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Mike & Mary Wallace, Missionaries in Mexico City
July 8, 2024
Dear Pastors, Friends & Family,
Greetings in Jesus’ Name from Mexico City! We trust you all had a good Independence Day. We had a good week here. Pastor Alvaro’s daughter, Gabriela, had the opportunity to witness to Ashli while we were out as a church knocking doors. After she shared the gospel, Ashli received Christ as her Savior. While out as a church last week, Alvaro was able to witness to Aurelia and her daughter, Adriana. Both heard and understood the gospel, but Aurelia said she wanted to think about it more. Adriana, however, was ready and received Christ as her Savior. We continue to have good success weekly in the drug & alcohol rehab center. Juan trusted Christ there a few weeks ago and afterwards asked for a Bible. So, Thursday we took him a Bible there.
During this past trip to the Texas border in June, we were able to bring down more used clothes received from churches in Michigan, Ohio and Texas. Last Friday we gave each of the orphan girls a couple pieces of clothes. Little Ainara really loved the dress she received and put it on right away, asking Mary to take her picture with it. We prepared more of the used clothes for our church people to give out on Sunday. Sunday everybody received clothes.
After church Sunday, we took a small group to the open-air markets to pass out tracts, preach, witness and invited people to church. One 4-year-old in our church named Esteban loves passing out tracts which he did in the markets yesterday. I didn’t get a picture of him actually doing it, but it is hard for people to tell him “no” and not receive a tract. Esteban is the little brother of Mateo. I shared in our weekly Monday update a few weeks ago how Mateo is a bold witness in public school. Esteban & Mateo’s parents both left them, but thankfully we are able to bring them both to church weekly with another family member.
I would ask for you to pray for one of our deacon’s named Valdemar. If you follow our updates, you normally see pictures of him witnessing and winning someone to the Lord almost every week. I have mentioned before how strong the sun is here and how Mary & I, though we wear hats, SPF clothing and sunblock lotion, we have to go to the dermatologist on occasion to get pre-cancerous spots removed. Well, Valdemar just found out a couple weeks ago he has skin cancer real bad. He is sad for the news about the cancer, but he told me, “Pastor, more than the cancer, I miss getting to go out with the church several times a week to witness.” Due to how bad the cancer is, the doctors won’t even allow him to leave the house even to come to church. Please pray for Valdemar’s health, but also for his discouragement, being bound at home and unable to witness or attend church.
We know time is valuable, so we are glad you shared your time with us to ready this update. Thanks for everything. We are “...your servants for Jesus’ sake.” II Corinthians 4:5.
Mike & Mary Wallace, Missionaries in Mexico City
Cell: 330-419-0520
Email: [email protected]
Mail:
P.O. Box 908
Donna, TX 78537
www.mexico-missionaries.com
Support & Sending Church:
First Baptist Church of Kenmore
2330 East Avenue
Akron, OH 44314
330-745-3619
Pastor Joe Grimaldi
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The Shrivnauth Family – Missionaries to Guyana
July 2024
Dear Pastor, Church, Family and Friends,
We had a good visit in the U.S. during our five weeks there near the end of April and into May. We got to go to our daughter’s graduation from Bible college, attend our son’s wedding and visit seven of our supporting churches. We traveled 5,987 miles in that time.
In June we hosted the Teaching All Nations Bible Conference with Greg and Robin Ogle, Adam Ogle and his son, Ethan, and Brother John Woosley. It was a terrific conference with several of our sister churches attending. In September we are launching the Teaching All Nations Bible Institute. I truly believe if we are going to reach our world for Christ, we must follow the pattern of how Jesus trained and taught His followers, His interns, and His inner-circle leaders. It works because He trained twelve and they turned the world upside down for Him in their lifetime. You and I are here as believers because they listened to His voice and the voice of the Holy Spirit whom He left as our Teacher and Guide.
We are now gearing up for Vacation Bible School in July. The theme is “The True Treasure,” and Pastor Robert Rines and a group from Victory Baptist Church in Hummel’s Wharf, Pennsylvania, are coming to help.
I want to thank many of you who have prayed for me since I had a stroke. It has been about six months since the stroke and all the medical procedures that were done on me. I am feeling better. Recently, I had an MRI and a CT scan as a six month follow-up. The doctor said everything looked as expected, which I took to mean, it was good.
In May through June, there were a total of 71 saved and 7 baptized in our ministry. Each one has a story and is fruit to your account as our fellow helpers.
May God continue to bless you, my beloved.
In Christ Jesus the Anchor holds,
The Shrivnauth family
Noel, Charlene, Gretel, Elsie and Nolan
Mission Agency:
Baptist International Missions, Inc.
P.O. Box 9
Harrison, TN 37341
423.344.5050
Sent By:
Bible Baptist Church
4190 N. Susquehanna Trail
York, PA 17831
717.266.0892
Contact Us:
570.509.3974
(You can reach us anytime at the above number.)
570.837.3693
[email protected]
Noelshrivnauth.edifyhub.com
Mail:
c/o Mission Agency Address
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The Wynnes – Missionaries to Mexico
Dear Friends,
Bartholomew is from Angola, Africa traveling through South America and Mexico to the USA. Passing through the jungle in Panama his wife died. The immigrants tell us they see hundreds die in the jungles of Central and South America and step over many bodies. Bartholomew and his four children trusted Christ with us in Mexico City and wept with gratitude for the help we gave them.
Erick Islas was steeped in witchcraft and satanic worship. He had a collection of human skulls and bones and idols. Our soul winners witnessed to him and continued inviting him to Church. He came and trusted Christ as Savior and last week brought a box of idols and skulls etc. worth a great deal of money to other cult members and destroyed it all! Praise God!
In May 173,830 were saved in preaching services and 3,229 were baptized! This is all fruit for your account. This work would not exist without you and your prayers and giving!
We graduated 46 from the Bible College and ordained 12 new preachers. 4 of them already have started churches in the Mexico City area and are running around 100 each. The others are going elsewhere to start works. Thank you!
In Christ,
Kevin Wynne
Mail address:
7421 Marbach Road
San Antonio, TX 78227-1701
Phone: 011-52 (55) 5632-6966
Email: [email protected]
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The Putnam Family – Missionaries to Brazil
J u n e was a whirlwind month! There’s so much going on and happening here in July - I’ll do my best to keep it to one page.
