Tomorrow kicks off one of our biggest events of the year. The 2017 Summit in Atlanta officially starts tomorrow afternoon at Lake Lanier Islands. I will be teaching a session entitled, “Unashamed to start churches in Buenos Aires” and I will be preaching during one of the services. Missionaries from around the world will also be preaching and teaching sessions. We will have missionaries who serve in Egypt, South Africa, Japan, China, and of course Argentina. We will also have missionaries who will teach and preach who will be serving in Indonesia, India, Ecuador, China, Myanmar, Bosnia, Colombia, Bolivia, Turkey, and many more. We will have sessions just for women as well as sessions just for men. There will be specific sessions about implementing missions inside your church. Each session will be a blessing. We will also have services packed with insightful biblical preaching along with skits and spiritually uplifting music. This is sure to be an incredible Summit! Please pray that God will work in the hearts of those who are attending, including my heart!

With only 3 weeks until we return to Argentina, this is one of the highlights of the remainder of our time! The great news is that the Summit will also be in Boston in just a week later, but that is for another post, one that will be published shortly. Until then, thank you for praying with us over the Summit in Atlanta.

We had wonderful church services today, and we are now able to spend a few hours together as a family before going to bed on this Christmas Eve night. Our family wishes you a very Merry Christmas. We hope you enjoy the time with friends and family and that most of all you enjoy some time thinking on the greatest gift ever given, Jesus. 

“¹⁰ And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:10-11

Merry Christmas,

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

We hope you are enjoying the Christmas Season! We are enjoying our short furlough as we continue to raise additional support and spend these special days with the family, but we also miss Argentina and Faith Baptist Church in Lanús. The church is continuing on and we will be back in Argentina in just over a month! We still have several meetings with new churches before we leave. Please pray for us as we are in the States and Faith Baptist Church in Argentina.

We are in the Christmas Season and for missionaries on the foreign field this can be a tough time. Christmas means different things to different people. Some people dream of a white Christmas (growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, I have only had one “white Christmas”). Some people look forward to the different family Christmas parties where cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, children, and grandchildren all come together to enjoy food, presents, and passing time together. Some people look forward to a special tradition that has happened every year for as long as they can remember. For some missionaries on the foreign field, these things are very hard. For one, some missionaries are in an area where the “feeling of Christmas” is totally different. In Argentina, Christmas is in the Summer. That means a sweaty, hot Christmas. Hot chocolate is out of the question. Dreaming of a white Christmas is just that, a dream. By far the hardest thing to go through is knowing that you will not see your family. That being said, it can also be a special time for the missionary and his family. I can say as for us, we had a great time during the Christmas season last year in Argentina! It was totally different, with fireworks and summer fun. Even so, others really do have a hard time during this time of year.

This all being true, I encourage you to reach out to the missionaries you support and let them know that you are praying for them and that you love them. Just a small email can really bring encouragement. I am not one to whine about how hard it is on the field, and I have already stated that we loved it, but others are not the same way. This Christmas season, remember and love on your missionaries.