Juan Carlos Gutierrez Valdivia

Location: Bible Institute

Age: May 22, 1995

Birth Place: Union de San Antonio, Jalisco

I was 11 when I started using drugs and at 12 I joined a gang. After some time I got in trouble and looking for a place to hide I landed in a Christian Rehabilitation Center. I did not know there were Christian rehab centers. It was weird for me to see they spent all the time praising God and talking about God. But I needed to hide so I stayed without paying much attention. They used to send us to pray alone in a room and they would put Christian music to inspire us. It was in one of those times listening to a song by Lily Goodman called “My church” when the lyrics penetrated my brain and heart. I gave my life to Christ at that moment, September 22, 2013 and I have come to the school to be trained and be able to take the good news to drug addicts and gang members and everybody God puts in my path. 

During 7 years I was preaching in jails, rehab centers, churches and public spaces. Sharing what God has given me for his Glory. I want to be God’s servant but for 5 years I had been fighting the idea to become a pastor. However, now it is my desire to be a pastor and I trust that God will use my life in whatever way he desires. 

God bless you!