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This Maranatha missions team is ministering in Argentina from July 28 to August 18, 2010.
May 12, 2008
May 12 Web Updates
From Rebekah
¡Hola a mi familia, amigos, y iglesia! [Hello to my family, friends, and church!]
First of all, Happy Mother´s Day to the best mom in the whole world! I have to say something sentimental, even though every other mother can see this: Thank you, Mom, for all that you do and all that you are to me. I can never say thank you enough. As I get older and spread my wings (i.e.- coming to this country halfway around the world), I am realizing more and more the special connection we share.
On another, less sentimental, note . . .
I hope the computer is still working! : )
And now, a continuation of my week 1 overview. Not only are the smells unusual and the sights are amazing, but the sounds are also incredible!
Our "home-base" is peace itself. (Psalm 46- "Be still and know that I am God.") While similar to a girl´s dormitory (as far as loudness after 11 pm . . .no names mentioned except for room #5), I love the warmth and hospitality of Kairos as well as Buenos Aires.
To break the silence, our team provides the music [of life]. God has given us a bond in Christ as we minister and are ministered to. Please continue to pray for unity.
The language continues to be a barrier for most of us. Mr. Trainer jokingly wished we still had the gift of tongues. But our weakness, our inadequacies cause us to rest on Christ´s strength. He has already used us beyond what we could ask or think. Thank you for your continued support!
Sometime soon I will continue the overview of our missions trip in Buenos Aires.
But now I must press on in our busy, yet relaxing schedule!
Love, Rebekah
First of all, Happy Mother´s Day to the best mom in the whole world! I have to say something sentimental, even though every other mother can see this: Thank you, Mom, for all that you do and all that you are to me. I can never say thank you enough. As I get older and spread my wings (i.e.- coming to this country halfway around the world), I am realizing more and more the special connection we share.
On another, less sentimental, note . . .
I hope the computer is still working! : )
And now, a continuation of my week 1 overview. Not only are the smells unusual and the sights are amazing, but the sounds are also incredible!
Our "home-base" is peace itself. (Psalm 46- "Be still and know that I am God.") While similar to a girl´s dormitory (as far as loudness after 11 pm . . .no names mentioned except for room #5), I love the warmth and hospitality of Kairos as well as Buenos Aires.
To break the silence, our team provides the music [of life]. God has given us a bond in Christ as we minister and are ministered to. Please continue to pray for unity.
The language continues to be a barrier for most of us. Mr. Trainer jokingly wished we still had the gift of tongues. But our weakness, our inadequacies cause us to rest on Christ´s strength. He has already used us beyond what we could ask or think. Thank you for your continued support!
Sometime soon I will continue the overview of our missions trip in Buenos Aires.
But now I must press on in our busy, yet relaxing schedule!
Love, Rebekah
From Matt T.
Praise the Lord for a great first week. We have seen Him do so many incredible things through the missionaries down here, and some of the stories are incredible. Hearing how God has been working over the past few months is really cool as well.
The other night, our group had the opportunity to present about 25 minutes of special music for a one year anniversary service for a new church. It was such a blessing to see how many people came out to celebrate the Lords working in that church.
I have loved getting to know the missionaries here - they all have an incredible zeal for the Lord, and also have a great sense of humor. Pastor Self and his wife are a great couple - yesterday was Pastor Selfs birthday, and we celebrated it at each of the churches, and then he bought really good ice cream for everyone when we got back to the institute.
Jeremy Estrema, one of the other missionaries, took a group of girls out to buy flowers for Mrs. Trainer for Mothers Day, and because it was so late, he took them to a funeral home, where they purchased flowers for 30 pesos. (we think they went and picked them up off the tombstones, but who knows.)
Praise the Lord for all that He has done and is doing. Please keep us in your prayers!
Matt Tanis
The other night, our group had the opportunity to present about 25 minutes of special music for a one year anniversary service for a new church. It was such a blessing to see how many people came out to celebrate the Lords working in that church.
I have loved getting to know the missionaries here - they all have an incredible zeal for the Lord, and also have a great sense of humor. Pastor Self and his wife are a great couple - yesterday was Pastor Selfs birthday, and we celebrated it at each of the churches, and then he bought really good ice cream for everyone when we got back to the institute.
Jeremy Estrema, one of the other missionaries, took a group of girls out to buy flowers for Mrs. Trainer for Mothers Day, and because it was so late, he took them to a funeral home, where they purchased flowers for 30 pesos. (we think they went and picked them up off the tombstones, but who knows.)
Praise the Lord for all that He has done and is doing. Please keep us in your prayers!
Matt Tanis
From Josh
Dear Folks,
What a blessing to minister in the churhces. The people in these churches are willing to go all out to bring people to the services. They have already invited people out when we get there. So when we hand out fliers, it is just based already on the fliers they have been passing out.
Yesterday we were in a plaza where we were unable to pass out fliers. We had several people come up to our group and ask for fliers. 2 people who asked about the music were there in the evening for the service.
There are so many opportunities, but much more needs. Pray for God to work through us as we minister.
