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This Maranatha missions team is ministering in Argentina from July 28 to August 18, 2010.
May 19, 2008
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From Ryan
Hey Family and Friends,
This trip has been amazing, and I cannot wait to tell all of you about it. The Lord has been working a lot on me on this trip, and I would like to share what He has been teaching me. The Lord has showed me that ministry is not about me, but about Him and others. I cannot be focused on me, because it is not about me. As a team, we have been reading through II Corinthians, and in verse 5 it says that we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ. Ministry is not about us, but it is about sharing Jesus Christ with others. Another thing the Lord is teaching me is Courage, not being afraid of talking with people I do not know especially those that we minister to in the different churches. It has been difficult with the language barrier, but God has given strength to fellowship with people I have never seen before, but they are my brothers and sisters in Christ. It has been a blessing to fellowship with fellow believers across the globe even if there is the language barrier. It is been Fun!! I love it here, and I would come back if the Lord allowed it. The people are great, the food is wonderful, and a whole lot more could be said as well! Thank you again for your prayers, and support! Again, I cannot wait to tell you all about me trip.
Mom, Dad, and crew - I love you and miss you. Looking forward to seeing you. Hope everything is going well. I am praying for you.
In Him,
Ryan
Isaiah 6:8
This trip has been amazing, and I cannot wait to tell all of you about it. The Lord has been working a lot on me on this trip, and I would like to share what He has been teaching me. The Lord has showed me that ministry is not about me, but about Him and others. I cannot be focused on me, because it is not about me. As a team, we have been reading through II Corinthians, and in verse 5 it says that we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ. Ministry is not about us, but it is about sharing Jesus Christ with others. Another thing the Lord is teaching me is Courage, not being afraid of talking with people I do not know especially those that we minister to in the different churches. It has been difficult with the language barrier, but God has given strength to fellowship with people I have never seen before, but they are my brothers and sisters in Christ. It has been a blessing to fellowship with fellow believers across the globe even if there is the language barrier. It is been Fun!! I love it here, and I would come back if the Lord allowed it. The people are great, the food is wonderful, and a whole lot more could be said as well! Thank you again for your prayers, and support! Again, I cannot wait to tell you all about me trip.
Mom, Dad, and crew - I love you and miss you. Looking forward to seeing you. Hope everything is going well. I am praying for you.
In Him,
Ryan
Isaiah 6:8
From Us Both (Owens)
Hi, this trip has been such an incredible experience! We have been especially blessed by the interaction we've enjoyed with the missionaries here in Buenos Aires as well in Uruguay. The world has gotten so much smaller as we've found how many friends we have in common.
The opportunities for ministry have been great! What a privilege to have a small part in what God is doing here! The Christians are so dedicated to God--how refreshing to see their love for the Lord and each other.
We have seen several come to the Lord, after one preaching service that I preached with an interrupter (Pastor Self) one young boy raised his hand to indicated he had accepted the Lord.
Thank you for your prayers and support so that we can be part of this ministry.
Glenn and Becky
The opportunities for ministry have been great! What a privilege to have a small part in what God is doing here! The Christians are so dedicated to God--how refreshing to see their love for the Lord and each other.
We have seen several come to the Lord, after one preaching service that I preached with an interrupter (Pastor Self) one young boy raised his hand to indicated he had accepted the Lord.
Thank you for your prayers and support so that we can be part of this ministry.
Glenn and Becky
From Ben
Hey Everyone!