We rescheduled our couple’s banquet due to Pastor Jonathan being ill last month. The banquet is now scheduled for the 20th of July. We have over 20 couples registered for this event, many of whom are not saved. Please pray for the Gospel to go forth and for souls to be saved!
Also, be in prayer for Victoria and Anderson - a young couple and coworkers of one of our ladies. Anderson tried to commit suicide a few weeks ago. They are not saved and while I have not had a chance to visit with them personally, I’ve had the chance to send messages to them. Please pray for the Lord to work in their hearts.
It has been a joy to watch the spiritual growth of the church! I’ve been discipling Damion for several months now and it’s contagious to see his enthusiasm for the Lord. His brother-in-law, Joelington, is still not saved. Continue to pray for him. I’ve had the chance to witness to him, but while he has come to church several times, he shows little interest. Damion’s brother- and sister-in-law (Leandro and Joyce) still are not saved. Continue to pray that the Holy Spirit would use Damion and his family to reach these cold hearts. Further, a few Saturdays ago, Patricia traveled a significant distance by bus to come be a part of our soulwinning time. The dedication and desire to reach the lost has been so encouraging!
I had the opportunity to preach at a youth conference in Taubaté. We had a total of 7 teens from our church participate and it was a great time seeing the Lord work in hearts. Our young people are susceptible to the many dangers and temptations that exist, plus many do not have good, godly friends in their neighborhoods, schools, or families. Pastor Jonathan and Mrs. Karlene have done a wonderful job with the teens. Please continue to pray for them to learn to walk with God and have a heart to serve Him.
We have just a few weeks until we leave for furlough. It’s hard to believe that our first term is quickly coming to an end. I was pondering the 4.5 years here in Brazil and just reflecting on God’s goodness to us through the local church. We understand and appreciate that you all sacrifice day in and day out financially to further the Gospel in the regions beyond. We love you all and pray for you often. We know that without your financial and prayer support there could be no Victory Baptist Church and the influence the Lord allows us to have! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We’re excited to be able to report to many churches and have some opportunities left if you’re interested. Our fall calendar is full; however, if you’d like to have us sometime between mid-January and mid-April please don’t hesitate to let us know. There are still several details to take care of, but in general we are all set for our travel.
Our heart is for church planting. With this in mind, we are seeking to help Bro. Diego plant a church in August of 2025 in the neighboring city of Caçapava. He and his family will be moving there in February of 2025 to begin working in this needy city. We as a church are supporting him as a missionary, but the start-up costs are significant. If you’d like to help a new church plant get off the ground, Bro. Diego and his family would be a worthy consideration. They are needing around $10,000 to get started. Many needs have been supplied but there is still a great financial investment needed. All support is going through New Life Baptist Church, but it can be sent to us and we can get it to them.
This is our last letter from this first term from the field. Thank you so much for your investment in us these 4.5 years here. We look forward to seeing many of you upon our return and certainly what the Lord will continue to do here both in our absence and upon our return home to Brazil.
Keith, Jamie, Lainey, Clayton & Silas Putnam
Sent By:
Northwest Bible Baptist Church
Elgin IL 60124
Contact:
Putnams to Brazil
9n889 Nesler Rd
Elgin, IL 60124
Phone: (847) 695-6222
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Josh & Alyse Szwarga – Missionaries to New Zealand
We had a second visit up to Auckland while preaching for Mount Zion Bible Baptist Church this month. When we were leaving the same hotel as our visit one month previous, the valet approached us and commented that it was good to see us again and thanked us for the gospel tract we had given him. I voiced my surprise that he would remember us, to which he replied that we left a big impression. We didn’t converse any further as he was called away for a task; however, never underestimate the influence of handing out a gospel tract!
Half of the soulwinning endeavors the past few months have been spent training one of pastor’s sons. We met a young lady on a recent Saturday who visited the following day. The expression on the young man’s face was priceless when he saw them at church. Although not the first visitors he’s seen from soulwinning, it was the quickest any have attended after being invited. The past two weeks specifically has seen a dramatic increase in opportunities to witness, both personally and corporately as a church family. Thank you to those who pray during and for our scheduled soulwinning times.
One of the direct causes of this effect is the men’s Bible Institute. Since February, each of the eight men enrolled has seen dramatic improvement in ability and confidence of their knowledge of the Bible and also of their public speaking. The practicum of the course has varied, beginning with “Toastmaster” style sessions of preaching and speeches of recent lesson material, evaluated by their peers. The current format is delivering a witnessing testimony from that week. The testimonies are full of boldness, eccentricity, mistakes, conviction, and fruit. Just in several weeks, there have been visitors to church, witness to family and co-workers, and an increasing compassion for the lost.
In addition to the light of the gospel going out individually, several of the men are scheduled to preach next month in church. One of the men will be filling my role of preaching the youth group messages, and a Filipino man is starting a Bible study in his home in July. Please pray for the Bible study, and the man who will lead it. This will be evangelistic in nature and there is already a lengthy list of prospective families being invited.
At our most recent nursing home service, we distributed large-font Gospel booklets and Pastor Fraser began a sermon series on witnessing – yes, at the nursing home! It only took several days for all of the booklets to be given out and more requested. We have seen interest in our church and visitors to church from the employees of this nursing home as well.
The theme of June has been 2 Timothy 2:2, as this letter has been a sampling of our experiences this month. Virtually all aspects of ministry that we have carried in our short time at the church have been organically accounted for by the church membership in anticipation of the November church plant.
We have a stateside trip scheduled in August and September, prior to jumping into the church plant. We anticipate seeing many of you at various events during this time!
Thank you for praying,
Josh, Alyse, Bentlee and Raelynn Szwarga
Updated Address:
51B Taniwha Place
Bethlehem, NZ 3176
[email protected]
Mailing Address:
Szwargas to New Zealand
9zn889 Nesler Rd
Elgin, IL 60124
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Sam Ward – Missionary Helper – Croatia
Dear Dr. Corle,
Greetings from beautiful Croatia! Here I am again wishing I had a better report for everyone, but again I must tell you the truth. The infection I have battled since December and January proved to once again be more resilient than all the antibiotics I have taken. I was re-admitted to the hospital in late April where I was again given intravenous antibiotics for a number of days. In addition, the first surgery I had in March did indeed prove to be inadequate, so I had a much more invasive surgery on May 3rd. After that, I spent about eleven more days in the hospital on a wound vacuum machine. I have been under the surgeon’s care as an outpatient ever since.
