Campus Director and Teaching Director (Sherbrooke)
Jose & Clara Bombiela
Campus Director and Teaching Director
Sherbrooke
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“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19
Jose and Clara’s home countries are Colombia and Venezuela—respectively—and are newlyweds who decided to consecrate their marriage and new family to serving God full-time in the province of Quebec.
Jose holds a Bachelor in Philosophy from the Technological University of Pereira (UTP), Colombia and he has more than 6 years of experience serving as campus director and city representative for student ministries in Colombia and Quebec. Since 2019, Jose has served as full-time missionary for ISMC reaching out international students in Sherbrooke. Jose is passionate about other students getting to know Jesus while they are students as he did, he also enjoys reading and writing about the conciliation between faith and philosophy and is currently working on a new digital strategy for the city to connect international students with the Christian community through the website: www.sherbrookeinternationalstudents.com.
Clara is a lawyer from Venezuela and holds a LL.M. in Human Rights from King’s College London (KLC), United Kingdom. After several years working at the UN in her home country and abroad, Clara was led to put her career aside and dedicate her life to ministry works. She loves connecting with people, especially young women, and uses social media as a platform to help them begin and deepen their relationship with God. Her YouTube Channel La Vida Clara reaches more than 57.000 subscribers with workshops for single women. Clara has a passion for teaching and is currently working on her first book on Christianity and personal relationships.
Both Jose and Clara dream about seeing international students coming to Christ and supporting the nation-wide works of ISMC. They long to use their experiences to minister to students and learn from their cultures.
Jose & Clara Bombiela
jose.bombiela@ismc.ca
clara.bastidas@ismc.ca