YOUTH CAMPS 2014!!

Now that all of camps are over I can finally give an over-all report.  Many, many decisions were made and 14 of those were for salvation!!  One of those was our very own, Aby!! We love you Aby and pray that you will grow to be best young Christian lady you can be for the Lord!

Camp 1  (ages 15-25 )
Speaker:  Pastor José Mares

         

 

Camp 2  ages 12-14

Speaker:  Matt Gansemer

Camp 3    ages 8-11
Speaker: Pastor Mike Todd

Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida in 4 minutes. 2013

Last year I made a video of all the church activities in 2012 and it turned out really fun!!!  So, here comes another one for 2013!

HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED 2014!

All I want for Christmas in my two front...

TIRES!!  Yeah, these things have to happen this time of year.  We couldn't wait any longer to change the two front tires.  January begins camp season and we have to have the car in a good and safe condition.

Our car has been a VERY important member of our ministry.  We constantly use it here in Junín for church business and use it throughout the year for camp business.  Many times we pull a trailer so we can take all our things and tools to work.

Within the next couple of months we will surely have to change the two rear tires and do more maintenance. When camps are over in February our poor car needs a good spa treatment!  We ask for your prayers that God would provide for this need.  If you would like to be a part of this answer to prayer or would like to donate for any project of ours look for the donate link on the right side of this blog.

Just one more picture before I finish. 

We want to give a big thank you to a faithful servant and great friend of ours, Alejandro Samariani, for coming this weekend to minister to our teens, share with the men, and preach in our Sunday morning services.  Alejandro always is a great blessing to us and an encouragement.

Thanks for the privilege.

This time of year for me is always a wake up call.  I read on Facebook all my "friends" counting down the days to Thanksgiving with a mention of something for which they are thankful.  This makes me evaluate myself over the past several months.

Am I a grateful person or do I take things for granted?
I think I can honestly say that I am probably a thankful person.

My expression of thankfulness may not be as big or eloquent or vocal as others.

But, to truly be thankful, does my expression have to be big or vocal?
I think for some things yes and for some things no.  So today I want to be very vocal on some things.

First of all, I want to thank the Lord for dying on the cross for me.  My eternal destiny is sealed to Heaven because of this.

Secondly,  I am thankful for my family and friends.  All who have been and are currently a part of my life have sincerely been a blessing in my life.  So much love, support, and encouragement cannot go unrecognized.

Thirdly, I am thankful for the privilege to serve on a foreign field.  Everyday I am reminded of the great need around the world to spread the Gospel.  It is so heart wrenching at times to live daily where there is so much spiritual blindness. But God has called me to shine in Argentina so that they might see Him and I consider that an honor.

This Thursday many of the missionaries here in Argentina will get together to share a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.  I'm taking my traditional Veg-All casserole and a dessert. I haven't decided on which dessert to make yet.  I hope everyone has a moment on that day to be or talk with family and most of all take a moment to purposefully give thanks to the Lord for His goodness.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Can you find me sleeping? Aug-Oct

We just finished a very busy week!!
We were able to attend the Conferencia Fundamentalismo in Uruguay.  Bro. Jim Smith from BBFI mission's office was our speaker and did a great job speaking on the theme of "A Call to Persevere".  Also, Mike's mom and dad, Richard and Lynda Todd were honored for their 50 years of serving the Lord on the mission field.

On our trip to Uruguay, we took the ferry to cross the River Plate. On the way back over we got to ride on the "Francisco" which is the brand new ferry that they named after the new Argentine pope - Francisco.  For a ferry it was very luxurious.

Can you find me sleeping? (Ha ha!!)

The Saturday after we got back we had our ladies luncheon to celebrate Mother's Day. (Mother's Day is this Sunday, Oct. 20).  We were down to just the faithful few, (down from last year :( ) but we had a wonderful time encouraging one another and just being together.

                                                          

VBS-Colonia 2013 video

I thought you might want to see a video of our VBS.  Every year we have ours during the winter break.  We call our VBS , Colonia de vacaciones.  The theme this year was Treasure Hunt o Buscando el Tesoro.  The video is in Spanish but I don't think you will have any problem figuring out what is going on.

We had a total of 17 kids and 2 professions of faith!!

Here you go!!

Super Heroes!

I've got some catching up to do!! June has been extremely busy so I'm just now sitting down to chronicle.  First of all, I have to mention a very special visitor we had for 3 weeks.  My very special friend Doni Hatfield came for a long awaited visit.  I can't even describe how deeply I was blessed by her coming.  It was such an encouragement to me to be able to finally really share with her the ministry here in Argentina, the culture, and just my everyday life.

In the month of June we also celebrated Father's Day and Mike's birthday.

We started a new cycle of our kid's Club - Super Heroes.  We studied Moses, Gideon, Esther, and today the last lesson was a missionary story.  Of course we incorporated other "Super heroes" just for fun!!

             
















Winter vacation begins today.  That means preparing for our VBS and other activities.

Work at camp continues. Lord willing they will be installing the new roof on the men's dorm the first part of August. I'm sure in the next few weeks there will be many work days put in to get every thing ready for that day!!  Next time I'll post pictures of the progress.

I also want to give thanks to the Lord for all of His goodness to us. We have our health, daily provision, a home for our assembly of believers, and the freedom to share His Word in Argentina.  He has also blessed us with a wonderful core group of people who also love the Lord and are always willing to serve.  I am extremely thankful for that!!

Thank you for your continued prayers and interest in our ministry!!