Jorge, our Hispanic Ministries Pastor, joined us in July of 2005.  He was born in Ecuador and fulfilled his studies in the Industrial Technical Institute, El Oro, where he graduated as an industrial technician.  He was later accepted to the University of Guayaquil.  He and his wife Nazira have been happily married since 1995 and they have two children, Enoc and Nazirita.  In the first year of their marriage they found the Lord together and since then they have given themselves fully to His service.  In 1997, he was certified as a Missionary Pastor in a church in Machala, Ecuador where he worked as a local minister in the area.  They traveled to Florida in 1999, and they were invited to the city of Bradenton where they decided to stay and live.  Pastor Jorge continues to work towards receiving credentials as an ordained minister of the Church of God.