Joshua Steinbart
What a blessing to minister in the churhces. The people in these churches are willing to go all out to bring people to the services. They have already invited people out when we get there. So when we hand out fliers, it is just based already on the fliers they have been passing out.
Yesterday we were in a plaza where we were unable to pass out fliers. We had several people come up to our group and ask for fliers. 2 people who asked about the music were there in the evening for the service.
There are so many opportunities, but much more needs. Pray for God to work through us as we minister.
Joshua Steinbart
From Emily S.
Dear Family, Friends, and Alex,
Hi Everyone!! I miss you all so much! So much is happening here! Life is busy each day. Today is an easy relaxing day. Its been nice. We have been in churches every day and sometimes more than once a day. God has been doing some great things. It so encouraging to work with the missionaries here, and the people are so wonderful. It will be hard to leave.
Mr. Trainer leaves tonight. We are going to miss him a lot. It wont be the without him.
We leave for Uruguay Wednesday morning at 6 a.m., and we will be there until Thursday night. It will be an amazing experience! I am very excited about that! I have gotten a few things for you all and I hope to get a few more...we will see. I miss you all!
Alex - I miss you more than I can say. I am sure you are busy with everything, and I hope all is going well. Thining and praying for ya. Write me back!
Emily
Hi Everyone!! I miss you all so much! So much is happening here! Life is busy each day. Today is an easy relaxing day. Its been nice. We have been in churches every day and sometimes more than once a day. God has been doing some great things. It so encouraging to work with the missionaries here, and the people are so wonderful. It will be hard to leave.
Mr. Trainer leaves tonight. We are going to miss him a lot. It wont be the without him.
We leave for Uruguay Wednesday morning at 6 a.m., and we will be there until Thursday night. It will be an amazing experience! I am very excited about that! I have gotten a few things for you all and I hope to get a few more...we will see. I miss you all!
Alex - I miss you more than I can say. I am sure you are busy with everything, and I hope all is going well. Thining and praying for ya. Write me back!
Emily
From Rachel
Dear family and friends,
I have been here for over a week now. We have seen God at work in the churches and in our own lives. On Friday we passed out fliers in Martinez and we had 45 visitors. On Saturday 5 of us were passing out fliers with this lady and her daughter, and they didn't speak any English. They took us to their home and gave us juice. It was an interesting experience but really fun. The people in the churches are extremely friendly. They always go out of their way to make sure we have enough food, and at one church they even played English music for us while we ate lunch. They are such a good example of how we should go out of our way to make visitors feel welcome in our churches. Thanks for praying and please continue to pray.
Love and miss you,
Rachel
I have been here for over a week now. We have seen God at work in the churches and in our own lives. On Friday we passed out fliers in Martinez and we had 45 visitors. On Saturday 5 of us were passing out fliers with this lady and her daughter, and they didn't speak any English. They took us to their home and gave us juice. It was an interesting experience but really fun. The people in the churches are extremely friendly. They always go out of their way to make sure we have enough food, and at one church they even played English music for us while we ate lunch. They are such a good example of how we should go out of our way to make visitors feel welcome in our churches. Thanks for praying and please continue to pray.
Love and miss you,
Rachel
From Steve
Hey everyone!
God has been so amazing! He has given us opportunities to pass out thousands of tracts and talk to hundreds of unsaved people. God has also been teaching me so much while I am here. He has really shown me how much I lack a burden to see souls saved. Here in Argentina my honest desire is to see every person I give a flier come to know Christ but when I am at home I am indifferent to any visitor that walks in the doors of my church. God really rebuked me in this area. This is just one of the many areas God is working in my life. I wish I had time to tell you all of them.
To my family... hi and I miss you all. I wish all of you could be here so I could share this with you instead of just telling you.
To Jenny... I miss you like crazy! It is beautiful down here! I have so many awesome stories to tell you. Can't wait to see you!!
To my Mom... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Sorry it is a day late, but I just wanted to let you know how much I love you! Thank you for the Godly influence you have been in my life! You are amazing!
Much love to all,
Steve
God has been so amazing! He has given us opportunities to pass out thousands of tracts and talk to hundreds of unsaved people. God has also been teaching me so much while I am here. He has really shown me how much I lack a burden to see souls saved. Here in Argentina my honest desire is to see every person I give a flier come to know Christ but when I am at home I am indifferent to any visitor that walks in the doors of my church. God really rebuked me in this area. This is just one of the many areas God is working in my life. I wish I had time to tell you all of them.
To my family... hi and I miss you all. I wish all of you could be here so I could share this with you instead of just telling you.
To Jenny... I miss you like crazy! It is beautiful down here! I have so many awesome stories to tell you. Can't wait to see you!!
To my Mom... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Sorry it is a day late, but I just wanted to let you know how much I love you! Thank you for the Godly influence you have been in my life! You are amazing!
Much love to all,
Steve
From Leanna
Happy Mother's Day Mom!!!
I wish I could be there with you today… wait, I wish you could be here with me and experience all of the amazing things we are doing! Have an amazing day and don't forget to pick up your Mother's Day gift! I love you bts!
