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My name is
Robb Pierce. I'm 26 as of July, 2008 and I feel God
has called me to be a missionary. Currently, my involement
in missions is short term. I pray that some day I will
be involved in full time missions overseas, but for
now, its being a missionary right here in the USA, and
also short term trips to other countries, primarily
Mexico. I'm learning much Spanish rapidly, to help with
my ministry in Mexico.
I
am often asked what the name Nexxto is, or where it
came from. This is a nickname I earned in Costa Rica
2004. On one of the first days there, as a team leader
trying to learn Spanish, I did the American thing trying
to talk in Spanish. We had done some work at one of
the missionaries homes in Costa Rica setting up some
computers, and we wanted to take some photos with them,
our whole team had their cameras ready. We asked our
driver to photo us. He kept using the same camera, and
we were trying to motion to him to use other cameras,
we dont need 16 of the same photos on one camera. We
tried everything, and I thought of how to say next in
Spanish, and did the typical American thing by putting
an "o" at the end of it. Everyone, including
the driver laughed at me. Most of the team, thought
it was one of the funniest things ever, and in a state
of humility, nicknamed me Nexxto. I told them that if
they were gonna use that name, that they might as well
spell it uniquely with the 2 x's. I had hoped the name
would die after the trip. One year later, back to Costa
Rica in 2005, I arrive and one of the first things I
hear is someone yelling across the hotel, NEXXXXXXXTOOOOOOO!!!
In my mind, I thought, oh no, I thought that was forgotten,
but it wasn't, and it became even more popular than
ever. Many who'd never heard the story began calling
me Nexxto. It even followed me home, and so I've accepted
the name and chose to use it as the name of my ministry.
It reminds me of how much help I need from the Lord,
and humbles me. Nexxto lives on!!!
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