I don't have a lot of time so I'll make this quick. I love Argentina!!!!!!!! It has been so wonderful! I almost don't want to come home : ) I could sit here and tell you tons of stories but then we wouldn't have anything to talk about when I get home. The ministry has been so great and we have actually been privileged enough to see some of the fruit of our ministry. We got beat pretty bad in our USA vs. Argentina basketball game (we had some of our better guys who were sick and couldn't play). But after the game we got to share the gospel with the other team ... about 20 guys. It was such an amazing opportunity. God has taught me so much this trip and I'm really excited about His plans for me in the future. Maybe He'll allow me to come back here someday. I love you all and miss you all ... especially you, Em : )
Ben Flack
I don't have a lot of time so I'll make this quick. I love Argentina!!!!!!!! It has been so wonderful! I almost don't want to come home : ) I could sit here and tell you tons of stories but then we wouldn't have anything to talk about when I get home. The ministry has been so great and we have actually been privileged enough to see some of the fruit of our ministry. We got beat pretty bad in our USA vs. Argentina basketball game (we had some of our better guys who were sick and couldn't play). But after the game we got to share the gospel with the other team ... about 20 guys. It was such an amazing opportunity. God has taught me so much this trip and I'm really excited about His plans for me in the future. Maybe He'll allow me to come back here someday. I love you all and miss you all ... especially you, Em : )
Ben Flack
From Rachel
Hola Familia y Amigos,
We went to Colonia, Uruguay, by boat, and Bethany and I stayed in a home where the family only spoke Spanish. I really enjoyed talking to them even though we did not always understand each other. I also tried mate, which tastes similar to tea. Jessica was able to lead two people to the Lord by talking to them about Christ through English classes. She speaks Spanish very well, but I think she was able to explain the plan of salvation mostly in English. Argentina has been amazing, and I have so much to tell, but I cannot write for long. Hope everything is going well with everyone.
Love and miss everyone,
Rachel
We went to Colonia, Uruguay, by boat, and Bethany and I stayed in a home where the family only spoke Spanish. I really enjoyed talking to them even though we did not always understand each other. I also tried mate, which tastes similar to tea. Jessica was able to lead two people to the Lord by talking to them about Christ through English classes. She speaks Spanish very well, but I think she was able to explain the plan of salvation mostly in English. Argentina has been amazing, and I have so much to tell, but I cannot write for long. Hope everything is going well with everyone.
Love and miss everyone,
Rachel
From Sam
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for you prayers. Please continue to pray for us. Hi to the Brice family. Things are going great. I was feeling sick at the end of last week, but now I am feeling better. It has been a blessing and an encouragement to see people accept Christ. Please continue to pray for us.
Sam Prusak
Thanks for you prayers. Please continue to pray for us. Hi to the Brice family. Things are going great. I was feeling sick at the end of last week, but now I am feeling better. It has been a blessing and an encouragement to see people accept Christ. Please continue to pray for us.
Sam Prusak
From Josh
Hey ya'll,
What an exciting time we've had in Uruguay. It was for one and a half days only but still was a blessing to minister in the church in Colonia. The church has a team working together, including the Mexican pastor, a gringo missionary, and a Peruvian pastor. Pastor Perez has a interesting testimony having been saved out of Mormonism. It is neat to see how God has placed him in Uruguay and is able to directly witness to Mormons in the city, there being a Mormon building there. Usually the Mormons follow behind and 'convert' people from baptist, but in Uruguay, God is using the Perez family to win people from Mormonism.
It was very enjoyable to be in Uruguay, nevertheless it was nice to return 'home' to Kairos. It is interesting how quickly one can become attached to a place.
We are in our final week and it sounds like we'll be doing most of our ministry in Pilar, a place to the north of Buenos Aires. There are many lost people in Buenos Aires, so pray for the Lord to continue to work in people's hearts.
What an exciting time we've had in Uruguay. It was for one and a half days only but still was a blessing to minister in the church in Colonia. The church has a team working together, including the Mexican pastor, a gringo missionary, and a Peruvian pastor. Pastor Perez has a interesting testimony having been saved out of Mormonism. It is neat to see how God has placed him in Uruguay and is able to directly witness to Mormons in the city, there being a Mormon building there. Usually the Mormons follow behind and 'convert' people from baptist, but in Uruguay, God is using the Perez family to win people from Mormonism.
It was very enjoyable to be in Uruguay, nevertheless it was nice to return 'home' to Kairos. It is interesting how quickly one can become attached to a place.
