A burden for the interior of Argentina

 OUR TRIP TO THE INTERIOR

We recently got back from our trip to the north of Argentina. We went as a family (Caro, Alaina, my sister-in-law Mariela, and myself) to a mission trip to the north of Argentina. We visited a city of Chaco (the name of the province) where one of the Bible Training Centers that we started runs.

We drove to Chaco for about 16 hours. It was a beautiful drive. In one of our stops to eat we came back to our car and realized that Caro´s laptop, our camcorder, all of my documents and some other valuable things were stolen from the car. This was right before we arrived in Chaco. We took it as spiritual warfare. It was hard. But we gave thanks that we were OK.

FAMILY MINISTRY IN THE INTERIOR

When we arrived in Chaco we met a team from another church of La Plata and we all stayed in a same house together (about 15 of us) with one bathroom. The family did great. It was Alaina´s first mission trip. She even came out to the area away from the city where indigenous Tobas (a people group) live. This is where we dug some holes for building some wells to draw water out in the area where there's no access to running water.

Apart from the construction aspect of the trip I was involved in meeting with teachers and students of the BTCP, teaching and preaching and Caro and I gave a workshop for marriages. It was a lot of fun. We did a fun skit to begin our talk. We shared some of the things we´ve been doing in our church's small married couples group that have helped our own marriage.

One of the pastors in Chaco who had attended a marriage conference we had organized last year had memorized the seven things a man should do as a husband (which I couldn´t remember) that Brian and Paul had shared. It humbled me and excited me to see this pastor´s teachability, hunger and need. It made me grateful that I'm able to do what I get to do.

FAMILY VACATION IN THE INTERIOR

After our time in Chaco we continued on the road for a family vacation. We had a few adventures. Someone broke in to our car for the second time and stole our car stereo and Alaina's crib among other things. It was hard to believe. We prayed and asked God to help us enjoy the rest of our "rest." We were able to see some beautiful places in the north of Argentina.

A GROWING BURDEN

As we traveled through over seven provinces and over three thousand miles seeing a different world, my burden grew for the needs of the interior. Some places felt like we were in a completely different country: food, surroundings, people, everything. I remembered our desired goal for the next years: to have at least one training center per province. I thought about the time in Chaco and how receptive the pastors, leaders and people were and considered how this is probably true in most parts of the interior. This fueled my desire to do all we can in prayer and in labor to expand training centers throughout the country.

HOW YOU CAN PRAY

1. Prayer update from last letter. The short-term trips went well. Although the work has been slow in City Bell we praise God for the seeds that have been sown and for the few that have manifested spiritual interest. Pray for their true conversion and discipleship.

2. Pray for God to give us the best strategy for training leaders in the interior of Argentina.

3. Pray for the logistics of the BTCP that we could soon print the books here so that we have an abundant stock to respond to the need.

Posted August 30, 2006 by Greg and Caro.

 


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03-24-2010 D-day
12-21-2009 Merry Christmas
11-04-2009 Learning to Pastor
07-11-2009 Safety, Sickness and the Sovereignty of God
04-15-2009 A police officer's hospitality
01-30-2009 New beginnings
10-03-2008 Skype phone
10-02-2008 Visas, Shots and Protesters
09-04-2008 Travel and Sickness II (photos and update)
07-27-2008 Medical Mission Trip
07-02-2008 A missionary's confession
04-30-2008 Life in La Plata
02-22-2008 Returning Home
01-28-2008 Take to the World
12-22-2007 Merry Christmas!
12-05-2007 An update on Mike Terry (our pastor)
11-27-2007 Please pray for our pastor in Argentina
10-14-2007 WHAT´S A HOME SERVICE?
04-04-2007 TEAM MINISTRY
02-01-2007 Exaltation of The Cross
12-07-2006 What's a typical day look like?
08-30-2006 A burden for the interior of Argentina
05-24-2006 Training Leaders In Argentina
04-05-2006 A New Year of Ministry
01-11-2006 Coming to Texas
12-29-2005 Becoming Familiar with the Aiport
10-06-2005 BTCP graduation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Prayer Requests

04.15.2009 April prayer requests: Please pray: 1. For Christ to be the center and the passion that drives all that we do. 2. For all that is needed for us to go to the conference, for God to provide for the cost to travel to Denton, for Wendy and Caro's passport to arrive on time, for our ministry activities and responsibilities to be covered well in our absence. 3. For a future pastor for the Union church. We are asking God to give us someone from the church that is not one of the missionaries.

10.02.2008 Bolivia Trip and new family member!: Please pray: 1. For encouragement and diligence for the pastors who received the teacher training workshop that we conducted a few weeks ago in Bolivia. Pray that God would give them wisdom and grace to live in the midst of all the political turmoil that is going on right now. 2. For a smooth c-section for Caro. Tomorrow Wendy should be born around 3:30 pm (1:30 Texas time). Pray for peace, safety and health. Pray for our adjustment to this new stage as a family. 3. For God to use us deeply in the lives of key individuals and broadly in the church in our efforts in Christ to be bring about growth and change to the whole body of Centro Cristiano de La Union.

07.27.2008 Medical Mission Trip: Please pray for God's protection, blessing, divine enablement for our Chaco medical mission trip starting today, July 27th through August 3rd. You can read more about this trip in the update Medical Mission Trip.

04.30.2008 PLEASE PRAY: 1. For our family's health. Caro has been battling severe allergy attacks, headaches and flu. Alaina has been sick for several days waking up with fever many nights. 2. For the small group ministry of the church. I'm trying to help a key leader in the church (Leo) develop it in a way that is more effective. Right now there are a lack of leaders for the small groups 3. For the institute - that God would bring life change in the students and equip them for effective ministry. My students names are: Juani, Facu, Vinnie, Barbie, Cecia, Flor and Melisa.

11.27.2007 Please pray for our pastor in Argentina: Our pastor, Mike Terry of the church we serve with in Argentina has had serious chest pains and is now in intensive care. It is very likely that they will be doing surgery today. Pray for God´s intervention in the whole process, for peace for the family and for wisdom for us in determining how this affects our travel plans, when we return to Argentina, etc. Thank you! We will keep you posted! Warmly, Greg, Caro and Alaina

04.07.2007 PLEASE PRAY FOR : 1. Pray that we would have daily quality times with Him. Pray that this would be our greatest priority. 2. Pray for the new small group ministry of the church. That God would use this new structure and that He would show us how to invest our lives into the lives of the leaders. 3. Pray that as a team we would be able to learn how to best work together balancing each other's strengths and weaknesses. Pray that our love for one another would grow deeper and that we would with one voice glorify God. 4. Pray that God would continue to use us in reaching new people in City Bell (last night we had a wonderful time with a group of people from City Bell - some have recently come to faith). 5. Pray for George and Emily's transition to Argentina, for adjustment to culture and language. They've done great so far. That are many other prayer requests but five is probably enough for now. We so appreciate those of you who pray faithfully for us! We so appreciate those who pray for us at Missions Prayer. We treasure your prayers. Keep up the good work. Your prayers are not in vain.