Good news - Bad news

I was holding off posting pictures of the work at camp until all the project was finished but decided to go ahead and post the first stages of replacing the roof on the kitchen and kitchen dorm.  I can't wait to actually see the finished product! Thanks to all who gave (and continue to give) and went out to work (and continue to work).  Hopefully on Monday they will be able to finish the roof by putting on the tin sheets.

        

Now for the bad news.  The camp flooded again.  It was about the same time last year that we had one of the worst floods ever.  This time it wasn't as bad but bad enough to cause some damage and throw a wrench in construction schedules.  We ask that you would pray the workers will be able to get the roof completed and clean up the aftermath of the flood. Please also pray for their protection.  

Looking at these pictures you can still see the waterline from the flood last year.

God still has a plan for our camp and we will continue to trust Him to provide for its every need!!

Thank you for praying for the Campamento Bautista de Marcos Paz!

Blessings in July

Now that July is almost over I thought I would share a couple of activities of the month.

The first part of July, I was able to participate in the anual Pastor's Wives Retreat held in Villa Santos Tesei.  It's always a great time of fellowship, games and sharing. This year our sweet friend Jovita Garcia was our speaker.  As always, we all left with our hearts full and already anxious for the next time of fellowship.

Last week we had our 3-day VBS during winter break.  Everyday we had an increase in attendance with 18 on the last day. The Gospel was presented and the seed sown. No salvation decisions to report but we are pleased to have had contact with these children to be able to follow up with them and their families in the next few weeks.

Happy Father's Day!!

I love Father's Day!!  Over the years, this special day has become more and more important to me. Sad to say, it seems like the world is lacking in strong godly fathers to lead and teach our future generations. And it is for this reason that I think it is so important to honor our fathers for the love and sacrifice that have freely and willingly given.
This Sunday we honored the fathers who were present. There were only a few because many spend this day, which is always a Sunday, with their families. But none the less, we always want to show how important our fathers are and pray for them. We pray that they will continue to be the men of God that they have allowed God to make them be.

So proud of our STEPHANY!!

Thought some of you would like to see the video I made for Stephany for graduation.  This is your life Stephany!

18 new members added to the family of God!!

Praise the Lord!! So glad to report that the Lord saved 18 souls during our 3 weeks of youth camps!!  I really am in awe of the power of the Lord to save!  In this world so dark and sinful He still does glorious work in our lives and loves us so much!!

Here is a little glimpse of our three weeks of youth camp.  ENJOY!!

Click on each camp to view.

Camp 8-11 year olds

Camp 12-14 year olds

Camp 15-25 year olds

It's 4:30 am...

It's 4:30 am and we get a phone call from the alarm at church.  So, off Mike goes to check things out. Thank the Lord that everything is in order. Some night owl walking by must have banged one of the windows or it was a big bug or frog passing by one of the sensors. Needless to say, I couldn't go back to sleep. So I decide to get caught up on some correspondence.

This time of year is always a very busy time of year in Argentina!!  Not only do we have Christmas and New Year's, it's the end of the school year.  This means an addition of closing ceremonies, graduations, and end of the year celebrations.  This year we have two young people who are graduating from high school. Renzo and Aldana have been with us ever since they were small children in our Sunday school program.  We are so proud of them! Please pray that they will continue to be faithful to the Lord and that He will bless this new stage in their Christian walk.

Our church choir has been practicing for several months to prepare for our Christmas cantata.  This year in addition to the cantata we learned two songs that are acapella. In the past we have been invited to sing at other locations and have had to deal with different sound systems. This year we decided it would be easier if we didn't have to rely only on a playback. We've been invited back again to other locations this year and we are good to go!!  Pray for us that the Lord will bless the testimony that we will give of His wonderful gift to the world,  Jesus!  This month we have already had 3 first time visitors and are praying that there will be more when we present the cantata in our services on December 21.

Another huge blessing for us is that Stephany will be with us for Christmas!!  We are so excited to be able to have her home this year.  On a sad note, Michael will be unable to come... but we are so very proud of him and thank the Lord for sharing him with us.  And, yesterday was his 24th birthday!!

Sending to all of you an early Blessed Christmas wish and Happy New Year!!

Underwater!!!

It's crazy to think that this picture of the "Las 3 Maquinas" "The 3 Machines" taken out at camp was taken about 2 weeks ago.

Now the camp looks like this...

taken from the road

on top of the windmill

Old lawnmower

                                                                 

Kitchen

Pool

Record breaking rains flooded the camp and many other parts of the area. Please pray that we will be able to get everything cleaned up and that there won't be much damage. We are excited about this camp season coming up in January! We are not going to let a little water get in the way of great things that God has in store!