ALUMNI TESTIMONY Featuring José Martínez
In His goodness, God saved me in my adolescence by showing me the futility of a complacent life. He then put in me a desire to know Him better, and He allowed me to study at the Word of Grace Bible Seminary, a training center through The Master’s Academy International in Mexico City. I studied there for six years under the instruction of Luis Contreras, a Grace Community Church missionary. Under his instruction, as I benefited from his teaching as well as the opportunity to see his life consecrated to God, my desire to study at TMS became unwavering. God allowed me to graduate from Grace Bible Seminary in 2006. I left desiring to pursue a master’s degree at TMS and then return as a missionary to my country. However, God’s plans were different.
In my plans, God was going to open opportunities for me to travel right away to California to study under great men of the faith—Trevor Craigen, Keith Essex, Robert Thomas, William Barrick, and Michael Grisanti. But due to economic circumstances and a language barrier, my desire to receive TMS training had to be postponed for more than a decade. But in this waiting time, God taught me the most important thing is not to possess gifts or to have a public ministry. The most important thing is to be faithful. Regardless of whether I received theological training at TMS or not, God showed me to be faithful to Him wherever He calls me to serve. Because of this, once I did arrive at TMS, I came with a proper perspective. By God’s grace, I was granted the most loving wife
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