Independence Day, A New Baby, and Our Upcoming Kid’s Day

We celebrated Argentina’s Independence Day on July 09, and we did it in style with an Old Fashion Sunday service! We had special music, old fashion dress, and a message from our special guest preacher! We also enjoyed a fellowship afterwards with all types old fashion foods! It was exciting to see the men dressed up as gauchos (Argentine cowboys) and the women dressed up as paisanas (women from the country). We are already starting to plan it for next year. We also had a baby born in the church, Diego and Xoana had Mateo just a few weeks ago, mom and baby are doing well! It is exciting to see this new couple living for God and we are praying for little Mateo, that he grows in this new Christian home!

This month we will be celebrating “Kid’s Day” (an actual day that is celebrated in Argentina). We will have a kid’s festival on Saturday and a special Sunday service for the kids on Sunday. Please be praying for these special events, they are great opportunities to preach the Gospel to many who do not normally attend church!

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Kid’s Day and Kid’s Festival.

• Pray for the Bible College.

• Pray for Mateo, Xoana, and Diego.

• Pray for the seminary students as they continue their studies.

This weekend I am I preaching at the youth conference at Berea Baptist Church in Beriso, the first service was last night. We had three people ask for prayer about their salvation, although no one trusted in Christ as Savior, I do believe the Lord is working in hearts. It is an honor to be able to have a small part in the conference. The Lord is using Pastor Hernan and the church in their community. It is exciting to see how the church is growing and the young people who are involved in the ministry! Please pray for the conference, it will continue today and end tomorrow night.

Our first “Tradition Day” was an incredible success! We had a number of people who came dressed up as “gauchos” and “paisanas”. We had a group come in who sang special traditional Christian Music (almost like the Argentine version of “bluegrass”), and Pastor Hugo preached a stirring message. Afterwords, we enjoyed a special fellowship with traditional Argentine food! We were all grateful to share this time with brothers and sisters in the church.

We had our midweek service last night with four first time visitors. We preached the Gospel both in the service and one on one with them, and although no one was saved, they each told us that they would visit us again. We are praying for their salvation!

Although we have no special events this weekend, we are looking forward to serving the Lord, preaching His Word, and seeing how God uses the young men who will each take a part in the services. Thank you for praying for us.

We enjoyed having our Pastor, his wife, and a group down from our home church! We were able to spend time together throughout the past 10 days. Pastor preached in multiple services as well as took time to counsel me in the ministry. The church was encouraged by Pastor Lawrence and the church group! We spent the last few days with them visiting the Iguazú Falls, everyone seem to enjoy the time together and seeing one of the spectacular manifestations of God’s mighty power! We were sad to see them go, but we enjoyed the time we had with them. I believe God worked in the hearts of those on the missions trip and they went back home encouraged to live for Jesus! Thank you for praying for us as we hosted this special group from Victory Baptist Church!