Focus
Brau and Chichio feel called to serve God full-time among the least reached in a Turkish Muslim context. Understanding that God had called them to serve Him together, they married in 2021. God has moved their hearts toward Turkey because it currently has the lowest percentage of Christians in the world, meaning that most Turks have never met a Christian or heard the Gospel.
In February 2025, Nuray, their first daughter, was born. Together as a family, they will begin an immersion in a Turkic country at the end of 2025, then join a long-term team in Türkiye to focus on discipleship and planting local indigenous churches.
It is their conviction to serve in the long term among the least reached, to be able to share about Jesus, and thus 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 on, he served God in his local church as a teacher of children and in teenage meetings. In his later years, he participated in preaching and worship. 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 in her church; she was also active in local missionary work. She studied special education and speech therapy, works 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.
Since 2009, they have both served as mobilizers through the courses of Simply Mobilizing, a mission mobilization organization. Currently, both are lead facilitators, and Brau is a member of the Peru National Coordinating Team.
In 2018, Chichio was able to take an exploratory trip to North Africa, which God used to confirm his call to serve in the Muslim world.
They were married in 2021 and moved to a province in their country to continue training for their departure to the mission field and are currently students at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Arequipa.
In their work with Turkish Muslim families from Peru, they have formed friendships, shared the gospel with them, talked about Jesus, and started a Bible study with them.
In 2024, together they took an exploratory trip to two Turkic countries, where they were able to investigate visa options and meet the missionary team they will be joining.
Currently, with their newborn daughter Nuray, they are working on completing the monthly budget to join the long-term team in Türkiye.