This latest hospital stay was 23 days long, bringing me to a grand total of 47 days in the hospital since late December. For someone who had not seen the inside of a hospital for 40 years, this has really been quite an adjustment. I promise you I never started out to create my own soap opera, but it is what it is. As of now, I am recuperating from the surgery. (The incisions were left completely open to heal on their own, which surprises me.) In addition, I am still battling a persistent case of anemia, which has really zapped my energy level. I am working on that, hoping in the next month or so to see some significant progress. Please pray that I can overcome this and get back in the action in a big way.
In the mean time we continue to fill the Bible orders that come in via our website, and to supply the various groups around Croatia that pass out Bibles on the street. I simply have not had the energy to this point to do another major advertising push on the Free Bible website. I started out this year hoping and praying to send out 20,000 Bibles in 2024, after sending 14,000 in 2023. That certainly has changed because of all these medical issues. Sometimes the road we must walk is not the one we would choose for ourselves, but rather the road we are given. Right now, this time dealing with all these medical issues appears to be monumental, but I know, down the road when I look back on it in the years to come, it will seem like it was no big deal.
Also, I would ask that you continue to pray for our church in Varazdin, as we struggle in attendance. We recently counted up about 17 people that we have lost in recent years through death and other unfortunate circumstances beyond our control.
Thank you so very much for all your support, whether financial, or through prayer and encouragement. Without you, this would not be possible. Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing.
Sam Ward
Sent By/Support Address:
Trinity Baptist Church
2212 N Davis Dr
Arlington, TX 76012
817-460-7940
Dr. Todd Lasseter, Pastor
Contact Information:
[email protected]
www.godsavecroatia.com
Field Address:
Matija Gupca 34/5
Cakovec, Croatia
Europe 40000
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The Torres Family – Missionaries to the United Kingdom
Hello, Praying Friends and Family!
We are thankful to those of you who keep us in your prayers, especially for our recent trip to the United Kingdom! We have had the busiest and most wonderful past two months. We hope that this letter will help you to hear of all the many things that the missionaries in the UK do each week. These are things that we will be a part of once we move over to the United Kingdom.
“I strive to preach the gospel… To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.” (Romans 15:20-21)
MAY:
We were able to be a part of a missions conference in Missouri, then head to Tennessee for graduation. We were both privileged to finish our Master of Ministry and receive our diplomas. During the Baccalaureate service, Johnny was one of the preachers for the night. It was a blessing to be a part of the graduation ceremony and see friends and family there as well! After graduation, we were in a meeting in Michigan, and we were able to help them in a church workday. Next, Johnny’s pastor was celebrating 20 years as pastor of Hope Baptist Church, and we were able to be a part of canvassing for that special service. Our next meeting was in Iowa, and we were so glad to be able to join them in their service for the children that rode in on the buses.
JUNE:
We started June with a meeting in Virginia, then headed to Georgia, then to Pennsylvania. On June 12th, we flew to the UK. We started working as soon as we landed, and we were able to help build things for Camp Victory. Next, we had the opportunity to spend our first week in Liverpool at Breck Road Baptist Church. Alana was able to teach English class, then we were both able to help at a children’s Bible club at Norris Green Baptist Church. Johnny had the opportunity to preach at the youth rally that same night as well. Saturday we were able to help on visitation, and we met a family that had only lived in the UK for four months. We are praying that the mom will be able to join the English classes, and be able to make some godly friends. Sunday, we were a part of the services, bus route, teaching Sunday school, preaching, and giving our testimonies. Tuesday and Wednesday we were able to work outside and do all the gardening for the church. (trimming bushes, spraying weeds, weed whacking, mowing, and cleaning it all up!) We joined Breck Road Baptist Church again for their service Wednesday Evening, then on Thursday we made our way to Oxford for a special ordination service for two of the missionaries already in the UK. Friday through Saturday we had the opportunity to take part in the Gospel Mission in the Netherlands that goes on once a month. We held a Gospel service both days while there, and it was incredible to see the building full of many young people and adults. Sunday we were able to help in Oxford Baptist Chapel’s Sunday school program.
Tuesday evening, we were at Lower Kingswood Baptist Chapel Church, where Johnny had the opportunity to preach. Back to Oxford Baptist Chapel for the Children’s Sword Club, then evening gospel meeting. Thursday was a workday at Crown Hall, and many of the missionaries came together to get things done. Friday, we drove to Builth Wells, Wales. We were able to go door-knocking to invite people to the evening Gospel meeting as well as the children’s Bible club. We helped with their Explorer’s Bible Club, and Johnny helped teach the memory verse, then Alana taught the lesson. Saturday we were able to be at Beeches Road Baptist Chapel for their soul-winning, and youth rallies. Alana helped and taught at the ladies’ youth rally, and Johnny taught and helped at the boy’s youth rally. Sunday we were at Beeches Road Baptist Chapel, and we helped with the Sunday School. During the evening Gospel meeting, Alana shared her testimony and Johnny preached.
We feel like our survey trip has flown by, but while we were here, we wanted to be a part of all that we could and help as much as we could. It was such a great experience seeing many of the church plants, as well as some of the newest churches that have been given to the Crown Christian Heritage Trust. There will be an abundance of pictures for June, just to show all the amazing things we took part of!
PRAYER REQUESTS & PRAISES:
• Safety as we travel back to America!
• Help us pray that we can fill the rest of the year with meetings!
• We are praying that we will have all of our support raised by January 2025!
Johnny and Alana Torres
[email protected]
319-693-7699
2101 Knollshire Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Sending Church:
Temple Baptist Church
Powell, TN
Pastor Clarence Sexton
Support/Monetary Gifts:
Central Missionary Clearing House
P.O. Box 219228
Houston, TX 77218-9228
Memo: Johnny Torres
The Navato Family – Missionaries to the US Military in Japan
Dear Pastor and Praying Friends,
John 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Praise God for the opportunity to serve Him through US Military Missions. Your unwavering prayers, and your faithful support have been instrumental in our continued service in church planting. Freedom Baptist Church Atsugi-Zama in Japan church planting, reports:
People: Please pray for our US Navy Sailors Jeremiah, Eric, and Mason. They just departed to serve aboard the ship for a few months. Pray for Joan, Dora, Donna, and our US Army Soldiers Dickenson, and Robinson to get Sundays off from work to attend our church. US Navy Sailor Matthew is also departing for ship duty for a few months. We only have a faithful few attending our Sunday morning and evening services, in our apartment living room. Pray that we can find the “good-grounders and hundred-folders,” in Matthew 13:8, win them to Christ, Scripturally baptize them, disciple them, and train them to win others to Christ.
