This Saturday 17th June 2023 at 4pm (Ire / UK time), Luke Pratt will be ordained deacon by the Primate of the Anglican Church in Chile, Archbishop Hector Zavala.
Please pray for Luke, his wife Pen and daughter Emily. You can follow the live streaming event on the La Providencia Youtube site at https://www.youtube.com/@iglesiaprovidencia7956/streams
Rev. Andrés Lenton, from Buenos Aires will be visiting the church at Lisburn on Sunday 4th June.
For those who are unable to see him in person, there is the opportunity to pray and hear about some the work of the church in Buenos Aires on Monday, the 5th of June at 4 pm via zoom.
For registration details please either email office@samsireland.com, or click on the jotform link below to receive the details after completing your name and email.
https://form.jotform.com/212643039672355
https://form.jotform.com/Gillian_Lynn/2May4pm
Latest Update from Beryl Baker
SAMS Ireland Paraguay Prayer time (ZOOM) – Monday 2 Nov at 7pm.
Please contact SAMS office for login details (office@samsireland.com) . See you there!
Prayer & News letter recently received into the SAMS office from Chris & Alison Hawksbee, Paraguay.
Dear Everyone,
I had a lovely call from Beryl this afternoon.
Beryl was in Asunción and she had spent the morning making sure everyone had her new phone number. She was speaking to me on Whatsapp so no charge to Beryl.
Her vehicle was now starting properly and she had driven down to the capital for five days. Her problem at her Asuncion house was the large sliding gate on her garden behind which she keeps the car safely. The gate had come off its runners and only with Beryl’s help had Jorvy her caretaker who looks after the house in her absence , had not had the gate fall on him . Beryl had managed to get the gate secured and her friend Sylvia was going to organise a team of people to try and get the gate open again and secure the gate securely on its mounting.
Rhett is hoping to visit the ranch again and in the meantime most of the workers and their families will stay on the ranch . Like here in the UK the infection rate has gone up and there have been more deaths.
Beryl at Rhett’s request is getting the supplies for the workers and their families but she does get help from the workers and the staff at the shops to unload the supplies.
The schools are all closed and even in Asunción the churches are closed and Beryl can see the services on the internet. The biggest problem is no post getting through from the UK and although she can get money from the ATM in Asunción she cannot access her bank account on the internet and check the balances on her account.
Many of the medical suppliers are closed but Beryl is continuing to see her patients. The church Indians are staying in their villages and there are less infections because everyone is being more careful with their personal hygiene. Tim Curtis is now back at his home in Rio Verde but the drought is still causing a water shortage and bottled water is being bought for all drinking water purposes.
Beryl can hold services and Bible studies for the women on her veranda.
Please pray for an end to the drought.
Pray for the people in Asunción who have a curfew every night from 8 pm till 5am the next morning. Pray for all the children unable to go school.
Pray for Beryl herself that she will remain in good health and she will continue to get her medical supplies.
Pray for the continued supply of good internet connections to enable her to keep in regular contact with her friends and colleagues and with contacts in the U.K.
Eileen Hollingsworth
When we sent out our last update in early January, who could have imagined what the next few months would hold!
From pandemics to protests to (for us) parenting, 2020 has been a whirlwind year. Please read to hear a bit more how we’ve been doing, and a few pics of our newest addition, Joel! He has brought joy to many in the midst of the pandemic, appearing on Zoom classes at Regent and bringing a smile to visitors. We hope his little smile brings joy to you too.
This has not been an easy season for so many round the world, especially in Peru. Please keep the people of Peru in your prayers. We think of our friends Anna, Paul and Sarah and the kids, Pat and the Shalom centre, Pastor Juan Carlos and Penny, Jorge Zamudio and the Cathedral crew, and Santiago (also a new father!), Melany, Karla and all the youth from Jesus el Nazareno and ask that you remember them in your prayers. In the meantime, we lament, we cry out “How long, Lord?” with the Psalmist in Psalm 13, and patiently await until hope returns, and praise is liberated on our lips again.
Lastly, if you know of anyone needing somewhere to live in Lisburn for anything from 4-9 months beginning in Sept/Oct, let us know, as our current tenants are moving out at the end of the August!
Blessings,
Chris & Hannah
PS: if you would like to watch Chris’ recent sermon on Psalm 13 from a local (locked down) church here in Vancouver, click here.
Prayer & News letter recently received into the SAMS office from Ronald Irene in Paraguay.