Goubert Believes Ministry Happens Everywhere “God, why is my life so bad?”
fore ninth grade, when someone close to him attempted suicide.
It was one of the first prayers Will Goubert (’18) ever prayed. And it was an honest question.
Goubert was born in Brazil to one of his father’s many families; his father had left all the others. After their move to Easley, SC, Goubert’s father started abusing both his mother and sister. Te last day Goubert ever saw him was in second grade, when police were taking him away.
Betrayal, brokenness, resentment, addiction, loneliness: these weren’t strangers to Goubert’s family when he was growing up. But really, the last straw for him was in the summer be-
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NGU.EDU Tat was when Goubert finally prayed.
“I knew there was a God. I just didn’t want anything to do with Him. But I remember that day, calling out to God,” Goubert says. “Tat’s when He really began to break into my story.”
Later that summer, one of Goubert’s friends from school, Kaleb Griggs (’18), invited him to camp with his church, Brushy Creek Baptist. Gou- bert was more than happy to say “yes,” since camp meant getting away from home for a week at the beach.
During one of the camp services,
Goubert remembers realizing for the first time that he was a sinful person, but that God loved him. He’d heard bits and pieces of the gospel before, but this time, he truly understood it.
Tat night, he became a Christian — the first Christian in his entire family.
“Christ saved me,” Goubert remem- bers. “He made me into a new cre- ation.”
Life back at home didn’t get better overnight, but one of the first areas of his life the Lord began to change was Goubert’s “hatred and bitterness towards family.” He would pray when he started to feel angry. He told them about his faith and invited them to
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