Mother’s Day in October

We enjoyed a wonderful month of blessings in the ministry in September with a few “first-time” events in both churches. Faith Baptist Church had their first deacon’s meeting, the church now has two deacons who are eager to serve their church family. Hope Baptist Church had an exciting event, “Family Photo Day” with new visitors who were able to hear the Gospel. We were also able to see the discipleship ministries in both churches continue to grow. This month, three ladies will complete the discipleship program at Faith. We hope to start a new one-on-one discipleship meeting at Hope with a lady who has recently completed the discipleship program and will be teaching a young lady in the church! Both churches also began their Bible Classes last month, we are excited for our men’s and ladies’ classes! We were able to survey the country of Paraguay with the Prater family, who will be completing their language school and cultural acquisition period with us at the beginning of next year. 

The main event this month will be Mother’s Day. This is an opportunity to invite others to the churches who normally would not attend. We will begin the day with a special breakfast, “Medialunas con Mamá”. We are praying that the Lord use His Word to work in the hearts of all who will be present. Thank you for praying for the ministry, God is at work and we are pressing forward. 

Serving Together, 

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, Ivy, and Isla Henry

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the Bible Classes in both churches.   

• Pray for the evangelistic and discipleship programs of Faith and Hope Baptist Churches. 

• Pray for the Mother’s Day services in both churches. 

An Exciting Kid’s Festival and Kid’s Day

At Hope Baptist Church, we had our Kid’s Festival and Kid’s Day Service in August,
and both were a great blessing. We had a great number of families participate in the
Kid’s Festival, Pastor Brian (preached a clear presentation of the Gospel, we believe
we had many who heard the Gospel for the first time! The following day we had our
Kid’s Day Service and we had several first time visitors present.

We have several special events going on this month. At Hope Baptist Church we will
have our Family Photo Day, this has been a tremendous day at Fatih Baptist Church
and believe the Lord will bless it at Hope as well. We will also begin our 13 week
Bible Classes this month, with two classes (a Ladies Class and a Mens Class).
These classes are a chance for the men and women of the church to use their
spiritual gifts by teaching one of the classes.

Leslie and I will be accompanying missionaries Robbie and Lauren Prater on their
survey trip to Paraguay. The Praters have been with us now for 1 1/2 years, they
have completed language school and cultural acquisition, and with the Lord’s
blessing will be starting a church in Asunción, Paraguay next year. Please pray for
the specific events going on in the ministries of Faith and Hope Baptist Church as
well as the future ministry of the Prater family.

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, Ivy, and Isla Henry

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the Bible Classes at Faith and Hope Baptist Church.
• Pray for the Family Photo Day at Hope Baptist Church.
• Pray for the survey trip with the Prater Family.

Salvation and Service

We are so blessed to serve our King! July was a month of activities, and we saw fruit from our efforts. We completed the English Classes, and although no one has yet been saved, the Gospel was presented clearly multiple times. We know God is not bound by time, and He will continue to work in the hearts of those who heard His Word. We had our Friend Day service, which was also in-line with the English Class graduation service. Missionary Robbie Prater preached a very clear presentation of the Gospel, we had a number of visitors that morning and I believe many heard the Gospel presented clearly for the first time. We also had a young lady named Juana, who has attended the services for over a year, she put her faith in Jesus for salvation! She has been faithfully taught by the ladies in Bible Classes and in other settings as well as in the services of the church. We sat down with her last month and shared the Gospel in great detail, but she did not want to believe, we have been praying and God answered our prayers, she came to me and asked if we could speak, we took her aside, after hearing the Gospel again, she believed on Jesus with tears in her eyes!! What a loving God we have!

We will have a Kid’s Festival this month and a special kids service on “Kid’s Day”. Please be praying for all the things going on in the ministry that God has given us!

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, Ivy, and Isla Henry

Prayer Requests

• Pray for our evangelism and discipleship programs. 
• Pray for Juana as she begins her new life in Christ.
• Pray for the Kid’s Festival and “Kid’s Day” service.

Our Upcoming Friend Day

June was an incredible month with special days at both churches, but the highlight was the 3rd anniversary of Hope Baptist Church, it was an exciting service and the Lord worked in the hearts of those who attended. We also celebrated Father’s Day with our first “Pancakes with Dad” breakfast before the service. It also was a special service and something we plan on doing each year. We have also continued the English Classes as an evangelistic outreach and we have had people visit the church because of the classes! Missionary Robbie Prater has done a great job with the classes and we hope to see people saved as a result this month! We had our men’s fellowship meeting and our pastor’s fellowship meeting as well in June. Pastor Matías and I both preached in the pastor’s fellowship and I believe it was a blessing to all who attended!

Friend Day is our special event this month at Hope Baptist Church. This will be an opportunity to invite friends and family to a special service (Friend Day is an actual celebrated day in Argentina). Thank you for praying for the ministry in Argentina.

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, Ivy, and Isla Henry

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the English Classes.
• Pray for our discipleship ministries.
• Pray for Friend Dayat Hope Baptist Church.
• Pray for Faith and Hope Baptist Churches.