Julio was born in Guasave, Mexico. Julio’s father was a private pilot but also loved to play guitar and sing. Julio was about 18 months old when his father died in an airplane crash leaving in him the love for music. Julio always loved to sing. His aunt gave him a guitar when he was 7 years old, but he didn’t learn how to play it until he was in Middle School in his hometown. At the age of 15 he moved to Guadalajara, where his father’s relatives lived, to continue his education. Little did he know that Guadalajara would not only be a place for Julio’s education but also where he would meet his Savior Jesus Christ. At the age of 20 he felt God’s calling to the ministry at about the same time he met Carla, who 2 years later he married. Eight months after their wedding they went together to Word of Life Bible Institute in Argentina, where they not only had the opportunity of going deeper into the Word of God but they also experienced what a mission field was by spreading the Good News of salvation through multiple music concerts and evangelistic campaigns in many cities of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Julio discovered God had given him not only the talent of singing but also the gift of evangelism. During the 3 years they spent in Argentina, Julio and his wife were part of evangelistic efforts that brought literally thousands of souls to the feet of Jesus. At the end of 2002 God brought this couple to the USA “We thought we were just coming for 3 months” Julio always says. Of course, God had more than just 3 months prepared for Julio and his family in America. Julio was ordained as a minister to the Gospel in 2003 in a church where he served 2 years as a youth pastor. Around the same time, he was invited to serve as a staff member at Second Mile Mission Center, where God used him to spread the Gospel to thousands of families. Pretty soon he was promoted to be the Director of the evangelistic team of the mission. Julio’s comment about serving at the mission is “I can’t remember a day at the mission that I didn’t see a person praying to receive Jesus in their heart”. He sang and shared the Gospel at almost every event in which he participated. In 2005, Sugar Creek Baptist Church invited Julio to take a part time position as a Worship Leader. He accepted that offer to serve by leading others to do what he does just naturally every day, singing and praising God. In the summer of 2007 he took part in several evangelistic concerts in Merida Mexico, where hundreds of people received the Lord. Julio did what he loves to do, singing and spreading the Good News of Salvation. Also in 2007, he accepted a full time position at Sugar Creek Baptist Church, now leading 3 worship services almost every week (two in English and one in Spanish), serving as the worship pastor of the Spanish congregation, and working in the planning and developing of all 4 Worship Services at Sugar Creek in conjunction with the other Worship and Creative Arts staff members. Julio has been married since 1999 to Carla. They have 2 boys (5 and 3 years old) and a baby girl (1 year old). Julio’s dream has become reality, taking Jesus to many places locally, nationally and internationally, in both English and Spanish.