Focus

Brau and Chichio have a calling to serve God full time among the least reached in a Turkish Muslim context. They got married in 2021 and in February 2025 their daughter Nuray (Turkish name) was born. Since December 2025 they are living in the Turkic country Azerbaijan; there they are having their immersion process with a launch team, then joining a long-term team in Türkiye to focus on discipleship and local indigenous church planting.

It is their conviction to serve long-term among the least reached, to be able to share Jesus, and thus to respond with a “here am I” to the passage in Romans 10:14: “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without someone preaching to them?

Journey

Brau received Jesus as his Savior and Lord at the age of 11. From his teenage years he served God in his local church as a teacher of children and in teenage meetings. In his later years he served in preaching. He studied Marketing and Graphic Design, skills he uses in ministry.

Chichio was born in a Christian home and received Jesus at the age of 10. She served as a children’s teacher and in ladies’ meetings at her church; she was also active in local missionary work. She studied special education and speech pathology, worked for many years with children with disabilities at a local clinic, and has served with her career in medical campaigns.

Brau and Chichio met during their teenage years at a fellowship in their local churches, and over the years developed a friendship. While single, God moved their hearts toward cross-cultural missions, so they participated in courses such as Kairos and Perspectives, and received specialized training in the Muslim bloc through the Discovering the World of Islam course, among others.

From 2009 until the end of 2025, both served in mission mobilization in Peru as lead facilitators of the Kairos and other Simply Mobilizing courses. Brau was also serving as a member of the country’s National Coordinating Team in this organization while there.

In 2018, Chichio took an exploratory trip to North Africa, which God used to confirm his calling to serve in the Muslim world.

They married in 2021 and moved to a province in their country with the objective of continuing training for their departure to the mission field and studying at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Arequipa.

In Peru, they also had the opportunity to establish close friendships with Turkish Muslim families, sharing the Gospel with them and talking about Jesus on several occasions; they even initiated a Bible study with them so that they would be exposed to the Bible.

In 2024, together they took an exploratory trip to two Turkic countries, where they were able to investigate visa options and meet the team they are now a part of.

Currently, they are serving in Azerbaijan, a Muslim country, where they are learning the language while having opportunities to interact with the locals and share about Christ. And in the medium term they will be joining a church planting team in one of the Turkic countries, where they will be focusing on evangelism and discipleship.