Love,
Leanna Joy
I wish I could be there with you today… wait, I wish you could be here with me and experience all of the amazing things we are doing! Have an amazing day and don't forget to pick up your Mother's Day gift! I love you bts!
Love,
Leanna Joy
From "Ur Stage Buddies"
Dearest Paulie & Joshie,
We just wanted to say hey--well, Loony & Perky at least… Fatty's being difficult. Argentina is amazing!!! We wish you could be here enjoying it with us, but we know you had better things to do! :) Hope you're enjoying sleeping--do a little extra for us PLEASE! God has been doing incredible work here, can't wait to tell you all about it when we get back!
Love Ya,
Ur stage buddies
We just wanted to say hey--well, Loony & Perky at least… Fatty's being difficult. Argentina is amazing!!! We wish you could be here enjoying it with us, but we know you had better things to do! :) Hope you're enjoying sleeping--do a little extra for us PLEASE! God has been doing incredible work here, can't wait to tell you all about it when we get back!
Love Ya,
Ur stage buddies
From "Room 5"
Hey Hey Hey!! I'm sure you've been anxiously awaiting another update from room 5, so here it is. A lot has happened the last few days, some we hope to never be repeated again... Let us begin where the day begins; in the AM. Our mornings are extremely interesting, because anonymous person 1 and 2 do not wake up to an alarm or anything else for that matter, so anonymous person number 3 has to attempt to wake everyone up. She has an ok time waking up anonymous person number 1, but when it comes to number 2, it's well, we'll just say...interesting. Anonymous person number 2 is whiny, difficult, and not a morning person by any means (anonymous 2 is aka foot in mouth). When we wake her up she whines; when she gets to the shower, she whines or screams and cries for her mommy if it's cold, then gets out and whines some more. This morning we actually had to discipline her, she received her first Argentine spanking. Usually a half hour after after breakfast, she is back to being...special. Please don't read into this, she is not a bad person and we love her dearly. Oh, little update on Mr. Trainer, he finally had enough of us...we've scared him off to Turkey, he leaves today, but don't worry we have a great surprise comin' to him before he leaves. Oh quick note, last nite our group was trying to be sweet and get Mrs. Trainer some flowers for Mother's Day, and it flopped. We thought about it during the evening service and it was a little late, so the only place open was a funeral home. We ordered flowers from there, but as we should have known, they never came. It was pretty funny!! K, well, someone else wants the computer, so we'll have to end here! Have a great day...chau Americanos!!
From Matt H.
Hi Everyone,
This first week has just been so amazing. God has been doing so many things and it is such a privilege to have a part in the blessings. On Friday night, we were in a very small church that has had some struggles in the past. While it has been in existence for about 8 years, it averages less than 10 on any given Sunday. The pastor, Gabriel, promoted our coming by posting fliers and passing out papers, etc. Even our team had some part in this. We were told to pray for about 3 new families for the church to reach out to, but God blessed and over 65 people came to the service. Later when Mr. Trainer asked Gabriel how many people he was expecting, he said 3. This is just one of many, many stories of how God is just working in ways that we could have never imagined. Its hard to believe that only a week has gone by, but we are looking forward to how God is going to work in the coming weeks.
--Matt Huggins
This first week has just been so amazing. God has been doing so many things and it is such a privilege to have a part in the blessings. On Friday night, we were in a very small church that has had some struggles in the past. While it has been in existence for about 8 years, it averages less than 10 on any given Sunday. The pastor, Gabriel, promoted our coming by posting fliers and passing out papers, etc. Even our team had some part in this. We were told to pray for about 3 new families for the church to reach out to, but God blessed and over 65 people came to the service. Later when Mr. Trainer asked Gabriel how many people he was expecting, he said 3. This is just one of many, many stories of how God is just working in ways that we could have never imagined. Its hard to believe that only a week has gone by, but we are looking forward to how God is going to work in the coming weeks.
--Matt Huggins
From Glenn & Becky Owens
My first thought is WOW! What a way to get your heart pumped! WE had a great flight over. It was a little bumpy for some of the flight, but it was ok. When we arrived at the airport we didn't see anyone we recognized, so we waited... and waited... and then began to think maybe we were forgotten. So I did what any good techie would do: I went to the "Telecom" room and paid a dollar for 30 minutes of internet service. We started our search for the Selfs' web site so we could see if we could call them. Sure enough in just a few short minutes after figuring out the different keys for the @ sign, we got to their web site. Praise the Lord their phone number was right there. So then I paid 25 Pesos to make the phone call. Well, an English speaking man answered the phone, so I figured I got the right number. He said his wife and one of the team members should be there, to just look around. So as soon as we left the Telecom room, we found them. From the airport we had a tour of the city. Really interesting to see the sites, being Sunday, the roads were pretty much empty, so the tour went pretty fast. Then we went to our first church but had just missed the service but got there in time for the meal. Again, WOW! It was really good. We went to another church for the evening service, and we joined the team in singing. The young men all seem to have a real servants' heart. It was the young men helping to serve at lunch and dinner, though we missed the dinner, and went to the Center early. We are excited to see what the Lord is doing in and through the team.
In His service,
Glenn and Becky
In His service,
Glenn and Becky
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