We had our first in-person service last night since April. It was great to be able to greet everyone and have a real church service! It was a special night because Leandro, one of our young men, preached his first message for the offering devotion. This was a huge step for him. He is starting to prepare for ministry. God is working in him, and we are so thrilled to see it!

Tonight we will return to having our in-person youth meeting. Tomorrow night we will have our first in-person adolescent group meeting. This ministry was being planned out and was just about to be launched when the new restrictions were announced in April. We started the ministry with services online. Tomorrow will be our first actual in-person service! Two of our daughters are a part of this new ministry and our excited to be able to meet in the church with their friends and the youth workers. We are also excited to return to in-person church services on Sunday!

Pray with us that we will be able to continue having in-person services.

The restrictions are starting to loosen up in Buenos Aires. The announcement the President made last week has since been turned over to the local governments, who are lightening the restrictions. The curfew has been pushed back to midnight, kids are now going back to school, and things are starting to open back up. That being said, we will hold our last Zoom meeting church service this Sunday. Our church family has responded well to going from pre-recorded church services on Facebook/YouTube to the interactive service via Zoom, but we really look forward to going back to in-person services!

This Sunday is Father’s Day. It is a great opportunity to encourage the men in our church to point their families to Jesus with their words and their actions.

Happy Father’s Day!

“A Possible Return to Church Services!!” This was the title of today’s quick update. In fact, I published it on our website, advancethegospel.net and was about to send it out via email. But just as I was about to send the email, we received news, the restrictions have been extended another two weeks. This is not what we were hoping for. The numbers of Coronavirus cases have lowered in the past weeks, but we are continuing with the restrictions. We have been under stricter restrictions since the middle of April and have only been having online church services via Zoom, Facebook, and/or YouTube. Please pray with us that we can go back to “normalcy” and have in-person church services soon.

Even though we cannot have church services in the church, we are still going strong with the Bible College. We have classes each week and have five students faithfully attending. Each of the five are serving in the ministry and in our online services. Pray for their continual growth and preparation.

Thank you for faithfully praying for us!

Restrictions and Growth

We had a Regional Conference last month with missionaries from five countries in South America. The conference was a great blessing to us! The young men training for the ministry preached during my absence. We also had two men each lead a part of our online services for the first time. They both are a part of the Bible College. Each of the men in the Bible College are preaching and teaching the Bible regularly. We also started a new pre-teen ministry last month. The plan was to start the services in the church, but because of the restrictions, we started via Zoom. This ministry is being head up by some of the young adults in our church. They are doing a great job!

We are not clear on how the restrictions will continue through June. We have a men’s meeting and a special Father’s Day service scheduledL, but we are not sure that we will be able to have them. The Bible College will continue as will the online services. Pray with us that God will guide the President to open the country up very soon so that we will be able to meet again as a church. Even with all the restrictions we are under the ministry presses on and we are seeing God bless. 

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the restrictions to be lifted soon.
• Pray for the Church as we do most of the ministry online.
• Pray for those in the Bible College as we continue classes.
• Pray that we see more people saved and discipled, even during these times with restrictions.