Places: Glory to God! We now have a small church building space, and we are grateful! We thank veteran missionary of over 45 years to Okinawa, Japan, Pastor Dan Gardner, for being our guarantor for our apartment, and our church building contracts. In God we trust, to increase us spiritually, numerically, and give us His bigger church facility, in His time. We also thank Sasebo Baptist Church and Pastor Fred Rojas for inviting us, and asking me to preach in their 30th Anniversary Sunday. I had the privilege to ordain Brother Rojas to the Gospel Ministry while I was his pastor in Maranatha Baptist Church in Okinawa. Pastor & Mrs. Rojas are doing a great job in Sasebo Baptist Church. There were salvation, or assurance of salvation, and church membership decisions.
It is also good to see our former members Minori-san, when I was her pastor in Lighthouse Baptist Church in Sasebo, and Miss Ara, when I was her pastor in Maranatha Baptist Church.
Praises: Praise God! Rosario 84, and Aurora 55, were visiting from the Philippines, and Elvie led them to Christ! We now have our first baptism, Miss Aya, in Freedom Baptist Church! We are especially thankful to Pastor Gilbert and Lakewood Baptist Church for the church facility fund they sent us! We can now purchase chairs, technology, signage, and other initial building needs for Freedom Baptist Church Atsugi-Zama. Please visit us online at: bimi ed and elvie navato, and https://www.facebook.com/FreedomBaptistAtsugi
We are deeply grateful for your love, prayers, special offerings, and financial support, as we travel on this missionary church planting journey. We hold you in high regard, and are truly blessed that you chose us as your fellow-laborers by God’s grace, and for His glory.
Your church-planting missionaries to the US Military in Japan,
Ed and Elvie Navato
Contact:
[email protected]
Sent By:
Maranatha Baptist Church
Okinawa, Japan
Phone: 011-81-98-929-2695
Sent To:
Marantha Baptist Church
4-43-2 Chibana,
Okinawa City, Okinawa 904-2143
Japan
Sent Through:
Baptist International Missions, Inc.
PO Box 9
Harrison, TN 37341
(423) 344-5050
The Ibrahim Family – Missionary & Church Planters in Guyana, South America since 2011
Dear Prayer Warriors,
Thank you for your faithful prayers and investments into the Lord’s work here in Guyana. A group of ladies came from Victory Baptist Church in Illinois and did our first Ladies Conference. We had morning and evening sessions, along with split sessions for single and married ladies for two days. There were ladies from eight different churches and ministries and each session there were 75-85 ladies. The Lord knew it was very much needed and He blessed and strengthened the hearts of our ladies.
Pastor Joel Haynes invited me and my wife to visit their ministry on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. He recommended us first to visit Pastor Matt Hudson in New Mexico for about two days. There we got to see the great work that is being done at Bella Vista Baptist Church. We were given the special privilege to preach and spend time with his godly family. We would then spend the next 7 days with the Haynes family and would spend much time talking about ministry work and seeking counsel, spending time with their family, hunting in the dark for snipes (lol) with his boys and spending time with the people in the church which he loves. He gave me the privilege to preach at their Bible college, his church and his father’s church. This trip was a tremendous blessing and encouragement to me and my wife. We are also thankful for the safety of our children while we were gone.
On Mother’s Day the Lord blessed to have 41 mothers in our church. Sadly, during this time a faithful young adult man from our church drowned on a trip planned among our people. It was truly an accident and the Lord’s appointed time. But it caused legal situations and threats from his unsaved relatives. This situation brought devastation within the church to lose a faithful member that we loved. Adiel was used to partake in many skits and plays and brought much joy and laughter to over a thousand people in our church over the years. We are thankful for Pastor Mukesh from Trinidad that rushed down to our aid and preached at the funeral where many hands were raised to accept Jesus as their Saviour. We are also thankful for Pastor Haynes who sent weekly, short encouraging video messages for our people to be strengthened and we are thankful for everyone that lifted us up in prayers. The Lord used your prayers to save much of our people physically and spiritually. Please pray for my wife and the baby’s health during her pregnancy. This will be our eighth child so please pray for a larger vehicle for our family. We greatly covet your prayers.
Listening for the Shout!
Pastor Zakir, Sheena, Nathanael, Brianna, Emily, Josiah, Katelyn, Micah & ___ Ibrahim
“And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith...” (Acts 14:27)
Sending Church:
Victory Baptist Church
22 Old Road Providence,
E.B.D., Guyana, S.A.
592-233-6633
Pastor Noel Shrivnauth
Church Address:
Foundation Baptist Church
393 Golden Grove,
East Bank Demerara
Guyana, S.A.
592-216-2669 or 592-216-0247
Mailing Address:
213 Section ‘B’ Block ‘X’
Great Diamond,
East Bank Demerara
Guyana, S.A.
592-216-6920 or 592-645-3647
Email: [email protected]
The Benjamin George Family – Missionaries to Argentina
Dear prayer partner,
Thank you for your continued investment in Argentina! This June, we had the privilege of going back to Tucuman and spending Father’s Day with my dad, Brian George, who has served the Lord here faithfully since 1996! It is such a privilege to call him my father. During our time there, we spent time with family and helped with some translating at the church. I also got to do an overnight bonding time with my brother Ezekiel. We hiked up into the mountains!
During this trip, we helped my brother-in-law and wife, Pablo and Melani, pack and move back to Posadas! God has blessed us by sending them to serve here in Posadas full-time! During the next few weeks, we will be looking for a place for them to live and furnish it. Pablo was the youth pastor and song leader at Bethel Baptist in Tucuman, and Melani played the piano at church. She is an accomplished pianist, finished her studies, and graduated in the last week of June as a piano teacher from the university in Tucuman with the highest grade possible!
In June, we ran an ad campaign in Posadas with the Gospel Film and had 82 fill out the form saying they received Christ as their Savior! The ad was shared 349 times, with 312 thousand plays, 65 comments, and 1.3k likes!
