Argentina, Brazil & Chile

13th June 2010
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, PRAY

Argentina – Pray for Zewe Chamunda, short termer working in an orphanage in Buenos Aires as she spends her last month on her placement. Pray that she will finish well and make the most of the time she has left on her placement.

 

Brazil – Pray for Ian and Simea Meldrum as Ian receives chemotherapy treatment. Please pray as the Health Plan that he is with have made this process very difficult. Pray for health for Ian and peace of mind for Simea. 

 

Chile – Pray for Cristóbal Cerón and his family as they plant a church in Santiago with students. Pray that the church grows in maturity as well as numbers. Thank God for the leaders he is raising up in Chile and pray that he will raise up many more.


ARGENTINA

11th June 2010
Argentina, PRAY

Uphold in prayer Bishop Greg and Sylvia Venables, for Bishop Greg in his pastoral oversight in the two Argentine dioceses, his leadership in the Southern Cone. Pray for God’s guidance, wisdom, and discernment.

 

Thank God for the care given to children in the Hogar el Alba orphanage and pray for the staff, for volunteer Zewe Chamunda, visiting doctors and teachers, that all may bring God’s love to needy young people.

 

Remember the diocesan office staff, Oswaldo Balvín and Cora Wilkie, praying for God’s grace and enabling in their daily work.

 

Pray for grace and energy for Mario and Paula Ágreda, Manuel and Maite, in Buenos Aires. Mario is assistant pastor at Good Shepherd Church, Villa Devoto, where he oversees home groups and disciples young people, as well as giving support to the parish of Holy Trinity, Lomas who are without a pastor.

Uruguay

1st June 2010
PRAY, Uruguay

For some years Diocesan Bishop Miguel Tamayo has undertaken extra Episcopal duties in his native Cuba which was without a bishop. Praise God that the church in Cuba has reached agreement and now has its own bishop. Pray for Miguel and his wife Martha, the clergy, leaders and congregations in Uruguay, for new energy and vision.

 

Pray for Gonzalo & Leticia Soria, Abril & Guillermina and the church in Fray Bentos, for growth and encouragement through home groups for prayer and Bible study, and outreach into the community through workshops for help with homework, cooking and crafts.

Paraguay

31st May 2010
Paraguay, PRAY

Pray for Lara Clare Bourdeaux as she spends her last few weeks at St Andrew’s School in Asuncion. Give thanks that she has enjoyed her time there and pray for her as she returns to the UK to finish her studies next month. Please pray for Ed and Marie Brice as they work with local churches. Give praise for the SEAN Matthew course which local pastors have been studying, and for resources now available to the people Ed and Marie work with in their own language of Enxet. Pray for them as they share Jesus with those they minister to.

Chile

31st May 2010
Chile, PRAY

Pray for David and Gina Hucker as they settle back into their ministries with their church in Arica after a few months in the UK. Pray for their son Wesley as he starts university.

Pray for Alf Cooper, who was recently made Protestant chaplain to the President of Chile and the opportunities and responsibilities that brings. Pray for him and his wife Hilary as they spend a month in the UK visiting friends and family as well as some of their link churches.

Pray for Abelino & Paty in Chile

31st May 2010
Chile, PRAY

Prayer needs:

 

For our local church. This year we are working at an evangelistic strategy. We normally have about 30 adults, but obviously their giving is insufficient for a pastor’s salary. Our goal as that by 2016, the church should be able to pay a full-time pastor and that by 2020, the church will have grown to 2020 people.

 

For my personal work. It isn’t easy to have two jobs. I work at our church of San Joaquín and also have to fulfil my role as bishop visiting other churches – normally I am away from our church every other Sunday.

 

San Joaquín church looks after 15 very needy children from Monday to Friday between 5 and 8 p.m.  These children come from broken homes, separated parents, some even with no known parents, The activities include helping them with their studies and also Christian teaching. A team of ladies from our church are in charge and they have also to raise funds to give them some tea at the end of the afternoon.

 

Pray for the IX Region, as it has remained in rather an unstable condition during these last two years, especially lacking pastors.

 

Pray for our search for our own house. At the moment we are renting in a block of flats, but we have found a property at a reasonable price. Please pray that everything works out for us to make the purchase.

 

 

May the Lord bless you and keep you,

 

With all our love,

 

Abelino and Paty.

Dean Norman Lockhart : The Passing of a Friend & Brother

28th May 2010
PRAY

It is with deep regret that we in SAMS Ireland learnt of the passing of our dear friend and brother Dean Norman Lockhart on 27th May 2010. A former Chairman and President of SAMS Ireland. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Myrtle and the family circle at this time. The funeral will take place on Monday 31st May at 1 pm in Knockbreda Parish Church. The family have kindly asked that donations in lieu of flowers will be for SAMS Ireland.

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