We arrived in Peru in August 2012, ready to do great things for the Lord, but we learned that there was so much more to learn not only culturally but also biblically. In 2014 our sending church pastor was studying at RBS and encouraged me to take some classes. That has been one of the best investments that I have made.

The pastor told me once, with little irony, that the most important thing in church planting is “to know what you believe about everything.” This impossible task rang in my ears even as God overcame my stubborn heart to embark on formal theological studies.

I was called on to fill the pulpits of several different churches, many of them from liberal denominations. A few times, while trying to preach the Word as I had seen modeled by Aaron White and trying to put into practice what I had learned from my RBS training, people would leave the middle of my sermon in disgust.

I was delighted when RBS started this new certificate in Reformed Baptist studies, which granted me the platform to study theology whilst balancing my local university studies.

In the past, I have done some street preaching, tract-writing, and Sunday School teaching. These days, I’m involved in a jail ministry, preaching to inmates. I also do some occasional pulpit supply locally and in the Dominican Republic.

Seminary has not merely been an academic exercise for me, but a stabilizing ballast to my soul. I am more equipped to love God with my mind because of this school. The academic challenge and blessing RBS has provided also encouraged me to press on in my studies.