Laplante
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Gisèle Laplante |
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Biographical Information: Gisele was ninth in a family of thirteen children. From her early years she was preoccupied with seeing justice done. In 1978, she was touched by the movie: “On the road to Armageddon” realizing through it just how unjust she had been to those around her. Gisele became very discouraged as she realized how sinful she was. As the speaker explained the remedy to the problem after the movie was over, her eyes, ears and heart were opened as she realized that Jesus had died for her sins and that He had risen from the dead. She accepted Jesus into my heart on March 12th, 1978 at Sherbrooke College. The next Sunday Gisèle began to attend Sherbrooke Evangelical Baptist Church where she was baptized two months later and served there as a member until 1985. She then joined a group starting a new church in the center of the city of Sherbrooke. In 1997, while studying in Montreal Gisèle joined Rosemont Evangelical Baptist Church. This was where God blessed her by giving her the desire and vigor for serving him that led her to be willing to go overseas. Her interest in missions started when she was in primary school. After having heard someone present the needs in Africa, she wanted to go there right away. After she accepted the Lord Jesus the presentations continued to touch her but she always found reasons to put off her decision. In 2005, Mr. Joel Chiron, a missionary in Bulgaria, came to present the great need of this country. Once again Gisèle’s heart was touched but when he came back in 2006, she stopped resisting God’s call. From that moment on, her relationship with God deepened tremendously. Gisèle had the opportunity to do a three month short term in Bulgaria and in September 2008 was accepted for career service in Bulgaria with International Ministries. She is currently completely language studies, doing evangelism and satisfying her desire for justice by helping to met the physical needs of Bulgarian in one of Europe’s poorest countries.
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