Joel & Gaby
In December 1998, I left the world and began my walk with YHVH and just a short time after I began to feel a call to missions.
I was three years into college at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and decided to go ahead and finish. My last year of college I met a good friend, and we began to seek the Eternal Father together. Little did we know what He had up His sleeve!! I was volunteer with Voice of the Martyrs sharing about the persecuted church during this time also.
After six months of rigorous prayer, House of Prayer Ministries was birthed. We were looking for a move of YHVH where people would not just come to an edifice and sit in the pews but take what they learned and apply it in their daily lives.
After working with this ministry for two years, I was able to move to Costa Rica and move into another aspect of ministry. Crucified Life Ministries began in August of 2004. I was not in Costa Rica very long before I had the opportunity to go into south Nicaragua. I was shocked with what I saw.
Nicaragua is about fifty to eighty years behind the United States. I asked Elohim to burn Central America in my heart and permit me to bring the truth to the people living here.
Since then, YHVH has been faithful and new doors are opening for ministry. We don’t work exclusively in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. We also work in almost all of Central America including Honduras and Guatemala. I have also worked in Jamaica, Vietnam, and New York.
In January 2005, there were some new additions to the ministry, my wife Gaby, daughter Abby, and in 2006 my son Jachin Tobiah and Kyla Hadassah which was born July 2010. They have been a true blessing to me. My wife heads up administration as well as the clothing and orphanage ministry we are a part of and also travels with me when she has the opportunity.
In August 2007, the ministry took another turn as we began discovering our Hebraic Roots and studying the Scriptures from a Hebraic perspective. I would have to say this has really been one of the most interesting times in my life because it has really increased not only my relationship with YHVH but with my family also. All praise, glory and honor goes to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Over the last four years we have been sharing the message of restoration with our brother Judah who is all over Costa Rica as well as the whosoevers. Our purpose in life is not to preach a good message but to live our lives in obedience to scripture in order to bring glory to the Creator of the Universe and cause those who are around us to inquire about our Father YHVH and His Son Y’shua. I am thankful that Father is restoring not only my family and me on a daily basis to His truth the Torah but other brothers and sisters throughout Costa Rica as well.
