Mother’s Day in October

We have enjoyed the short time we have had in the States, we dropped off our oldest daughter at college, we have been able to spend time with family and friends, we have been able to be a part of our home church, and we have even been able to be in a few of our supporting churches! The ministry in Argentina is growing in our absence. We will be returning to Argentina at the beginning of next month, and we look forward to jumping right back into the ministry!

Faith Baptist Church had their annual family conference. Pastor Matías preached the conference, this is a big event in the church, and is concluded with “Family Photo Day”, where each family will have a professional style photo taken to commemorate the day! At Hope Baptist Church, it is exciting to hear how the church is growing in our absence! Brian has done a great job leading the church and we are grateful for how the Lord is using him! Recently, one of the young men who has attended the church almost since the beginning, was recently saved! We are rejoicing with them!

This month we will celebrate Mother’s Day, this is a great opportunity to share the Gospel with family and friends who normally don’t attend church, please pray for this special day and the other special events this month in both churches!

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the Mother’s Day services.
• Pray for Matías y Brian as they guide the churches.
• Pray for those recently saved.

From the Family Festival to the Family Conference

We have been stateside for the past month and will be for the next two months. While we are here, the ministry in Argentina continues to progress. Last month both Faith and Hope Baptist Churches celebrated “Kid’s Day” with a special Family Festival. Both churches had visitors, people heard the Gospel clearly presented, some of them for the very first time, and members and faithful attendees of both churches came together to make these events a success! Please pray for those who were in attendance at these special festivals. At Hope, we had a young lady, Zaira, saved who was brought by her sister Morena, we also were able to begin discipleship with two other regular attendees. This is an important step because the two people I started discipling have started to disciple others! At Faith, Gabriel, a man who was saved in prison was recently released and has started attending. He led one of our faithful members to Christ while they both were in prison together. Gabriel moved from the other side of the city to be able to be a part of a local church with sound doctrine. He is excited to be able to attend church for the first time, begin discipleship and serve. 

This month Faith will have their annual Family Conference. Please pray for this conference and Pastor Matías has he continues to guide the church. Brian is also doing a great job leading Hope, please continue to pray for both of these ministries!

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Matías y Brian as they guide the churches. 
• Pray for those recently saved. 
• Pray for the discipleship ministries.

Kid’s Day and Family Festivals

We arrived back in the States in late July, and we will be here for the next three months, but in our absence, the ministry continues to move forward…

This month has a special day, Kid’s Day (it is an actual celebrated day like Father’s Day and Mother’s Day). Each church has something special planned for this special day, on the Saturday before Kid’s Day, Hope Baptist Church will have a Family Festival with inflatables, games, and a special Gospel presentation, and on Sunday they will have a special morning service for the kids. At Faith Baptist Church, Sunday will start with a special service and in the afternoon they have their special Family Festival, which will also have different games, inflatables, and Gospel presentation. Both churches are hard at work, Pastor Matías is leading Faith Baptist Church and Brian is working with Hope Baptist Church, both men are prepared and I am excited to see how the Lord uses each of them and each church as they advance the Gospel!

We will be taking Lily, our oldest daughter, to college later this month. Please pray for Faith and Hope Baptist Churches, Pastor Matías and Brian as they lead the churches, and for our family with this new chapter. God is so good to us!

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the Kid’s Day at Faith and Hope Baptist Churches.
• Pray for Pastor Matías and Brian as they lead the churches.
• Pray for our family as we drop off Lily to begin college.

Developing Leaders and Family Changes

Hope Baptist Church celebrated their second anniversary last month and we had a tremendous day with record attendance! It was great to see how the Lord is blessing in this new church plant and we are thankful to have a part in it! 

Faith Baptist Church will have their annual missions conference this month and I will have the privilege to preach one of the services! They will have a church planter in La Plata (a city one hour away from Lanús) who will be preaching as well. Pray with us for the missions conference.

We are blessed to have four daughters, our oldest daughter, Lily, recently graduated high school, and we will be returning to the States to take her to college. Lily loves Jesus, loves life, and is a very wise young woman, please pray for her (and for us) in this new stage of life. We will be in the States for three months, Pastor Matías will continue to lead Faith Baptist Church and Brian will be guiding the ministry at Hope Baptist Church in our absence. We have been preparing these men for this time, and I believe that they will serve the Lord faithfully in this capacity. Please pray for Lily, our family, and the ministry over the next few months.

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the ministry during our short time in the States.
• Pray for Lily as she begins this new stage of life.
• Pray for Matías and Brian as they lead the churches.