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News from the Spradlins in South AmericaJuly 2012 / Vol. 4 No. 7

CONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIESCONGREGATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIESName of congregation: Avenida Sacramento Iglesia de CristoAddress:Avenida Sacramento 650, c/ Espaa - Asuncin, ParaguayYear established: September 2004Current number of members: 44 Family Units (79 Baptized)Worship and Bible class attendance:

Sun am 41 (1st); 47 (8th); 63 (15th); 56 (22nd) 52 (29th) Sun pm 28 (1st); 14 (8th); 35 (15th); 21 (22nd) 41 (29th) Sunday Bible study average 44 Midweek study average 32 / Other - 15

Recent congregational developments and activities: Former mission team members, Chris and Vickie Fry,

brought a group down from Dyersburg, TN, to assistthe church here from July 9-18. They put on a VBS atthe church building, in local parks, in some of theorphanages, and in a neighborhood where there werelots of children. Vickie also lead a Ladies' Day eventwith lessons from the book Lies Women Believe.They all worked really hard and they brought a lot ofencouragement to the congregation while spreadingthe word about Jesus.

A Special Committee was formed this month from among the men of the congregation to organize anddevelop a special program for our members in the form of a Bible Institute. The men recognize thaParaguay needs Paraguayan preachers! So, the church is trying to develop a means for training men tobe able sow the seeds of the Gospel to the lost in Paraguay. The committee meets twice a week with thegoal of organizing everything necessary for starting in March of 2013.

In addition, Pedro Vera and myself traveled to GuatemalaCity, Guatemala to visit ITL, the Institute of Theology ofLatinamerica. We went there in order to learn more abouthow a full/time Bible school works. Our brethren HawatthiaJones and Byron Benitez were very hospitable and helpedus a lot in understanding the necessities of operating a

school. ITL is a very sound and well-run institue.

Recent conversions / identifications / restorations: Baptized! Silvina Gimnez was baptized July 17th for

the remission of her sins! She came to the church throughour Study English Using the Bible program and from thereproceeded to study Searching for Truth. She also beganattending many of the youth activities and has been veryinvolved in the church. She came to realize the state of hersoul and decided to be reconciled to our Lord. Praise Him!

Ruthy Pacu being immersed in the

cleansing blood of Christ Jesus

Silvina Gimnez rejoicing in her salvation

immediately after being baptized!

The Dyersburg, T mission team on top

of a big hill in Paraguay.

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Contacts / Bible studies: English Campaign Contacts Our summer interns,

Hannah Phillips and Rhonda Taylor, have completed theinitial series of studies with their students in our recentLearn English by Using the Bible campaign. Several ofthese studies have progressed to Searching for Truth Biblestudy and the contacts have been handed over to the localmissionaries. Please pray for these contacts that perhapsthey will come to know the Lord and His gift of salvation.

Natalia Osorio and Ruthy Pacua - have begun a new

convert Bible study in order to help them grow in the faith.We are using a new series of studies that focuses on theresponsibilities of a new babe in Christ.

Evangelistic efforts: Kari, Pati, Romi, and Judy. What do

these names have in common besides justrhyming? They are all friends and family membersof our brethren in the church which have beenbrought to us as Bible study contacts. Each one ofthese is now engaged in various Bible studies thatwe pray will lead to conversions. We are especially

excited that our brethren are reaching out to theirloved ones in order to try to lead them to the Savior!

Steps toward mission goals: Investigating other Bible schools in order to learn

how to have one in Paraguay was a big step towardour goal of developing a means for training ourParaguayan brethren to be evangelists.

Additional activities: We have been studying the Beatitudes on Sunday

mornings with the congregation, lead by our brother, Ike

Yegros. He will be finishing this month and then we will bestarting a series of lessons on Family, Marriage, and theHome. On Wednesday nights we will be starting a series oflessons called Identifying Truth where about we will studyhow denominational doctrines compare to the Bible.

Josh Barber flew down to Paraguay to see his girlfriend(and our current mission intern), Hannah Phillips, in order tobuy her some flowers and propose to her! He surprised herin a restaurant and then popped the question. When shesaid yes the whole restaurant staff applauded! Congrats!