For His Service,
Benjamin and Bernice George
Contact:
(319) 499-7590
[email protected]
Sending Church:
Marion Avenue Baptist Church
Pastor Joseph Brown
215 South Marion Ave
Washington, IA 52353
[email protected]
855-825-4113
July 8, 2024
Dear Pastors, Friends & Family,
Greetings in Jesus’ Name from Mexico City! We trust you all had a good Independence Day. We had a good week here. Pastor Alvaro’s daughter, Gabriela, had the opportunity to witness to Ashli while we were out as a church knocking doors. After she shared the gospel, Ashli received Christ as her Savior. While out as a church last week, Alvaro was able to witness to Aurelia and her daughter, Adriana. Both heard and understood the gospel, but Aurelia said she wanted to think about it more. Adriana, however, was ready and received Christ as her Savior. We continue to have good success weekly in the drug & alcohol rehab center. Juan trusted Christ there a few weeks ago and afterwards asked for a Bible. So, Thursday we took him a Bible there.
During this past trip to the Texas border in June, we were able to bring down more used clothes received from churches in Michigan, Ohio and Texas. Last Friday we gave each of the orphan girls a couple pieces of clothes. Little Ainara really loved the dress she received and put it on right away, asking Mary to take her picture with it. We prepared more of the used clothes for our church people to give out on Sunday. Sunday everybody received clothes.
After church Sunday, we took a small group to the open-air markets to pass out tracts, preach, witness and invited people to church. One 4-year-old in our church named Esteban loves passing out tracts which he did in the markets yesterday. I didn’t get a picture of him actually doing it, but it is hard for people to tell him “no” and not receive a tract. Esteban is the little brother of Mateo. I shared in our weekly Monday update a few weeks ago how Mateo is a bold witness in public school. Esteban & Mateo’s parents both left them, but thankfully we are able to bring them both to church weekly with another family member.
I would ask for you to pray for one of our deacon’s named Valdemar. If you follow our updates, you normally see pictures of him witnessing and winning someone to the Lord almost every week. I have mentioned before how strong the sun is here and how Mary & I, though we wear hats, SPF clothing and sunblock lotion, we have to go to the dermatologist on occasion to get pre-cancerous spots removed. Well, Valdemar just found out a couple weeks ago he has skin cancer real bad. He is sad for the news about the cancer, but he told me, “Pastor, more than the cancer, I miss getting to go out with the church several times a week to witness.” Due to how bad the cancer is, the doctors won’t even allow him to leave the house even to come to church. Please pray for Valdemar’s health, but also for his discouragement, being bound at home and unable to witness or attend church.
We know time is valuable, so we are glad you shared your time with us to ready this update. Thanks for everything. We are “...your servants for Jesus’ sake.” II Corinthians 4:5.
Mike & Mary Wallace, Missionaries in Mexico City
Cell: 330-419-0520
Email: [email protected]
Mail:
P.O. Box 908
Donna, TX 78537
www.mexico-missionaries.com
Support & Sending Church:
First Baptist Church of Kenmore
2330 East Avenue
Akron, OH 44314
330-745-3619
Pastor Joe Grimaldi
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The Shrivnauth Family – Missionaries to Guyana
July 2024
Dear Pastor, Church, Family and Friends,
We had a good visit in the U.S. during our five weeks there near the end of April and into May. We got to go to our daughter’s graduation from Bible college, attend our son’s wedding and visit seven of our supporting churches. We traveled 5,987 miles in that time.
In June we hosted the Teaching All Nations Bible Conference with Greg and Robin Ogle, Adam Ogle and his son, Ethan, and Brother John Woosley. It was a terrific conference with several of our sister churches attending. In September we are launching the Teaching All Nations Bible Institute. I truly believe if we are going to reach our world for Christ, we must follow the pattern of how Jesus trained and taught His followers, His interns, and His inner-circle leaders. It works because He trained twelve and they turned the world upside down for Him in their lifetime. You and I are here as believers because they listened to His voice and the voice of the Holy Spirit whom He left as our Teacher and Guide.
We are now gearing up for Vacation Bible School in July. The theme is “The True Treasure,” and Pastor Robert Rines and a group from Victory Baptist Church in Hummel’s Wharf, Pennsylvania, are coming to help.
I want to thank many of you who have prayed for me since I had a stroke. It has been about six months since the stroke and all the medical procedures that were done on me. I am feeling better. Recently, I had an MRI and a CT scan as a six month follow-up. The doctor said everything looked as expected, which I took to mean, it was good.
In May through June, there were a total of 71 saved and 7 baptized in our ministry. Each one has a story and is fruit to your account as our fellow helpers.
May God continue to bless you, my beloved.
In Christ Jesus the Anchor holds,
The Shrivnauth family
Noel, Charlene, Gretel, Elsie and Nolan
Mission Agency:
Baptist International Missions, Inc.
P.O. Box 9
Harrison, TN 37341
423.344.5050
Sent By:
Bible Baptist Church
4190 N. Susquehanna Trail
York, PA 17831
717.266.0892
Contact Us:
570.509.3974
(You can reach us anytime at the above number.)
570.837.3693
[email protected]
Noelshrivnauth.edifyhub.com
Mail:
c/o Mission Agency Address
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The Wynnes – Missionaries to Mexico
Dear Friends,
Bartholomew is from Angola, Africa traveling through South America and Mexico to the USA. Passing through the jungle in Panama his wife died. The immigrants tell us they see hundreds die in the jungles of Central and South America and step over many bodies. Bartholomew and his four children trusted Christ with us in Mexico City and wept with gratitude for the help we gave them.
Erick Islas was steeped in witchcraft and satanic worship. He had a collection of human skulls and bones and idols. Our soul winners witnessed to him and continued inviting him to Church. He came and trusted Christ as Savior and last week brought a box of idols and skulls etc. worth a great deal of money to other cult members and destroyed it all! Praise God!
In May 173,830 were saved in preaching services and 3,229 were baptized! This is all fruit for your account. This work would not exist without you and your prayers and giving!
We graduated 46 from the Bible College and ordained 12 new preachers. 4 of them already have started churches in the Mexico City area and are running around 100 each. The others are going elsewhere to start works. Thank you!
In Christ,
Kevin Wynne
Mail address:
7421 Marbach Road
San Antonio, TX 78227-1701
Phone: 011-52 (55) 5632-6966
Email: [email protected]
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The Putnam Family – Missionaries to Brazil
J u n e was a whirlwind month! There’s so much going on and happening here in July - I’ll do my best to keep it to one page.
