Growing and Serving

We had a very busy and blessed month of April. We had missionary friends visiting with us who challenged Hope Baptist Church and its leadership to serve the Lord faithfully. We also held our first young men’s retreat, celebrated Easter, and rejoiced as Faith Baptist Church marked its ninth anniversary. One of the ladies at Hope Baptist Church taught her first Bible class lesson last month, and one of the young men assisted me in teaching the men’s class. Our one-on-one discipleship meetings are also ongoing. I am discipling Israel, and even in the short time we have met together, I have seen the Lord working in his life.

Hope Baptist Church is growing. Pastor Brian is doing an excellent job as my assistant and is actively helping others become involved in serving the Lord together as a church family. We will be in the States for a few weeks this month for a family wedding. During that time, Pastor Brian will be leading the church in my absence, while Pastor Matías continues to faithfully pastor Faith Baptist Church. I am so thankful to the Lord for how He is raising up leaders who are faithfully serving!

The ministry continues, and we are grateful. Thank you for praying for us!

Serving Together, 

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Matías and Brian as they are leading Faith and Hope Baptist Churches. 
• Pray for unity in both churches. 
• Pray for the seminary students.

The Ninth Anniversary of Faith Baptist Church

March has been a busy month, and during this time we have seen God at work in the lives of both young and maturing believers. A young lady was baptized at Hope Baptist Church, two believers began discipleship, two new Bible classes started, and the church participated in the Lord’s Supper for the first time in its history! In addition, the latest semester of our Bible College has begun with four students. It has truly been an exciting month in the ministry.

The most significant event this month is the ninth anniversary of Faith Baptist Church. Pastor Matías has been doing an excellent job leading and caring for the church. At the beginning of April, we will be holding a youth retreat with six young men attending. We will travel to Mar del Plata (about four hours away), where we will focus on strengthening our walk with Jesus. Please pray for this special retreat—that God would work in the life of each young man.

Pray for our special Easter service, as it provides an excellent opportunity for our young church to invite others to celebrate the hope we have in Christ through His resurrection. Thank you for praying for us!

Serving together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Faith Baptist Church and their anniversary. 
• Pray for the new discipleship relationships started last month. 
• Pray for the upcoming youth retreat. 

Good and Bad All for God’s Glory

February was an exciting month, though it included an unexpected event.

The good news is that we were able to continue our 2026 theme, studying the “Hard Heart.” We also said goodbye to the Prater family, who have been with us for the past two years in language school and cultural acquisition. They will be arriving in Paraguay later this year to begin planting churches!

The difficult news is that Faith Baptist Church experienced a fire. The fire appears to have started from a fan that was left on by members who cleaned the church the day before. While the building sustained damage, we are thankful that it was not destroyed.

I went to the church that Sunday afternoon to help with the cleanup and saw the damage firsthand. Since the fire, we have watched the church family step up in remarkable ways—giving offering after offering and volunteering hour after hour to clean, paint, repair, and discard what was ruined. I am deeply thankful for how God is using His church to respond faithfully in the midst of this trial.

March is our evangelism month. We will be focusing on soul-winning efforts, hosting special evangelistic outreaches, and teaching on how to be a faithful witness. We are excited about this special emphasis! We will also be celebrating baptisms this month, with three candidates prepared to follow the Lord in baptism.

The Lord has been so good to us. We truly believe He is at work in the ministry, and we are grateful. Thank you for continuing to pray for the ministry God has entrusted to us.

Serving together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Faith Baptist Church and the restoration of the building.
• Pray for the evangelism ministry this month at Hope Baptist Church 
• Pray for the spiritual growth of the three new christians at Hope Baptist Church

A Great Start with Unexpected Events

We begin each year with our “Vision Sunday”, this is one of our favorite services of the year! During the Vision, we looked back at the prior year with a short highlight video and we recognized those who read through the Bible or read through the New Testament in 2025. We looked at the present with the unveiling of the new theme for the year, and we looked at the future with goals we have as a church and for each believer. This year our theme is “Guard Your Heart”. Each month we will be studying different hearts we can have as a result of guarding (or not guarding) our hearts. After the service we had our annual sandwich competition and one of the ladies in the church one by one vote. This is something fun we do that the church family enjoys. January was a great blessing, with a few unexpected events, most notably our daughter Piper had to have an emergency appendectomy. We are grateful for how God has watched over her and we are seeing His goodness as she recovers. 

The sub-theme for February is “The Hard Heart”, we will be continuing our study of Matthew 13 and the parable of the Sower. We have had several visitors the past few weeks, please be praying with us that God will work in each of them. We have two young ladies that we hope to see start discipleship this month, we also are praying for two young men in particular, that they both will receive Jesus as Savior! Please pray that God will continue to work and grow His church!

Serving Together, 

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for new discipleship commitments to be started.
• Pray for Piper’s continued recovery.
• Pray for the salvation of the two young men who have been visiting.