We are in our final week and it sounds like we'll be doing most of our ministry in Pilar, a place to the north of Buenos Aires. There are many lost people in Buenos Aires, so pray for the Lord to continue to work in people's hearts.
From Sherry
Hello Everyone!
What an incredible and memorable trip this has been! From day one we hit the ground running, our daily schedules packed with all sorts of activities, such as morning cross-cultural training sessions, music and preaching in the open-air plazas, canvassing neighborhoods, conducting basketball, conversational English, and music workshops, sight-seeing, as well as ministering in the nightly services in area churches.
The host missionaries have been a tremednous blessing and encouragement to the team and have ministered to us in countless ways! They have done our laundry; allowed us access to their house so that we can check our emails, make phone calls, or just relax; taken us sight-seeing; brought us meals; and made us all feel right at home! Their ministry to us spiritually and physically will leave an indelible impression on our hearts, long after we are gone.
To my husband, Brian, who is currently on another continent, I would just like to say how much I love and miss you! I'm so thankful to be sharing with you this incredible advantage called ministry! Even though we are miles apart, I have the complete peace and satisfaction of knowing we are in the center of God's protection and provision. Thank you for being such a wonderful example of encouragement to me.
To our parents, I want to say how much we love you and that we continue to reap the fruits of your investment in our lives over the years. Thank you for faithfully teaching us to love and serve our Lord Jesus Christ.
Sherry Trainer
What an incredible and memorable trip this has been! From day one we hit the ground running, our daily schedules packed with all sorts of activities, such as morning cross-cultural training sessions, music and preaching in the open-air plazas, canvassing neighborhoods, conducting basketball, conversational English, and music workshops, sight-seeing, as well as ministering in the nightly services in area churches.
The host missionaries have been a tremednous blessing and encouragement to the team and have ministered to us in countless ways! They have done our laundry; allowed us access to their house so that we can check our emails, make phone calls, or just relax; taken us sight-seeing; brought us meals; and made us all feel right at home! Their ministry to us spiritually and physically will leave an indelible impression on our hearts, long after we are gone.
To my husband, Brian, who is currently on another continent, I would just like to say how much I love and miss you! I'm so thankful to be sharing with you this incredible advantage called ministry! Even though we are miles apart, I have the complete peace and satisfaction of knowing we are in the center of God's protection and provision. Thank you for being such a wonderful example of encouragement to me.
To our parents, I want to say how much we love you and that we continue to reap the fruits of your investment in our lives over the years. Thank you for faithfully teaching us to love and serve our Lord Jesus Christ.
Sherry Trainer
From Tiffany
Dear Mom, Dad, Family, Friends, and Tim ~
Sorry we haven't blogged in a long time--but we are alive! :) We are still having a great time. The Lord is blessing our time down here--we have seen so many answers to prayer. We got to go to Uruguay for a few days. It is so beautiful there! I hope everyone is doing well in the States--I can't wait to get home and tell you all of my stories and share my pictures!
With love,
Tiffany
Sorry we haven't blogged in a long time--but we are alive! :) We are still having a great time. The Lord is blessing our time down here--we have seen so many answers to prayer. We got to go to Uruguay for a few days. It is so beautiful there! I hope everyone is doing well in the States--I can't wait to get home and tell you all of my stories and share my pictures!
With love,
Tiffany
From Emily S.
Hello Everyone!!
Hi Dad, Mom, Siblings, Alex, Mr and Mrs Board, and everyone else!
All is well here. We have not been able to blog in a while, so this is the time for me to catch up. We had a great time in Uruguay!! I got to go horseback riding and it was wonderful!! I was in my element!! We had a blast. We all stayed with different people and that was a lot of fun. We took a three hour boat ride there then when we came back we were on a boat that felt like the Titanic. It was huge and amazing!!! I cant wait to show you pictures!! I have never been on a boat that big before! And the cool thing, was that while we were on there, some of us girls were able to give the gospel to some guys from a soccer team. It was so neat. God is so good how he puts situations like that in our laps.
