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Dearest Saint Ministries friends, It seems amazing that the year 2004 is so close to finishing!! And, as we say here in Argentina, there’s still a lot of “walking left” to be done!! I have so much to share, and so much to be grateful for…we have been so blessed, so challenged in so many things I will try to be concise and specific, just to give you a brief idea of what is happening in our whereabouts. This year we started on a dream with the adolescent group, of preparing a play that could be taken to public schools, and this week “Gryllus” (Cricket in Latin) has played in a high school to about 300 teens. After the play is finished, the kids share their testimony and invite people to accept the Lord. The kids and their director (who wrote the play himself) have worked so hard, so we are delighted that Gryllus is opening its wings. Our son, Ari, is the sound technician. (See photo). Another thing. The Lord has blessed our congregation with a musician, a choir director, so now we are starting a choir for special events at church. Manuel loves the Lord and is helping people “discover their voices” for the Lord. We are publishing our 5th magazine that is reaching many homes for Christ…we give it out to the community and to different churches and Christian bookstores. And, as October is our church anniversary (we’ve been slowly building and adding to the church property for seven years), we finally finished putting in the ceiling panels under the tin roof, makes it look so much nicer!! And we are almost finished with 3 bathrooms for ladies, and 3 bathrooms for the guys…So, thank you all for helping us as a family to make this possible!! We also bought 48 more chairs…We had the visit of the international Gideons to our church, sharing of their ministry, and they have given our 100,000 New Testaments out in high schools and other public places in our city. So…I want to share now about the tremendous visit we had with the Latin America Focus on the Family team who visited us in Cordoba between the 6th and 9th of October. Reed Olson, Yuri Mantilla and Sixto Porras, representing different areas of Focus on the Family, arrived in Cordoba and, praise God, things worked out with many blessings, as they shared on family, education laws in Latin America, abortion, and other very “hot” issues…First of all, Humberto and I have to admit we enjoyed these three men so very much!! They were interesting, caring, fun, and we felt we connected right away with their work…plus we enjoyed some very fine barbecues together!! (We have the best barbecues of the world in Argentina!!). To sum up the whirlwind activities: We have had phone calls and inquiries of people who want to do things for our city…and Focus has offered all their material, all their expertise and we are programming a next visit for 2005. One of the main challenges will be to take Christian material to schools. As you see, we cannot begin to share all we lived these last days, but we are certain you will capture the essence of the Focus visit in our city. We have been so impressed by the spirit of the Focus on the Family ministry, their commitment to spiritual and godly values, and their service to other countries. Remember to pray for this organization, directed by Dr. James Dobson. So… we are finishing a most blessed year 2004 and much more is ahead. Once again, we are so honored to have you among our friends and partners, and so privileged to be sharing our work with you. Specific needs:
We love you all and appreciate you!! And, as we are hearing from people in the States, don’t forget to vote!! Evelyn Saint Jimenez |
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