We rescheduled our couple’s banquet due to Pastor Jonathan being ill last month. The banquet is now scheduled for the 20th of July. We have over 20 couples registered for this event, many of whom are not saved. Please pray for the Gospel to go forth and for souls to be saved!
Also, be in prayer for Victoria and Anderson - a young couple and coworkers of one of our ladies. Anderson tried to commit suicide a few weeks ago. They are not saved and while I have not had a chance to visit with them personally, I’ve had the chance to send messages to them. Please pray for the Lord to work in their hearts.
It has been a joy to watch the spiritual growth of the church! I’ve been discipling Damion for several months now and it’s contagious to see his enthusiasm for the Lord. His brother-in-law, Joelington, is still not saved. Continue to pray for him. I’ve had the chance to witness to him, but while he has come to church several times, he shows little interest. Damion’s brother- and sister-in-law (Leandro and Joyce) still are not saved. Continue to pray that the Holy Spirit would use Damion and his family to reach these cold hearts. Further, a few Saturdays ago, Patricia traveled a significant distance by bus to come be a part of our soulwinning time. The dedication and desire to reach the lost has been so encouraging!
I had the opportunity to preach at a youth conference in Taubaté. We had a total of 7 teens from our church participate and it was a great time seeing the Lord work in hearts. Our young people are susceptible to the many dangers and temptations that exist, plus many do not have good, godly friends in their neighborhoods, schools, or families. Pastor Jonathan and Mrs. Karlene have done a wonderful job with the teens. Please continue to pray for them to learn to walk with God and have a heart to serve Him.
We have just a few weeks until we leave for furlough. It’s hard to believe that our first term is quickly coming to an end. I was pondering the 4.5 years here in Brazil and just reflecting on God’s goodness to us through the local church. We understand and appreciate that you all sacrifice day in and day out financially to further the Gospel in the regions beyond. We love you all and pray for you often. We know that without your financial and prayer support there could be no Victory Baptist Church and the influence the Lord allows us to have! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We’re excited to be able to report to many churches and have some opportunities left if you’re interested. Our fall calendar is full; however, if you’d like to have us sometime between mid-January and mid-April please don’t hesitate to let us know. There are still several details to take care of, but in general we are all set for our travel.
Our heart is for church planting. With this in mind, we are seeking to help Bro. Diego plant a church in August of 2025 in the neighboring city of Caçapava. He and his family will be moving there in February of 2025 to begin working in this needy city. We as a church are supporting him as a missionary, but the start-up costs are significant. If you’d like to help a new church plant get off the ground, Bro. Diego and his family would be a worthy consideration. They are needing around $10,000 to get started. Many needs have been supplied but there is still a great financial investment needed. All support is going through New Life Baptist Church, but it can be sent to us and we can get it to them.
This is our last letter from this first term from the field. Thank you so much for your investment in us these 4.5 years here. We look forward to seeing many of you upon our return and certainly what the Lord will continue to do here both in our absence and upon our return home to Brazil.
Keith, Jamie, Lainey, Clayton & Silas Putnam
Sent By:
Northwest Bible Baptist Church
Elgin IL 60124
Contact:
Putnams to Brazil
9n889 Nesler Rd
Elgin, IL 60124
Phone: (847) 695-6222
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Josh & Alyse Szwarga – Missionaries to New Zealand
We had a second visit up to Auckland while preaching for Mount Zion Bible Baptist Church this month. When we were leaving the same hotel as our visit one month previous, the valet approached us and commented that it was good to see us again and thanked us for the gospel tract we had given him. I voiced my surprise that he would remember us, to which he replied that we left a big impression. We didn’t converse any further as he was called away for a task; however, never underestimate the influence of handing out a gospel tract!
Half of the soulwinning endeavors the past few months have been spent training one of pastor’s sons. We met a young lady on a recent Saturday who visited the following day. The expression on the young man’s face was priceless when he saw them at church. Although not the first visitors he’s seen from soulwinning, it was the quickest any have attended after being invited. The past two weeks specifically has seen a dramatic increase in opportunities to witness, both personally and corporately as a church family. Thank you to those who pray during and for our scheduled soulwinning times.
One of the direct causes of this effect is the men’s Bible Institute. Since February, each of the eight men enrolled has seen dramatic improvement in ability and confidence of their knowledge of the Bible and also of their public speaking. The practicum of the course has varied, beginning with “Toastmaster” style sessions of preaching and speeches of recent lesson material, evaluated by their peers. The current format is delivering a witnessing testimony from that week. The testimonies are full of boldness, eccentricity, mistakes, conviction, and fruit. Just in several weeks, there have been visitors to church, witness to family and co-workers, and an increasing compassion for the lost.
In addition to the light of the gospel going out individually, several of the men are scheduled to preach next month in church. One of the men will be filling my role of preaching the youth group messages, and a Filipino man is starting a Bible study in his home in July. Please pray for the Bible study, and the man who will lead it. This will be evangelistic in nature and there is already a lengthy list of prospective families being invited.
At our most recent nursing home service, we distributed large-font Gospel booklets and Pastor Fraser began a sermon series on witnessing – yes, at the nursing home! It only took several days for all of the booklets to be given out and more requested. We have seen interest in our church and visitors to church from the employees of this nursing home as well.
The theme of June has been 2 Timothy 2:2, as this letter has been a sampling of our experiences this month. Virtually all aspects of ministry that we have carried in our short time at the church have been organically accounted for by the church membership in anticipation of the November church plant.
We have a stateside trip scheduled in August and September, prior to jumping into the church plant. We anticipate seeing many of you at various events during this time!
Thank you for praying,
Josh, Alyse, Bentlee and Raelynn Szwarga
Updated Address:
51B Taniwha Place
Bethlehem, NZ 3176
[email protected]
Mailing Address:
Szwargas to New Zealand
9zn889 Nesler Rd
Elgin, IL 60124
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Sam Ward – Missionary Helper – Croatia
Dear Dr. Corle,
Greetings from beautiful Croatia! Here I am again wishing I had a better report for everyone, but again I must tell you the truth. The infection I have battled since December and January proved to once again be more resilient than all the antibiotics I have taken. I was re-admitted to the hospital in late April where I was again given intravenous antibiotics for a number of days. In addition, the first surgery I had in March did indeed prove to be inadequate, so I had a much more invasive surgery on May 3rd. After that, I spent about eleven more days in the hospital on a wound vacuum machine. I have been under the surgeon’s care as an outpatient ever since.
