Argentina & Paraguay Prayer Bites

26th August 2011
Argentina, Paraguay, PRAY

Argentina
Please pray for those in rural communities in Argentina, struggling with health issues. David and Shelley Stokes explain: “The system works like this: if the medical service in a local community cannot deal with a particular patient, they are sent to Juarez. If Juarez cannot deal with the case, they are sent on to Formosa (a seven-hour journey). In the last month a number of Anglican leaders have spent time in Formosa – one whose wife is seriously ill and another whose son needed further attention. Usually one member of the family accompanies the patient to give moral and practical support. … Both of us have also needed trips to doctors various times in the past months: Shelley for tendonitis in her shoulder, David for infected insect bites and bronchitis. The climate here is demanding: in this winter period there are strong swings of temperature over several days.”

Paraguay
Please pray for Tim Curtis (Enxet Bible translation project) and the now-smaller translation team: “The most significant event concerning the translation project this year is that, sadly, we have had to downsize, saying goodbye to Martin Rojas at end of July. This was sooner than I had hoped, but the reality is that the continuing depreciation of the value of the pound over the last couple of years, and further depreciation in recent months, has meant that we can no longer afford to employ all three translators. The pound is only worth 50 per cent of what it was worth against the Paraguayan Guaraní five years ago. Adding to our difficulties have been the yearly wage increases decreed by the Paraguayan government.”

Hello from Cecilia in Argentina

24th August 2011
Argentina, PRAY

Hello my friends!

Hope you are enjoying God’s grace and experiencing his love in your daily walk with him. Things here are good, we can start noticing the weather is changing and spring is coming really soon.

Thank God I had a great flight and because I was so tired I slept most of the time….lol. Buenos Aires welcomed us with 28 degrees so we were over the moon.

Sunday in church was a blessing, I had the opportunity to see and share with my people about my time in Ireland. During the week everything started taking place little by little. We started with some meetings, visiting people and of course my weekly Bible study at home which for me was very especial since I was not with my kids for 2 months…

Last week I had a meeting with some leaders of different churches and we are planning to have an event for the youth in November but through September till November we will be visiting schools and sharing my projects just like last year.

Today we had our monthly visit to one of the secondary schools we help and it was fantastic to be there again interacting with the students. We had also the opportunity to use the projector we were given (thank-you Carryduff parish) and what a DIFFERENCE!!!! We could see how kids were more involved in the topics…..we are thankful to God for these resources. The schools programme ‘Corner Stone’ is taking form little by little….what a blessing!!!!!

Just wanted to share with you how these two wonderful weeks have been since I came back, our goal for the end of the year is to have like a party with the schools we’ve been helping and share with them about our summer camps so you can pray for that my friends….

Take care and I will keep you updated OK?

Be blessed,
Cecilia.
(Red Box Co-ordinator)

Esperanza Home in Paraguay

22nd August 2011
Paraguay, PRAY

Barbra (5) and Victor (3) who have been in the Esperanza Home in Paraguay for 3 years have now been adopted by a family. This has been a real blessing as there are many legal procedures required.

Jose Antonio recently had surgery for a cleft palate. Teresa and Ana Maria have now also managed to organise surgery for his squint for the 27th August.

Continue to pray for Juana and Theresa who run the project.

Catherine & Nick Drayson Update

19th August 2011
Argentina, PRAY

Please continue in prayer for prayer partner Catherine Drayson as she recovers from kidney treatment in the UK. The operation took place earlier this month and we are thankful that it seems to have been successful. Nick plans to return to Northern Argentina on 21 August and Catherine on 12 September.

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