We started a new ministry on Saturday. This was planned by some of the young adults in the church. We wanted to start a ministry for the young people attending the church. We have a youth ministry, but we have not had a dedicated ministry for those who are not in children’s church but not yet in the youth group. With the new restrictions, we are not able to have any type of services in the church, but that didn’t stop us from starting this ministry to young people. We had the first service via Zoom. It was a blessing with several young people attending and was organized by the young adult ministry. Pray with us for this new ministry as we continue forward!

Bible College Begins, our 4th anniversary, and a Quarantine…again!

We started the Bible College in April. We have three dedicated students who are training for the ministry with two more who are attending the classes as well! In April we were also going to celebrate our 4th anniversary as a church, but the Wednesday before the service, the president announced that we would be going back into a quarantine the next day. The quarantine will not be as strict as the quarantine last year, but we will not be able to have presential church services. This isn’t at all what we hoped for, but we will continue with the Bible College and will continue with virtual church services until we are able to have the presential services. Brian, one of the young men training for the ministry, was married in April as well. Pray with us for Brian and Ayelen as they begin their lives together serving the Lord! 

We had several events planned for May, but with the quarantine, we are not sure what we will be able to do. Even so, we will continue preaching the Bible, worshiping Jesus, training men, and pressing forward the best way we can. There are still many opportunities to serve the Lord and serve others during this quarantine. 

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for the newly married couple, Brian and Ayelen.
• Pray for the Church during the quarantine.
• Pray for those in the Bible College as we continue classes.

Yesterday was a special day in our ministry. It was the 4 year anniversary of the church plant!!! I spent the morning meditating over how God has worked since that first church service. We had somewhere around 25 people in the first service. Of those 25 (outside of my family) there is only one man who still attends the church! Today we have average between 40-50 people in our services, we have three men training for the ministry who are actively involved in each service, and the church is growing! God is blessing and He has been so good to us!

We were going to celebrate our 4th anniversary tomorrow in our Sunday morning service, but we have been forced to cancel the service. On Wednesday night, the President of Argentina announced that we would be returning to stricter restrictions, which include cancelling church services (and any other form of gathering) as well as a curfew amongst other things. These new restrictions are supposed to last 15 days (after which the president and his cabinet will review the state of things).

We continue on, we are back to having virtual services. Pray with us that God continues to work in our church.

March was a very busy month at Faith Baptist Church. We were able to resume our midweek services, this was after a year of not being able to meet on Thursday nights! Now we are meeting Sunday mornings, Thursday nights, and Friday nights (youth group service). Our hope is to be able to start back up our evangelism on Saturdays and add our Sunday evening services. We were also able to start discipleship with two new people and also baptized two believers. The ladies had a beautiful fellowship where one of the ladies in the church taught a lesson on Hannah. The highlight of the month was our Mission Conference. It was the first multi-service event we have had since the quarantine. The church was challenged to do more for Jesus, set their eyes on Jesus and on the need in Argentina and around the world.

We start off April with our Easter Conference. This is a big event in our church. We also will start the Bible College back up this month. We have three young men training for the ministry. Pray for them with us. They also are serving in each service and in the church during the week. I believe one of the highlights of the month will be the celebration of the 4th Anniversary of the church! Much is going on, and we are trusting God to work in it all!

Serving Together,

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

Prayer Requests

• Pray for our Easter Conference.

• Pray for the Church’s 4th anniversary celebration.

• Pray for those in the Bible College students as we return back to classes.