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July 2015 Missions Letter

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Continuing A Full Schedule

Each month our support increases. Each month we see God move.  Each month has opportunities to serve. June was a blessing for us. We were able to share our burden in churches, we have four churches partner with us and several more tell us they are interested in doing so! We saw God work in our OG Camp (more on that below). We were able to reunite with an old college friend as well as meet many new friends.
The whole month was a blessing!

July is a very busy month as well. We have a full schedule and are excited at each opportunity to share what God has done in our hearts! We are scheduled to be in Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Please pray that God use each meeting for His glory and that God would continue to build our support!

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, and Ivy Henry

Our Generation Camp

We had our OG Camp in June.  We had over 70 campers this year!  The emphasis of our camp is world missions.  Our theme was “Ready for Either”, meaning we are ready for service of sacrifice!  Each day we had missionaries lead sessions on the country they serve in (or will be serving in).  We had sessions on Argentina, India, Peru, Bolivia, Morocco, South Africa, and China. We had preaching from pastors and missionaries each day. We had 27 campers sign our missionary pledge, giving their lives to the cause of proclaiming the Gospel to all nations!  God moved in the hearts of our campers.  Please pray for them them that they will follow through with their commitments to our God!  Our God is worthy!

Where is Argentina?

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Yes, this may seem like an obvious question, but it is something I am asked from time to time.  We are continuing in our blog series, “Questions I am asked” after a two week break (our posts for those two weeks were on our 11th anniversary and a review of camp).  This question is a bit elementary, but it is asked frequently.

Argentina is in southern South America.  It borders Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean.  Argentina has 3,100 miles long coastline and covers a total area of 1,073,518 square miles making it the eighth largest country of the world.  The Andes Mountain straddle the Argentine Chilean border.  Argentina is vastly different from the north to the south.  In the north, Argentina is sub-tropic while in the south sub-polar.  Southern Argentina (and Chile) is known as the Patagonia.  It is home to fantastic mountain peaks, vast and empty steppes, glaciers and icefields, and stunning national parks. It is an incredible display of the natural beauty of God’s creation, virtually untouched by the hands of man.  Ushuaia, Argentina is the world’s southernmost city and is a busy port; cruises and tours to Antarctica (just south of Argentina) also depart from this seaport.

Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is almost the same distance to the equator as Los Angeles, California.  The city is on the Rio De La Plata (which looks more like a bay than a river).  1/3 of the country’s population live in Buenos Aires.

Argentina is a beautiful and vast county, but that is not why we are going there.  Argentines need Jesus!  Jesus told His Disciples, “The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few…”.  This can certainly be said of Argentina!  Pray with me to the LORD of the harvest for more laborers to be sent to this vast mission field!

 

2015 Our Generation Camp Review

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We had our OG Camp in June.  We had over 70 campers this year!  The emphasis of our camp is world missions.  Our theme was “Ready for Either”, meaning we are ready for service of sacrifice!  Each day we had missionaries lead sessions on the country they serve in (or will be serving in).  We had sessions on Argentina, India, Peru, Bolivia, Morocco, South Africa, and China. We had preaching from pastors and missionaries each day.

We had 27 campers sign our missionary pledge.  The missionary pledge is something we take very serious.  By signing the pledge, you are changing your position from “stay” to “go”.  It is recognizing God’s call on your life and verbalizing your surrender to God’s plan.  These 27 campers signed the pledge, giving their lives to the cause of proclaiming the Gospel to all nations!  God moved in the hearts of our campers.  Please pray for them them that they will follow through with their commitments to our God!  Our God is worthy!

11 Years

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Leslie and I were married 11 years ago on June 19!  I have been thinking of the past 11 years.  A lot has happened.  We have really “grown up” together.  Here are a few things that come to my mind.  This list is not organized into any particular order.  These are the first few things that come to my mind.  In these 11 years…

  • We have had 3 daughters!  They are now 9 years old, 6 years old, and 3 years old.
  • We have been members of the same church.
  • We have lost loved ones (a few family and friends have passed on).
  • We have served in almost every ministry our church has.
  • We have lived in 3 different countries (the USA, and our internship in Peru and Chile).
  • We have been to 25 different states (on deputation).
  • We have been on deputation for 1 year 3 months now.
  • We have seen God do amazing things in ministry (seen souls saved, seen men answer God’s call on their lives, seen men trained for the ministry).
  • We have watched God provide for us, even in hard financial times.
  • We have learned each other (we are continually learning each other).
  • We have both grown in Christ.
  • We have dreamt of what God has for our future together.

In all of these things we have been together.  She is my best friend and love.

Leslie is selfless, loving, and meek.  She works very hard.  She supports me.  These 11 years have not always been the best, but because we have gone through them together, they have been special.  She has seen me at my worst and at my best and she has loved me the same.  I am blessed.

Happy Anniversary Leslie.