25th December 2008
To my very wonderful family and friends….
Hola from sunny (and slightly thundery) Salta!! This is my very first time bein in the southern hemisphere for Christmas and also I think the 1st time I’ve ever written a Christmas letter. (apart from those to Santa Claus)
Well as the muppets would say, there’s only [...]
SAMS Ireland
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25
Dec
Greetings from Helen King - Red Box Project!
Posted by Admin Published in Argentina, Red Box, Volunteers, prayer lettersno comment
25
Dec
Happy Christmas to all who visit the SAMS Ireland web site. Your partnership in mission is valued.
23
Dec
Hugo Vergara has had many varied journeys of late. “My last and very complicated trip was to a church 120 kilometers from Juárez, deep in the Chaco, in the community of El Quemado. It took 3 hours on a very dusty road and at three o’clock in the afternoon it was 45°C. We arrived at [...]
23
Dec
Teachers needed in Paraguay
Head Teacher Gwen Carlisle writes from St Andrew’s School in Asunción, Paraguay:“We are going to be desperate for teachers by February [the start of the 2009 academic year], especially secondary English teachers and a secondary maths teacher wouldn’t come amiss either!”
Is God calling you or someone you know to serve [...]
23
Dec
Dear SAMS Ireland,
Time runs so fast that I was convinced of having written just a few weeks ago but then I realized that the only way it could be like that… would be if weeks were 30 days each. Not that I have forgotten you but I was running late.
Finally I have finished my studies at [...]
23
Dec
Christmas Reflections
Andy Roberts, a SAMS volunteer in Olinda, Brazil, reflects on a very different kind of Christmas. In Brazil 25 million children live in extremely deprived conditions. 8 million of these live on the streets, forming gangs to survive, and many will be killed before they reach the age of 18. ‘My Father’s House’ is [...]
23
Dec
Brazil should have a greater role in international affairs and a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, says French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
On a visit to Rio de Janeiro Mr Sarkozy said Brazil and the EU would adopt a common position on the global financial crisis at the next G20 meeting. The French leader [...]
23
Dec
Chris Wallis working for ASOCIANA, the Anglican social action ministry in Northern Argentina, has urged us to pray once more about the issue of deforestation of the Chaco region. The Province of Salta has just approved a law which practically gives carte blanche for the remainder of the Chaco area of the province to be [...]
18
Dec
Some recent prayer letters into the SAMS office:
Andy Roberts
Linn Tedman
Beryl Baker
Peter & Barbara Jordan
Olinda
Di Tamaki
St. Andrew’s College
18
Dec
Prayer line from SAMS GB
Posted by Admin Published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, prayer lineWe begin by praising God for some news received this morning from Sandra Barrientos in Tarija, Bolivia. Her husband Walter had his second round of treatment for throat cancer last month; it took place in Córdoba, Argentina, and involved a new procedure performed with a laser. The tumour was reduced by 68%, way [...]
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