This latest hospital stay was 23 days long, bringing me to a grand total of 47 days in the hospital since late December. For someone who had not seen the inside of a hospital for 40 years, this has really been quite an adjustment. I promise you I never started out to create my own soap opera, but it is what it is. As of now, I am recuperating from the surgery. (The incisions were left completely open to heal on their own, which surprises me.) In addition, I am still battling a persistent case of anemia, which has really zapped my energy level. I am working on that, hoping in the next month or so to see some significant progress. Please pray that I can overcome this and get back in the action in a big way.
In the mean time we continue to fill the Bible orders that come in via our website, and to supply the various groups around Croatia that pass out Bibles on the street. I simply have not had the energy to this point to do another major advertising push on the Free Bible website. I started out this year hoping and praying to send out 20,000 Bibles in 2024, after sending 14,000 in 2023. That certainly has changed because of all these medical issues. Sometimes the road we must walk is not the one we would choose for ourselves, but rather the road we are given. Right now, this time dealing with all these medical issues appears to be monumental, but I know, down the road when I look back on it in the years to come, it will seem like it was no big deal.
Also, I would ask that you continue to pray for our church in Varazdin, as we struggle in attendance. We recently counted up about 17 people that we have lost in recent years through death and other unfortunate circumstances beyond our control.
Thank you so very much for all your support, whether financial, or through prayer and encouragement. Without you, this would not be possible. Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing.
Sam Ward
Sent By/Support Address:
Trinity Baptist Church
2212 N Davis Dr
Arlington, TX 76012
817-460-7940
Dr. Todd Lasseter, Pastor
Contact Information:
[email protected]
www.godsavecroatia.com
Field Address:
Matija Gupca 34/5
Cakovec, Croatia
Europe 40000
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The Torres Family – Missionaries to the United Kingdom
Hello, Praying Friends and Family!
We are thankful to those of you who keep us in your prayers, especially for our recent trip to the United Kingdom! We have had the busiest and most wonderful past two months. We hope that this letter will help you to hear of all the many things that the missionaries in the UK do each week. These are things that we will be a part of once we move over to the United Kingdom.
“I strive to preach the gospel… To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.” (Romans 15:20-21)
MAY:
We were able to be a part of a missions conference in Missouri, then head to Tennessee for graduation. We were both privileged to finish our Master of Ministry and receive our diplomas. During the Baccalaureate service, Johnny was one of the preachers for the night. It was a blessing to be a part of the graduation ceremony and see friends and family there as well! After graduation, we were in a meeting in Michigan, and we were able to help them in a church workday. Next, Johnny’s pastor was celebrating 20 years as pastor of Hope Baptist Church, and we were able to be a part of canvassing for that special service. Our next meeting was in Iowa, and we were so glad to be able to join them in their service for the children that rode in on the buses.
JUNE:
We started June with a meeting in Virginia, then headed to Georgia, then to Pennsylvania. On June 12th, we flew to the UK. We started working as soon as we landed, and we were able to help build things for Camp Victory. Next, we had the opportunity to spend our first week in Liverpool at Breck Road Baptist Church. Alana was able to teach English class, then we were both able to help at a children’s Bible club at Norris Green Baptist Church. Johnny had the opportunity to preach at the youth rally that same night as well. Saturday we were able to help on visitation, and we met a family that had only lived in the UK for four months. We are praying that the mom will be able to join the English classes, and be able to make some godly friends. Sunday, we were a part of the services, bus route, teaching Sunday school, preaching, and giving our testimonies. Tuesday and Wednesday we were able to work outside and do all the gardening for the church. (trimming bushes, spraying weeds, weed whacking, mowing, and cleaning it all up!) We joined Breck Road Baptist Church again for their service Wednesday Evening, then on Thursday we made our way to Oxford for a special ordination service for two of the missionaries already in the UK. Friday through Saturday we had the opportunity to take part in the Gospel Mission in the Netherlands that goes on once a month. We held a Gospel service both days while there, and it was incredible to see the building full of many young people and adults. Sunday we were able to help in Oxford Baptist Chapel’s Sunday school program.
Tuesday evening, we were at Lower Kingswood Baptist Chapel Church, where Johnny had the opportunity to preach. Back to Oxford Baptist Chapel for the Children’s Sword Club, then evening gospel meeting. Thursday was a workday at Crown Hall, and many of the missionaries came together to get things done. Friday, we drove to Builth Wells, Wales. We were able to go door-knocking to invite people to the evening Gospel meeting as well as the children’s Bible club. We helped with their Explorer’s Bible Club, and Johnny helped teach the memory verse, then Alana taught the lesson. Saturday we were able to be at Beeches Road Baptist Chapel for their soul-winning, and youth rallies. Alana helped and taught at the ladies’ youth rally, and Johnny taught and helped at the boy’s youth rally. Sunday we were at Beeches Road Baptist Chapel, and we helped with the Sunday School. During the evening Gospel meeting, Alana shared her testimony and Johnny preached.
We feel like our survey trip has flown by, but while we were here, we wanted to be a part of all that we could and help as much as we could. It was such a great experience seeing many of the church plants, as well as some of the newest churches that have been given to the Crown Christian Heritage Trust. There will be an abundance of pictures for June, just to show all the amazing things we took part of!
PRAYER REQUESTS & PRAISES:
• Safety as we travel back to America!
• Help us pray that we can fill the rest of the year with meetings!
• We are praying that we will have all of our support raised by January 2025!
Johnny and Alana Torres
[email protected]
319-693-7699
2101 Knollshire Rd NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Sending Church:
Temple Baptist Church
Powell, TN
Pastor Clarence Sexton
Support/Monetary Gifts:
Central Missionary Clearing House
P.O. Box 219228
Houston, TX 77218-9228
Memo: Johnny Torres
The Navato Family – Missionaries to the US Military in Japan
Dear Pastor and Praying Friends,
John 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Praise God for the opportunity to serve Him through US Military Missions. Your unwavering prayers, and your faithful support have been instrumental in our continued service in church planting. Freedom Baptist Church Atsugi-Zama in Japan church planting, reports:
People: Please pray for our US Navy Sailors Jeremiah, Eric, and Mason. They just departed to serve aboard the ship for a few months. Pray for Joan, Dora, Donna, and our US Army Soldiers Dickenson, and Robinson to get Sundays off from work to attend our church. US Navy Sailor Matthew is also departing for ship duty for a few months. We only have a faithful few attending our Sunday morning and evening services, in our apartment living room. Pray that we can find the “good-grounders and hundred-folders,” in Matthew 13:8, win them to Christ, Scripturally baptize them, disciple them, and train them to win others to Christ.
