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October 2015 Missions Letter

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From Conference to Conference

For many churches, the autumn time of year does not only bring the change of leaves but also a special emphasis. Some dub this time of year “mission conference season”, it is a time when the focus is on what they are going to do to reach the world with the Gospel! One Pastor said it this way, “This is our annual business meeting where we decide the fate of the world in light of the Gospel.” Much of September was invested in different mission conferences, and we have a few more scheduled to be in for October. With a full schedule, we are always in a church sharing our hearts about how God is leading us to Argentina, but mission conferences are a special time in a churches calendar.

Please continue to pray for us as we continue on deputation. We are asking for God’s favor in each church service and for our support to increase. We are currently at 70%. We will leave for the field March 24, 2016.

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, and Ivy Henry

 

In Argentina…

Iglesia Bautista Luz (Light Baptist Church) just celebrated their first anniversary! Pastor Esteban started the church out in an area near La Plata. I have been in this church. I saw the people, I fellowshipped with them after the service. God is blessing this church. Pastor Esteban has worked hard. He trained at Lighthouse Baptist Church. He served there before being sent out to start this church. Please pray for Light Baptist Church that they will continue to grow, that many more will be saved, that men will be trained and sent out to do the same thing that Pastor Esteban has. God is at work in Argentina, but there are many more places in need of a Light Baptist Church! Pray that God uses us to train men to do the same!

 

September 2015 Missions Letter

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March 24, 2016

The date above may just be another day for many, but for our family it is a very special day, a day we have been working toward since March 17, 2014! Lord willing, on March 24 we will be leaving for Argentina! This date was chosen after prayer and consideration of the remaining support we need. God is blessing, we have more to go, and we believe in these last months God will raise our needed support. Please pray for us that we will see this happen by March.

August was an incredible month. We were in 6 different states presenting our burden for Argentina. We had several churches partner with us this month in reaching Argentina! September has us in 6 different states as well. We have several mission conferences during this month. Our hope is that God will work in the hearts of His people to further the Gospel in our Generation. With each meeting we are drawing closer to the conclusion of our deputation.

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, and Ivy Henry

In Argentina

I read the caption a few weeks ago in August, “More than 11,000 people had been evacuated by Tuesday (August 11, 2015) from parts of Argentina’s largest province after heavy weekend rains caused rivers to rise quickly.” These floods that hit Argentina every so often are hard on the Argentines. Their lives are totally changed. One woman’s testimony was that this was the third time she has had to leave her home because of flooding. In tragic times like this, a Gospel-preaching church could be there for these communities in an effort to advance the Gospel. That would be great if there were churches like ours in their neighborhoods. For many Argentines, there is no Baptist church to help them. Pray with us for Gospel laborers.

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!

June 2015 Missions Letter

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Summer Begins

The summer months are typically harder to schedule meetings on deputation.  Summers are busy with vacations, Vacation Bible Schools, Summer Camps, and many times come with a dip in church attendance.  We are grateful to God that our Summer is completely scheduled out!  We will not be slowing down at all this Summer.

In June, we have our annual Our Generation Summer Camp.  This is for Middle School, High School, and College age young men and women.  Please pray that God use the week to call these believers as missionaries to countries around the world!  We have young men and women enrolled in the Our Generation Training Center that were at this camp last year!  Our camp is unique in that it is mission focused.  There will be missionaries present who will be spending time with those who attend the camp.  This is an opportunity to build relationships with those God is using to reach the world!  Please pray for fruit!

Serving Together,

Patrick, Leslie, Lily, Piper, and Ivy Henry

Meanwhile in Argentina…

During our 14 months of deputation, what has transpired in Argentina?  According to CIA Factbook, in 2014 there were 314,077 people that died!  When you take that number and reduce it down, it brings us to an average of 35 people each hour who died in Argentina.  Every hour on the road, every church service we are in, every hour of sleep in mission houses, hotels, and homes of church members, every hour means another 35 people have passed from Argentina to eternity!  35 more people are now either in the presence of Jesus or in Hell.  This is incredible considering that 9% of the population profess faith in Jesus.  91% of the people in Argentina are lost!  When we take that information along with the death rate, we see that of the 35 people that die each hour, over 31 of them go to Hell!  We need to be in Argentina.  Pray with us that God will raise the remainder of our needed support quickly.