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Mission Report - Sept 2012
Mission Report - Sept 2012
Guillermo and Mirian Sanchez being added to the family of God through baptism!
Special Activities: We had a very special Friends and Family Day on September 16 with some 89 people in attendance! Many members brought their neighbors, coworkers, relatives and classmates to participate in our worship to our Lord. After worship, we presented a little photo gift to all those who had been baptized in the last year. We then took the group photo above and had lunch together afterward. It was a beautiful day in many different ways. Please pray for all the contacts that were initiated from that day! Contacts / Bible Studies English Campaign Contacts. Our studies continue to go well and we are advancing toward more serious Bible studies with each one. Please keep Blanca, Daniel, Sergia, Antonio, and Graciela in your prayers that they may be touched by the word of God. We are continuing our Sunday morning Bible study hour on the family. The series is called, Christ: The Hope of the Home and we will be covering all aspects of Christian living within our homes. It has been going very well! Our Wednesday evening Bible study hour has been a study about denominational doctrines in comparison to the Bible. We have covered several groups and doctrines and it has Andreas student and friend, Blanca, came to visit on been well received by all those attending the classes.
our Friends and Family Day
Evangelistic efforts: Daniel and Cristian Monges are painters that we contracted recently. Through various discussions we learned that they are very religious and when Cristian learned that I was a preacher, he asked if I would teach him how to prepare sermons. We have since begun a course on Homiletics and I am praying that through this study he learns a great deal of truth from the Bible! Decli Encisos nephew, Alcides, and her neighbor, Eli, have been continuing to participate in our weekly Bible study group in her home. They are growing in knowledge! Steps toward mission goals: A new mid-week Bible study group has formed in emby! There are several of our members who live in that suburb of Asuncin and they decided to form their own area study group. They are praying (and so are we) that this will eventually develop into a church plant in the town of emby! Plans for near future: We are scheduled to have a mission team workshop this next month. Jerry and Gail Heidrich will be returning to Paraguay to help the team with another upcoming transition and to serve as counselors for the team members.
Troy (on the screen) was given the opportunity to preach at Margaret Street church of Christ from Paraguay via Skype.
Visitation: Prisilla Santandar is a contact we have had since last year, but she had stopped coming. We went to visit her in her new restaurant she opened which explained why we havent seen her in a while. Elba Agero - she is struggling with some family problems , so we went to encourage her and give her our love and support. Family activities: We want to say THANK YOU to all the children at Central Avenue church of Christ who made their own cards for us and sent them to Paraguay. We LOVED them! We attended a Town Hall Meeting at the U.S. Ambassador's house to learn what is required for overseas voting. Andrea has developed a new hobby in which she has grown a green thumb! She now really enjoys gardening and is having good success at it. Andrea helped plan and organize the recent wedding of Hector and Patricia Paredes. I was recently given the opportunity to preach at Margaret Street church of Christ while still in Paraguay via Skype. We went to Jazz Festival concert at the Municipal Theater which featured some outstanding talent. Plans for the near future: Andrea will be traveling with the mission team ladies to Brazil for a South American missionary conference. Next month we will have our annual Mens retreat where we will be examining our goals for the congregation. We also have a team workshop and annual team retreat coming up. Our 17th wedding anniversary!
Josh and Cara Blackmer host a Couples Ministry study group that recently held a family retreat at a quinta in Itacurubi (pictured above). They invited me to come out and teach one of the classes.
Brittnea hosted this months Ladies Tea at her and Ales new apartment.
PARAGUAY MISSIO
Asuncion, Paraguay South America Troy and Andrea Spradlin
Casilla de Correo 13092 Shopping del Sol Asuncion, Paraguay (595) 0981-630-886 We are seeking to "equip the saints for the work of service to the building up of the body of Christ." (Ephesians 4:12)
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OUR SUPPORTERS
Margaret Street church of Christ (Sponsoring Congregation) 6745 Margaret Street Milton, FL 32570 Central Avenue church of Christ Valdosta, GA Dripping Springs church of Christ Dripping Springs, TX Palm Beach Lakes church of Christ West Palm Beach, FL Poolville church of Christ Poolville, TX Families of: Clay Bond / Chet Brown / Virginia Guess / Joseph Markham