The Christmas Season Begins the Summer Season

Se had our first-ever mission conference at Hope Baptist Church, and it was a wonderful success! We held a Saturday night service that began with an “international snack” and a Sunday morning service that ended with an international lunch. We preached and taught on missions, how to be a missionary church, and the church’s next goal: to start supporting her first missionary in January 2026! The church was decorated with flags from around the world, posters about the needs in specific countries, and inspiring stories of missionaries from the past. I was so encouraged by how the church responded to the mission conference. Another blessing was that I preached at the Saturday night service of the Faith Baptist Church mission conference the very next week. We also had a combined couples fellowship between Faith and Hope Baptist Church, which was encouraging for everyone.

We are now entering the Christmas season, which is quite different from our American Christmas season because it is also the beginning of summer. At Hope Baptist Church, we plan to do something we have never done before: a Christmas play during our special Christmas service. This will surely be the highlight of our month at the church. Faith Baptist Church will also have a special Christmas choir for their Christmas service. Please pray for both churches.

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the Christmas Services at both churches. 
• Pray that both churches finish the year right and begin 2026 for the Lord!
• Pray for the evangelism and discipleship ministries in both churches.

The Church’s First Mission Conference

October was a very busy month with our Mother’s Day Service, a special Pastor’s Fellowship, a Ladies Conference that had Leslie as a keynote speaker, a young man name Leo put his faith in Jesus as Savior, and we had several visitors at Hope Baptist Church! Our Bible Classes in both churches are going strong and is a highlight of the week for many who attend! 

Hope Baptist Church will have her first ever mission conference. This is something brand new for the believers there, and we will be presenting the importance of being a church with a world evangelism focus. The church will start supporting a missionary in the coming weeks! This is a big step for the church and something that the members have never done before. During the conference we will be teaching on the need and also how the church can be a part of meeting that need. Please pray for Hope Baptist Church. Faith Baptist Church will also have their annual mission conference this month, they already faithfully support two missionaries, and Pastor Matías has a great desire to support more! 

The ministry is growing, people are receiving Jesus as Savior, Christians are growing, and the devil is attacking, but we know that Jesus has already won the battle! 

Serving Together, 

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the first ever mission conference at Hope Baptist Church. 
• Pray for the annual Mission Conference at Fatih Baptist Church. 
• Pray for the evangelism and discipleship ministries in both churches.  

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.