News and Prayer updates
25
Feb
Some recent prayer letters received into the SAMS office:
Felipe and Sarah Yáñez in Málaga, Spain
FEISA Praise & Prayer
Peter and Sally Bartlett preparing to go to Paraguay
Patrick & Rosie Butler in Paraguay
International Anglican Family Network
Iglesia Anglicana Paraguaya
25
Feb
Classes began yesterday for the new academic year at FEISA, the Early Years Teacher Training College in Asunción, Paraguay. Students include 25 new first years and 14 new degree students. Pray for them, for Head Estela Moyano de López and for the rest of the staff. Estela is between cataract operations at the moment and [...]
19
Feb
Dear Friends,
Hello from England!! Rose and I arrived back in this fair land on January 26th after an 11 hr flight from Rio de Janeiro. It’s great to be back even despite the freezing weather! Rose is enjoying getting to know snow for the first time in her life, I’m sure the excitement will die [...]
19
Feb
Please keep in prayer tomorrow’s hearing of the Supreme Court in Buenos Aires, Argentina, concerning the appalling deforestation in the Province of Salta.
On Sunday Carnival starts in Brazil for the four days leading up to Lent. In Recife this is also the time for an evangelistic outreach to the revelers’ and others, so please pray [...]
11
Feb
Associate Mission Partner Janet Mena has been involved with SAMS since 1964. She and her grandson Felipe arrive tomorrow from southern Chile to spend a month in the UK. Pray for their visit to meet family, friends and former missionary colleagues, and remember Janet’s husband Alberto in Temuco.
Next Monday (16th) classes begin at St Andrew’s [...]
10
Feb
Gwen Carlisle and Mags Southern, Head and Deputy Head of St Andrew’s School in Asunción, Paraguay, recently visited the UK. They shared a number of developments:
A new generation of independently-minded young people are growing up who never experienced the Stroessner dictatorship which dominated Paraguay for 35 years. This poses fresh challenges for the school in [...]
9
Feb
It was humbling and also encouraging to watch over 450 people arrive at the South American Mission Societies (SAMS) annual gathering in Craigavon Civic Centre, especially as the snow and freezing temperatures added complications to driving conditions.
The SAMS Ireland ‘Friday Night Live’ event aspires to inform, encourage and challenge individuals and churches regarding mission [...]
9
Feb
Dear Friends
Christmas has come and gone, and almost before I have been able to draw breath, here we are in February!
First of all, a huge thank you to all those who sent greetings for Christmas and the New Year. I really do enjoy receiving your cards, letters and emails that bring news of yourself, your [...]
9
Feb
After a long time without hearing from Beryl (server failure at her end, probably), we are pleased to report her latest news. At the moment of writing this, her complaint - “we desperately need many heavy falls of rain as the lack of it is causing all the plantations to shrivel and the water that [...]
9
Feb
Plans are currently underway for the visits of volunteers from Churches in England and Ireland to work for 3 weeks on a variety of projects organised through the Anglican Church in Paraguay and in association with the South American Mission Society (SAMS).
July Group
This group will be based on the outskirts of Asunción, the capital, and [...]