Plans for near future:

Enoch Rinks (former member of the Paraguayan missionteam) is bringing a group down from Virginia in late Julythrough August. More on that in the next newsletter!

A SPECIAL THANK YOU! We would like to extend a special THANK YOU to Andy Bakerand our brethren at Dripping Springs

church of Christ. Andy put together several English devotional songbooks for us and then donated themto the mission team. Dripping Springs paid for the shipping costs to get them to Chris Fry, who thencarried them down to Paraguay for us. We will be using the songbooks for when we, the Americanmissionaries get together for our regular English devotionals, or when we have American groups comedown. Thank you again brethren, we really appreciate your kindness!

Recently engaged! Hannah Phillips and Josh Barber

Pedro Vera and me at ITL in Guatemala City, Guatemal

The Dyersburg group acting out parts of a Bible story

during a neighborhood VBS

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIESPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIESPersonal HIGHLIGHT(s) of the Month: We had a visit from a mission group from Tennessee, a new sister Christ obeyed the Gospel, several new Bible study contacts, and a marriage proposal!

Personal study: Lately, I have been focusing a lot on Catholicism and

especially on Mariology. Several questions have comeup recently about Mary worship so I hope to help ourbrethren learn how to respond to this false teaching.

I am currently reading / have read: Roman Catholicismby Loraine Boettner Jesus Christ: The Hope of the Homeby Robert R

Taylor I have finished writing the first two major sections for the

Spanish fundamentals study guide that I have titled,The First Principles of the Oracles of God.We arenow using it in a current Bible study to see how well theformat works.

Culture and language study: Although we have certainly grown leaps and bounds in our Spanish skills, we were still anxious to get

back to studying Spanish to shake off the rust from being back in the states recently on furlough. Thislearning Spanish project is a long process!

Visitation: Estella Curcio - we always love to have the

opportunity to get to visit our sweet sisterEstella, who lives in Caacup and rides abus TWO HOURS to get to the Sunday amworship assembly! She has been a faithfuldisciple for more than 25 years.

Tuesday Night Study Group - every monthwe try to host our Tuesday night Bible study

group in our home. The group usually meetsin the home of Delci Enciso and has beengrowing. There have been several greatefforts made in reaching out to neighborsand family.

Area Orphanages - while the Dyersburg mission group was here, we had the opportunity to visit couple of the area orphan homes. It is always nice to share with these children, who are starving fattention and affection. We have developed some really good relationships with the directors of thhomes, as well as, these precious children.

Family activities: We finally got to go to the Asuncion Expo together! I

am usually traveling this time of year so I have missedit the past two years. Andrea and I enjoyed a niceafternoon of just strolling through the park seeing allthe sights.

Plans for the near future: We have another mission group coming down from the

USA that will be working with the church in late Julyand August.

Our team retreat and banquet will be coming up soon! The service organization that Andrea belongs to, called theLas Amigas Club held their recent 4th of July luncheon atthe home of one of its members. The newspapers took this photoand others to recognize the event.

Three lovely, faithful Christian sisters:Ursula, Estella, and Andrea

Our Tuesday ight Bible Study Group enjoying someOf Andrea-s fabulous cooking.

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Our Mission Team Goals for 2012:Evangelism: Each member of the team has developed and committed to some personal evangelism goals.Collectively, we are praying that we will generate more than 120 new contacts and conduct more than 750Bible studies. These studies will include both evangelistic and member studies.We also plan to use publicadvertising, special events, and seminars to generate contacts. We also pray that we will continuallyencourage and develop a more evangelistic spirit within the congregation.Edification: The team is working to develop leadership within the congregation through the mentoringprocess, special workshops, and by utilizing studies that focus on servant leadership. We are alsodeveloping ideas and working on logistics for the possibility of having a specialized Bible school in

Asuncion, Paraguay.Edifice: (Building Construction): We pray that we will complete construction of phase 1 of the building thisyear. All paperwork has been acquired and we are requesting estimates to begin construction.

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