To propagate the gospel to the tribes; I want the new church to seek opportunities to establish churches in the jungle areas.
6. After training leaders to lead the new church (I think about 5 years), I want to work in other place where God would lead me.