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February 2015 Missions Letter

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Blessings

What a great month! We started January out in Pigeon Forge, TN where we held our annual Our Generation Summit! We had over 300 people in attendance with several who surrendered their lives to the cause of world evangelism!  We have been in 11 states this month! God has blessed us with safety and great advances toward leaving for the mission field. We have had three churches partner with us this month. I have been challenged by good men of God that are serving Him around this country! We are praying that God will continue to raise our support.

February is another completely full month of scheduled meetings in nine different states! Please continue praying for our safety, that God uses us to bless and challenge every church we are in, and that God will continue to build our support. Our desire is to be in Argentina, until then we will continue to do all we can to get there!

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, and Ivy Henry

 

What’s Going On In Argentina?

I posted an article on our blog (patrickjhenry.net) a few weeks ago about a specific city in Argentina.  I have posted about a few cities in Argentina in the past. For this post, I highlighted Rosario. Rosario is the third largest city in Argentina with a population growing toward 1.4 million people! It is located on the Paraná River. I knew the need was great. I had a missionary from Buenos Aires write me and tell me that of the almost 1.4 million people, that he knew of only two baptist churches!  The field is white to harvest, but the laborers really are few.  Please pray for Rosario, that God would raise up men to reach that needy city and the world!

Rosario

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Argentina has great opportunities for planting churches.  There are 55 cities with a population of over 100,000 people!  The need is great, but God is greater!  We have been studying different cities.  There are five that have captured my attention.  One of those cities is Rosario.  Rosario is the third largest city in Argentina.  It is the the most populous city that is not the capitol of a province.  It is located on the banks of the Paraná River, about 180 miles or so from Buenos Aires.  The population of Rosario has grown to almost 1.4 million people.
Located in the Santa Fe province, Rosario is best known for being the ‘birthplace of the Argentine flag”.  It is where you will find the monument to the creation of the flag and the Propylaeum.  This river-port city plays a critical role in agricultural commerce as well.  Because of the universities, youth from surrounding areas in the Santa Fe province as well as other cities, towns, and villages in Argentina come to Rosario to further their education.  With an over 70% drop out rate from college, many of these youth are looking for something else.  This makes for incredible opportunities in the spreading of the Gospel.
Rosario seems to be one of the key cities to advance the Gospel of Jesus!

2015

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We have been on deputation now for nine months.  Let me first thank our faithful supporters who have taken us on this past year!  We are at 28% of our needed funds to leave for Argentina.  We have been in wonderful churches all across this country!  God has and is blessing!

So what are we asking God to do in 2015?  Our goal is to leave for the mission field between March and June of 2016.  That is a year and 3 months from now.  We are asking God to do many things this year concerning our deputation.  Here are a few…

  • Continue to fill our calendar.  I think deputation is like any other job in that it takes work!  Missionaries should have a full calendar of scheduled meetings with churches that are desiring to fulfill the Great Commission. This takes a lot of time and patience as well as trusting the Lord in it all!  Our calendar only has a few openings this year.  We are working diligently to fill those openings.
  • To be a blessing in every church.  Deputation is about raising funds, but it is also about encouraging brothers and sisters where they are in their Christian walk.  We have seen men surrender their lives to missions in our deputation trail.  We have spoken to hurting people who have received comfort through God’s Word.  We are asking God to do much more of these things in and through us in 2015!
  • To gain support.  A missionary on deputation must work hard and stay in contact, but the truth is, it is God that gives the increase.  We are asking God to build our support this year in a major way.  We are actively trusting God, pushing forward, and seeking for Him to bring the needed funds in so that we can do what He has called us to do.  We want to be in Argentina now, planting churches now, and we believing God will bring us very close to that goal in 2015!

There are other things we are asking God for.  We are asking God daily for safety, for health, for growth in His Word, for souls!

Please pray for us as we continue our deputation this year!  God is going to do incredible things in 2015!

2015 OG Summit Quick Review

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Our annual OG Summit ended this past Saturday.  We had well over 300 people that attended.  We host the event in Pigeon Forge, TN.  There was something for everyone.  Pastor Gardner encouraged Pastors who attended (as a veteran missionary in Peru and Pastor himself, he has a unique point of view in world evangelism).  Young people were encouraged to get involved in world evangelism!  We had several people surrender their lives to be missionaries.  I learned so much from the men who taught.

One of the great things about the Summit is that we have practical workshops that deal with relevant material for pastors, churches, and missionaries.  One of the workshops dealt with mistakes that missionaries make on the field.  I am thankful for men who have gone before me in world missions.  These men are some of the best men I know!

I am posting about this because I believe this would be something that you and your church would enjoy and benefit from.  There is something for everyone!  We will be hosting the Summit again next year.  Please consider coming and bringing some folks from the church with you.