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Recently, the Mexico Missionary Fellowship bid farewell to friend and co-worker Nick Pino. In the following article, we commemorate the life and work of this faithful servant of Christ.

Nick was born in Italy, and spent childhood years in Argentina. In his early teens, he began to run with the wrong group and began to drink at 13, causing his parents problems. A pastor’s wife intervened, and sent him to a Christian summer camp where he met Jesus. A little later in a missions rally, God called him to be a missionary.

At age 17, Nick and his family moved to the United States where he met Naomi Ruth Taylor at Zion Bible Institute, and they eventually married and went into pastoral ministry. Nick went to Chile with a youth witnessing team in 1974, and his heart was captured. Nick and Ruth Pino, and their three sons, were appointed in July 1975 to go to Chile.

They engaged in evangelism. Impact “76” saw many miracles in the six targeted cities, with up to 2500 people attending nightly. Ruth was active in the Chilean Women’s Missionary Council. In 1977, they added church planting to their job description.

In 1980-81, Nick helped oversee the building of the new Bible school in downtown Santiago which he directed. He used students to plant a church in Linares, and La Reina. He also became associated with international television evangelism. They felt called to plant 10 new churches in 1984-1986, working with John and Glenda Harris. In their last 5 years in Chile, they planted 30 churches.

In 1991 they transferred to Mexico, where these two families soon had planted 30 new churches and an additional four in Chile. Ruth began nurses training, eventually earning her degree. The late 90’s found them engaged in large evangelistic crusades and women’s conferences, with many coming to Christ. They also continued with church planting. During recent years, Nick and Ruth continued to minister in campaigns, conferences, and church planting projects.

Over the last few years, they had suffered a number of serious health issues, but soldiered on, Nick finally succumbing on November 13th. Only eternity will reveal the extent of the influence of their ministry.