God Is Faithful....

Dear Loved Ones,

So much has happened since the last update that I sent out. It will be hard to keep it to just one entry with all the details, but I will do my best. I had been praying that God would have some more hands-on work to do in Argentina and it has been amazing to see him working during this time here. The third member of our¨"team", Gabriel, arrived safely on Friday... and we have been especially busy since that time. God is doing a lot in our lives as well as using us to touch the lives of many people in Mendoza. We also had the great opportunity to visit the YWAM base in Mendoza and worship and serve with them for the day, we plan on visiting them again this Wednesday to share more with them about what we have been up to in the City. We have a number of celebration stories about what God has been doing through us here but they are all connected to us being faithful and really living out what we believe and ready to serve God at any time. Now for some of the details.. We have been living in a hostel and doing ministry both inside and outside of where we are staying. One of the hostel workers is even considering doing a Discipleship Training School through YWAM and will be visiting the base in Mendoza with us this wednesday, he also came out with us as we did ministry one day and I think he is really starting to think more about what he believes. it is quite exciting, to say the least. We have made many good relationships with all sorts of people in Mendoza, really too many stories to share right now, but we have been doing ministry with th ehomeless, with shop owners, with youth, hippies, and even been able to share in fellowship with some people. Honestly, it is surprising how many people recognize us and how many deep conversations have occured as well as opportunities to share the hope of Christ and to demonstrate his love through our actions. One of these stories started like this..... As we were walking home one night, I really felt like God wanted me to give a specific amount of money to a lady who we had just walked past. So I stopped and said to Brian that I had to do something, so we went back and I gave her some money and told her that I really felt like God wanted to give that to her. She was very appreciative and shared that she too is a believer. So we chatted briefly and we said farewell to her for the night. I later realized that I was supposed to give her a bit more than I actually had, so I made it a point to track her down the again, which was pretty simple... you see, she makes her living selling things on the street corner, and does so nearly every day until 11:30 at night! So we eventually found her again and I gave her what more I was supposed to along with some food... Since then we have been visiting her frequently and sharing in conversation as often as we pass by. She is an incredible woman, her name is Emma and she is 58 yrs old and sugary sweet with an incredible faith in God. She later shared with us that after our first encounter she wasn´t quite sure if we were angels or men.. God is at work. She certainly has a special place in my heart... we are hopign to drink some tea with her tomorrow. There are just so many celebration stories that have come from this time... we have been handing out food the past couple days to people who are hungry and can´t afford it, also we took a former boxer now car cleaner living on the street out to eat at a pizza joint.. man he enjoyed that.. we have been running into him occasionally the past few days since then, his name is Juan Carlos and it is tough top understand a word he says, but we love him. He likes to greet us with hugs and a big smile. We also bought some food for Alberto, a brother living on the street. We made him a huge sandwich from some stuff at the grocery store, sat next to him and explained to him why we were doing these things. That is the case with all of our stories, because the truth of the matter is.. in my flesh, I am a greedy, sinful person and it is only in dying to myself and living for Christ that His love can shine through. We tell everyone we minster to that we do it not because we are good people but because we love God and because God loves them... Alberto was brought to tears because of us sharing the love of Our Father with him. There are so many more stories! Seriously, I can hardly believe all that God has done here in such a short amount of time. every day God seems to set up a bunch of things for us to do for his glory in order to share His message. God has been busy. There are probably about a dozen other stories of the work God has been doing here, it has been amazing to be His servant. Please be keeping us in prayer, although our team is small, God has united us for a noble purpose much bigger than ourselves. Thank you for all of your prayer and support, I will try to get some fotos up when I have a chance. Peace.

-=Andrew=-