Places: Glory to God! We now have a small church building space, and we are grateful! We thank veteran missionary of over 45 years to Okinawa, Japan, Pastor Dan Gardner, for being our guarantor for our apartment, and our church building contracts. In God we trust, to increase us spiritually, numerically, and give us His bigger church facility, in His time. We also thank Sasebo Baptist Church and Pastor Fred Rojas for inviting us, and asking me to preach in their 30th Anniversary Sunday. I had the privilege to ordain Brother Rojas to the Gospel Ministry while I was his pastor in Maranatha Baptist Church in Okinawa. Pastor & Mrs. Rojas are doing a great job in Sasebo Baptist Church. There were salvation, or assurance of salvation, and church membership decisions.
It is also good to see our former members Minori-san, when I was her pastor in Lighthouse Baptist Church in Sasebo, and Miss Ara, when I was her pastor in Maranatha Baptist Church.
Praises: Praise God! Rosario 84, and Aurora 55, were visiting from the Philippines, and Elvie led them to Christ! We now have our first baptism, Miss Aya, in Freedom Baptist Church! We are especially thankful to Pastor Gilbert and Lakewood Baptist Church for the church facility fund they sent us! We can now purchase chairs, technology, signage, and other initial building needs for Freedom Baptist Church Atsugi-Zama. Please visit us online at: bimi ed and elvie navato, and https://www.facebook.com/FreedomBaptistAtsugi
We are deeply grateful for your love, prayers, special offerings, and financial support, as we travel on this missionary church planting journey. We hold you in high regard, and are truly blessed that you chose us as your fellow-laborers by God’s grace, and for His glory.
Your church-planting missionaries to the US Military in Japan,
Ed and Elvie Navato
Contact:
[email protected]
Sent By:
Maranatha Baptist Church
Okinawa, Japan
Phone: 011-81-98-929-2695
Sent To:
Marantha Baptist Church
4-43-2 Chibana,
Okinawa City, Okinawa 904-2143
Japan
Sent Through:
Baptist International Missions, Inc.
PO Box 9
Harrison, TN 37341
(423) 344-5050
The Ibrahim Family – Missionary & Church Planters in Guyana, South America since 2011
Dear Prayer Warriors,
Thank you for your faithful prayers and investments into the Lord’s work here in Guyana. A group of ladies came from Victory Baptist Church in Illinois and did our first Ladies Conference. We had morning and evening sessions, along with split sessions for single and married ladies for two days. There were ladies from eight different churches and ministries and each session there were 75-85 ladies. The Lord knew it was very much needed and He blessed and strengthened the hearts of our ladies.
Pastor Joel Haynes invited me and my wife to visit their ministry on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. He recommended us first to visit Pastor Matt Hudson in New Mexico for about two days. There we got to see the great work that is being done at Bella Vista Baptist Church. We were given the special privilege to preach and spend time with his godly family. We would then spend the next 7 days with the Haynes family and would spend much time talking about ministry work and seeking counsel, spending time with their family, hunting in the dark for snipes (lol) with his boys and spending time with the people in the church which he loves. He gave me the privilege to preach at their Bible college, his church and his father’s church. This trip was a tremendous blessing and encouragement to me and my wife. We are also thankful for the safety of our children while we were gone.
On Mother’s Day the Lord blessed to have 41 mothers in our church. Sadly, during this time a faithful young adult man from our church drowned on a trip planned among our people. It was truly an accident and the Lord’s appointed time. But it caused legal situations and threats from his unsaved relatives. This situation brought devastation within the church to lose a faithful member that we loved. Adiel was used to partake in many skits and plays and brought much joy and laughter to over a thousand people in our church over the years. We are thankful for Pastor Mukesh from Trinidad that rushed down to our aid and preached at the funeral where many hands were raised to accept Jesus as their Saviour. We are also thankful for Pastor Haynes who sent weekly, short encouraging video messages for our people to be strengthened and we are thankful for everyone that lifted us up in prayers. The Lord used your prayers to save much of our people physically and spiritually. Please pray for my wife and the baby’s health during her pregnancy. This will be our eighth child so please pray for a larger vehicle for our family. We greatly covet your prayers.
Listening for the Shout!
Pastor Zakir, Sheena, Nathanael, Brianna, Emily, Josiah, Katelyn, Micah & ___ Ibrahim
“And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith...” (Acts 14:27)
Sending Church:
Victory Baptist Church
22 Old Road Providence,
E.B.D., Guyana, S.A.
592-233-6633
Pastor Noel Shrivnauth
Church Address:
Foundation Baptist Church
393 Golden Grove,
East Bank Demerara
Guyana, S.A.
592-216-2669 or 592-216-0247
Mailing Address:
213 Section ‘B’ Block ‘X’
Great Diamond,
East Bank Demerara
Guyana, S.A.
592-216-6920 or 592-645-3647
Email: [email protected]
The Benjamin George Family – Missionaries to Argentina
Dear prayer partner,
Thank you for your continued investment in Argentina! This June, we had the privilege of going back to Tucuman and spending Father’s Day with my dad, Brian George, who has served the Lord here faithfully since 1996! It is such a privilege to call him my father. During our time there, we spent time with family and helped with some translating at the church. I also got to do an overnight bonding time with my brother Ezekiel. We hiked up into the mountains!
During this trip, we helped my brother-in-law and wife, Pablo and Melani, pack and move back to Posadas! God has blessed us by sending them to serve here in Posadas full-time! During the next few weeks, we will be looking for a place for them to live and furnish it. Pablo was the youth pastor and song leader at Bethel Baptist in Tucuman, and Melani played the piano at church. She is an accomplished pianist, finished her studies, and graduated in the last week of June as a piano teacher from the university in Tucuman with the highest grade possible!
In June, we ran an ad campaign in Posadas with the Gospel Film and had 82 fill out the form saying they received Christ as their Savior! The ad was shared 349 times, with 312 thousand plays, 65 comments, and 1.3k likes!
For His Service,
Benjamin and Bernice George
Contact:
(319) 499-7590
[email protected]
Sending Church:
Marion Avenue Baptist Church
Pastor Joseph Brown
215 South Marion Ave
Washington, IA 52353
[email protected]
855-825-4113