We have been doing lots of shopping and I have loved that to its fullest!! I have definitely bought too much stuff...but hey, as we all say, we are only in Argentina once!
We are painting today, and we are looking forward to that. The church ministries have been wonderful. It has been such a blessing to watch God work in the lives of the church members as well as other people. God is so good. This missions trip has been amazing. I am so thankful that the Lord allowed me to be a part of this wonderful team.
I miss you all!! Praying for you!
Emily
Hi Dad, Mom, Siblings, Alex, Mr and Mrs Board, and everyone else!
All is well here. We have not been able to blog in a while, so this is the time for me to catch up. We had a great time in Uruguay!! I got to go horseback riding and it was wonderful!! I was in my element!! We had a blast. We all stayed with different people and that was a lot of fun. We took a three hour boat ride there then when we came back we were on a boat that felt like the Titanic. It was huge and amazing!!! I cant wait to show you pictures!! I have never been on a boat that big before! And the cool thing, was that while we were on there, some of us girls were able to give the gospel to some guys from a soccer team. It was so neat. God is so good how he puts situations like that in our laps.
We have been doing lots of shopping and I have loved that to its fullest!! I have definitely bought too much stuff...but hey, as we all say, we are only in Argentina once!
We are painting today, and we are looking forward to that. The church ministries have been wonderful. It has been such a blessing to watch God work in the lives of the church members as well as other people. God is so good. This missions trip has been amazing. I am so thankful that the Lord allowed me to be a part of this wonderful team.
I miss you all!! Praying for you!
Emily
From Heather
Hey, all! I just wanted to give a little update about what we have been doing. We went to Uruguay for a few days and it was great! On the way there it took three hours. It was in the morning so it was foggy and the sunrise was beautiful. When we got there we meet the family we were. We were able to work with Pastor Perez and we did a concert at his church and helped with their visitation. In the afternoon we went to a ranch and fellowshipped with the people and team members. There was a big cookout for us so we had some great food! We were able to horseback riding and that was amazing! That night we had a service and we sang and Mr. Owens preached. It was a great message and I think it impacted many people. We were on a fast boat on the way back so it took only an hour. We went to La Boca to do some shopping and eat at Siga la Vaca. We got back kinda late so we had to change quickly for the evening service at Pastor Ron's church. It was intense but fun. It is great to serve the Lord!
This weekend was a bit lighter. On Sunday we had a morning service in San Fernando and in the afternoon we were supposed to go shopping at Tiger and the guys were going to have a basketball clinic but both were canceled so we were able to go back and get a much needed rest. We had a service that evening and Dr. F (he is a doctor that goes to that church) preached out of Psalms and did a clinical study on the "blessed man" and I stood in the back to get the translation from Mr. Greenwood. Many of the Doctor's friends came to the service so it was interesting to see how they responded because most of them were fellow colleagues. One of the people who was there was a lawyer who defended abused children. The Dr. has talked to her about the ministry she could have if she became a Christian. As far as I know she still shows no interest. The Dr. is not giving up though :)
We are having a blast here in Argentina. I can't believe we are here for one more week. It has gone by so fast. I will miss it.
My time is up so I'll be signing off.
This weekend was a bit lighter. On Sunday we had a morning service in San Fernando and in the afternoon we were supposed to go shopping at Tiger and the guys were going to have a basketball clinic but both were canceled so we were able to go back and get a much needed rest. We had a service that evening and Dr. F (he is a doctor that goes to that church) preached out of Psalms and did a clinical study on the "blessed man" and I stood in the back to get the translation from Mr. Greenwood. Many of the Doctor's friends came to the service so it was interesting to see how they responded because most of them were fellow colleagues. One of the people who was there was a lawyer who defended abused children. The Dr. has talked to her about the ministry she could have if she became a Christian. As far as I know she still shows no interest. The Dr. is not giving up though :)
We are having a blast here in Argentina. I can't believe we are here for one more week. It has gone by so fast. I will miss it.
My time is up so I'll be signing off.
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