2015

January 14, 2015 by Patrick Leave a Comment

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

January 7, 2015 by Patrick Leave a Comment

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.

January 2015 Missions Letter

January 1, 2015 by Patrick Leave a Comment

Happy New Year!

We are excited to see how God leads in this new year! We have been on deputation for nine months now, and we are just over 28%. We received word of several more supporters in December! We are on target for our goal of leaving in the middle of 2016!

Our calendar is completely filled up for the first quarter of 2015, and filing up more and more each week for the rest of the year. We are trusting God to give us favor with each church. We want to be where God has called us! Thus far, we have meetings in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, California, Ohio, Michigan, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, and Mississippi! We look to completely fill the rest of out 2015 in the next two months.

Jesus, Our Shepherd

I have the great opportunity to teach a Bible Study on Tuesdays. We have been going through the book of John for months now and we have just reached the tenth chapter. I have been so encouraged by this chapter! In John 10:9, we see Jesus is our Shepherd, a Shepherd that saves us, a Shepherd that promises safety, and a Shepherd that satisfies us! I am thankful for Jesus as our Shepherd as we seek to reach Argentina and the world with the Gospel of Jesus!

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, and Ivy Henry

Looking Back – 2014

December 30, 2014 by Patrick Leave a Comment

This year has been an interesting year to say the least. We started deputation as church planters to Argentina in March. Since then, we have been traveling from the east coast to the west coast to share our burden to reach Argentina and the world with the Gospel of Jesus! We have been in 18 states this year. We have partnered with churches all along the way and have many churches that have committed to partner with us in the near future. In all of this I must say, God is amazing!

A question comes to my mind, “What stands out the most in all that has happened this year?

This is a hard question to answer. We have seen God provide, we have been in wonderful churches, we have experienced great encouragement and criticism, we are receiving great training, all in all it has been incredible! It is difficult to narrow 2014 down to the most memorable moment. If I had to pick one thing, I would have to say our survey trip to Argentina. What I saw so burns with in me! I want to be there so badly! We were only there a few days, but in those short days, we saw the 5 churches that were started by missionary Jeff Bush and the Argentine men he trained. The churches in La Plata are going strong! People are being saved, men are being trained, God is being glorified!

Statistics tell us that anywhere from 90%-96% of the people of Argentina are lost. That being true, we must proclaim the Gospel of Jesus and train men to see all of Argentina believe on Jesus for salvation. The need is far greater than anything I could ever attempt and yet I know in Christ miraculous things are ahead!

Our survey trip to Argentina is the most memorable event in 2014, and I thank Jesus for it!

The impossibility of reaching every soul in the world with the Gospel of Jesus vanishes away in the almighty power of God who loves us enough to make a way to Him (through Jesus) and who empowers our insufficient efforts to actually change the world!

The best years in world evangelism are ahead.