Missionary Highlight- Don & Carol Pickel

How did you feel God’s invitation to consider missions? 

In a Mission’s conference in my home church at the age of 14 , 2 months’ after I was saved, God very clearly spoke to my heart to surrender my life for foreign missions. It was a very clear call from the preaching of His Word & the convicting of God’s Spirit.

How did you take steps to faithfully explore the possibility of missions? Following grad from high school, I attended New Brunswick Bible Institute where I received a thorough Bible & Mission’s education along with spiritual growth.  Years of further education followed along with finding a Godly wife who also had definitely felt God’s call to foreign missions.

How can we pray for you? Right for the present , I am hindered from doing very much since I cannot drive, travel, or speak in churches due to severe cataracts in both eyes. I have been waiting for the surgeries on both eyes since Jan. of 2022. Please pray for soon & successful surgeries. We are in faith setting up speaking engagements for Sept. of this year, hoping that both eyes will be done by then.

Any additional updates you would like to share? My wife, Carol, and I are looking forward to getting back into donor relations concerning the Cuba field with ASSIST.