“I just don’t understand Christianity. I’ve only been to church a few times as a child. It just doesn’t make sense to me,” responded Katuerine to my wife Christa. We were soul winning at a park, and Christa had asked her what part of Christ [...]
Making Contacts We made multiple trips to a neighborhood on the western side of our city known as Cerro, which means “hill” in Spanish. This is an area with no Baptist churches. We’d like to at least have a children’s class and/or a small-g [...]
Winter Vacation Bible School In January, the hottest month of the year here, the church we are helping in normally has their Vacation Bible School. This year, they added a winter VBS during the time when the children have two weeks of vacat [...]
We trust you are enjoying your summer and maybe a little extra time off. Even though the Devil doesn’t take time off, we need rest every now and then in order to be healthy in serving the Lord. Opportunities for Outreach The Uruguayan [...]
Baptism Sunday! Seeing new Christians follow the Lord in believer’s baptism is always an exciting time! The church we’re helping in has not been able to baptize in quite a while. The baptistery needed some repairs to make it functional. It [...]
Elizabeth Was Born! A major concern with Christa’s pregnancies has been going into premature labor. We praise the Lord that she was able to carry the pregnancy to full-term this time! Around 5:00 a.m. on April 27, Christa knew it was time t [...]
Visitors and Salvations We praise the Lord for the new people He has brought to church! Some of the teens have begun bringing their friends and siblings. As a result, Christa's class has grown tremendously in recent weeks. She is helping an [...]
Discipleship Class In December, I mentioned to Pastor Silva the possibility of doing a discipleship class, with the goal of helping new Christians learn the basic doctrines of the Bible. The church had done a class in the past, but it had b [...]
We are in the middle of summer here in Uruguay, which is a great time to have special events aimed at reaching children. During the school year, some families are busy with soccer and other activities on Sundays. We are thankful for how the [...]
Reflecting on 2022 We hope you enjoyed your Christmas celebrations and are having a great start to the new year. I try to pause around this time of year to look back at the previous year and then look ahead to the coming year. It can be ver [...]
