jubilee missions

Friday, Oct. 9, 2009

Wow! God is so awesome! Here are the praise reports:

 Thursday:

• 50 people received Christ
• 25 people received discipleship
• Many new believers came to the evening program of music, etc.
• Pastor Leandro was given the papers containing the info for the 165 new believers for the new church plant
 Friday
• During our morning shopping trip to downtown Santa Fe, Jerry and Joel led a man to Christ.
• 55 women attended the woman’s gathering, where the new believers were introduced to the church ladies.
• 20 men attended the men’s gathering, where the new believers were introduced to the men of the church.

We praise God for the work of the Holy Spirit through us to plant this church. What an honor and privilege to serve Him here in Argentina. Truly the Body of Christ working together is an awesome thing to experience. Thank you for being part of this team through your prayers and support. You are a vital part of His work here. He honored the prayers for an open heaven, open hearts and open homes this week. Glory to God!

Here are the prayer requests:

 Pray for Pastor Leandro and his wife Claudia as they pastor and disciple the new believers.

 Pray for the new believers to connect with each other and continue in their walk with the Lord.

 Joel, Shirley and Sandy leave for San Antonio on Saturday evening, arriving on Sunday morning. Pray accordingly.

 Jerry will stay in Chili for an additional 7-10 days setting up future ministries. Pray accordingly.

 Yolanda will stay in Argentina setting up logistics for the March 2010 campaigns. She will return on Oct. 20. Pray accordingly.

 John will stay in Argentina training pastors and leaders for the March 2010 campaigns. He will return on Oct. 20. Pray accordingly.

Wed., Oct. 7, 2009

Thank you for your prayers. God is doing awesome things! Here are the praise reports for the last two days:

Professions of faith 123
Discipleships 35
Evening programs attendance 300

We were told this morning that Pastor Leandro (not Leonardo) had a blood transfusion but hadn’t had surgery yet. He needed complete bed rest and wouldn’t be able to come to any of the functions this week. However, God did a miracle and Pastor Leandro met us for lunch and came to the evening program. Praise God! Thank you for praying.

Short stories:
A Jehovah Witness received Christ

Two fishermen, a father age 70 and a son age 47, both named Peter, accepted Christ.

Catholic woman accepted Christ and then shared she had had two abortions. She asked if God could forgive her of those. She cried as she received His forgiveness and forgave herself.

When a lawyer understood that Christ is his advocate and take his punishment, he accepted Christ.

While discipling a lady, she shared her grandbaby was in the hospital awaiting surgery.
The team prayed for the baby and before the discipleship lesson was over they learned the baby was coming home from the hospital and didn’t need surgery.

There are many, many stories to share later. We give God praise and honor and glory for the miracles of salvations, healings, restorations, rededications and more. Hallelujah!

Sandy

Monday, Oct. 5

Wow!! God is so good! He is doing awesome things in this town of Santa Tome, Argentina.

We met with the team on Sunday, prayer walked the area for the new church plant and had worship service with the mother church. It was a busy and productive day.

Today was awesome! Please join us in praising God for the mighty work He did today through all the people involved in this church plant.

1. 7 teams of 3 people each went door to door in the morning and again in the late afternoon. There were 50 presentations of the gospel message and 23 salvations and 2 rededications. Glory to God!
2. Those 23 will receive discipleship follow up visits starting tomorrow.
3. About 200 people were present for the Jesus film presentation in the evening. After the film 14 adults and 19 children ages 8-18 received Christ. Hallelujah!
4. The mother church has an excellent system of recording all new believers so they continue follow up discipleship after we leave.

Please pray with thanksgiving for this wonderful start to the week.

Prayer requests:
1. The new pastor, Leonardo, will have surgery tomorrow for severe hemorrhoids. Pray accordingly.
2. For continued a continued open heaven, open doors and open hearts as we go door to door these next three days.
3. Continued good health for all team members
4. Discipleship appointments with new believers to be productive
5. Continued good weather for the door to door and evening programs.

God is good all the time and all the time God is good.

Thank you for your faithfulness to join us with prayer.
Sandy

Hello prayer warriors,

We arrived safely with all of our suitcases. Praise God! He even arranged for us to skip the flight to Miami and go straight from Dallas to Santiago, Chile. We traveled during the afternoon from the airport to the city of Santo Tome and arrived at our Hotel about 7 p.m.

We meet with Pastor Jose, the pastor of the mother church and went over logistics.

Here are our prayer requests:

1. The new pastor, Leonardo Rufener, of the new church we will plant is in the hospital with kidney problems, pray for his healing.
2. The area of the church plant has a strong Jehovah witness influence, pray accordingly.
3. There is also idol worship of a male, named Guachito Gio, pray accordingly.
4. Pray for the men in the mother church to have consistent work.
5. Pray against the influence of drugs in the area.
6. Pray for a person of influence in the area that will open doors for us.
7. Pray for the children in the area, for permission for us to go into the schools and to minister in the area plaza during the evenings.

Pastor Jose’s vision is to have his church multiply and plant new churches. He has 50 members who will be helping with the church plant this week.

They have been praying for three years for a team to come help them. God is using this team (us and you) to answer their prayers.

Thank and praise God for allowing us to partner with Him to advance His kingdom in Argentina.

Sandy