Monday, August 14, 2006
Cow's head, Conference and Distance Seminary
What do these three things have in common? They are all part of ministry in Northwest Argentina. In July I went to Salta for the Argentine Ladies' in Missions conference along with ladies from all over the country. I gave a workshop on how to help missionaries in crisis times. More than 75 ladies attended the workshop and over 300 ladies attended the 4 day conference. It was great to see the excitment for missions and the desire to learn more about how to help latin missionaries.
Last week Dick visited the distance seminary students in Tartagal, Joaquin V. Gonzalez, Yuto, Quebrachal, Fraile Pintado and Libertador. He's been visiting them once a month to encourage and answer any questions that they have. In Fraile Pintado they celebrated Dick's presence with a feast that included a cow's head which had been wrapped in newspaper and cooked in a mud oven. Dick says the tongue was the best part. :-) Rene Ache, a deacon from our church here in Tucuman accompanied Dick on this trip and was impacted by the needs that he saw and by the generousity of the churches.
Thanks so much for your prayers for us! I hope to write more often now that winter vacation is over and we're back into our regular schedule. Bye for now!
What do these three things have in common? They are all part of ministry in Northwest Argentina. In July I went to Salta for the Argentine Ladies' in Missions conference along with ladies from all over the country. I gave a workshop on how to help missionaries in crisis times. More than 75 ladies attended the workshop and over 300 ladies attended the 4 day conference. It was great to see the excitment for missions and the desire to learn more about how to help latin missionaries.
Last week Dick visited the distance seminary students in Tartagal, Joaquin V. Gonzalez, Yuto, Quebrachal, Fraile Pintado and Libertador. He's been visiting them once a month to encourage and answer any questions that they have. In Fraile Pintado they celebrated Dick's presence with a feast that included a cow's head which had been wrapped in newspaper and cooked in a mud oven. Dick says the tongue was the best part. :-) Rene Ache, a deacon from our church here in Tucuman accompanied Dick on this trip and was impacted by the needs that he saw and by the generousity of the churches.
Thanks so much for your prayers for us! I hope to write more often now that winter vacation is over and we're back into our regular schedule. Bye for now!