Anastacia Maness – The Maness Family

March 2026 Report

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Anastacia Maness

Tickets purchased!

We are so thankful to have our tickets purchased for furlough! We are planning on arriving in the US on the 29th of May. We have an overall plan for visiting churches during our time in the US. We would love to be able to visit you if the Lord allows us the opportunity. Please let us know if you would like to schedule a time for us to share with your church all that the Lord is doing in our lives.

KFC in Cordoba!

We took Elijah out for his birthday and surprised him with the fact that they had recently put in a Kentucky Fried Chicken at one of the malls here. All of the kids were beyond amazed with this new found knowledge as the only one that we had seen before was in Buenos Aires on the other side of the country. It was a lot of fun seeing their faces light up.

Disciple Making

I cannot begin to fully describe the blessing of watching our kids as they follow the Lord. Our son Jonathan has been a model to those who would touch the lives of others around them. He has a great heart to reach people with the Gospel and often finds himself in conversations with complete strangers about the Lord! I could not even begin to number the many lives that he has personally touched during our time here. Lord willing, we will be having a going away party for him before we leave on furlough. He has enrolled at South Arkansas University with a band scholarship. He is excited about their music program and that his cousin is also studying the trombone there. It is also a blessing that there is a scriptural church in the area for him to plug into. Please keep him in prayer as he works hard to prepare for the entrance exams and finishes up his senior year with us.

Princess Day!

Our daughters a few years ago declared March 15th as prince and princess day to be celebrated yearly. The girls celebrate the day by dressing up like princesses and convincing their brothers to dress up as well. Then they watched a princess movie and brought out the fancy tea set for a tea party. The boys are more than happy to oblige their sisters as there is always food involved in the festivities. I am very thankful to the Lord for my Family! They are a great source of blessing to me!

Bonus Pictures

One of our goals for this year is to get more exercise. The boys were interested in boxing so the girls decided they wanted to join the class too. We enjoy finding activities that are fun to do as a family.

February 2026

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Anastacia Maness

Three more souls saved this month and 11 baptized!

Gloria, Carlos, and Franco Saved!

It was a great blessing to be able to lead Marcelo’s brother, Carlos, to the Lord after our Wednesday night service! We talked that night until around 11:30 PM when, with tears in his eyes, he prayed to be saved. The following Sunday, we had the great privilege of leading Carlos’ wife Gloria, and their foster son, Franco, to the Lord!

Robes for Baptism

One of the needs that we had to prepare for before the baptism service was having robes made. I understand that it is not a scriptural mandate to have a robe, but having robes solves a lot of problems. For one it helps greatly with reference to modesty. In the neighborhood where we are working, some do not have extra clothes for changing into afterwards. It is common for people to want to wear white for the baptism symbolizing purity in the culture. You can imagine the problem of people wearing white clothes coming out of the water without a robe! It turned out to be an excellent decision! It not only helped logistically as well as providing great group photo but it also provided us with the opportunity to visit the family in Malvinas Argentinas where we previously had a Bible Study a few years back. The wife is a seamstress and did an amazing job. She made 15 robes in just two days! Pray for them as they are currently not attending anywhere but have expressed a desire to fix that area of their lives. Also, we are now ready with good robes for future baptismal services.

The Lord is much stronger than the Devil!

The day before the baptisms there was a water line break which resulted in a pool full of mud! Early Sunday morning Marcelo sent me the picture of the muddy pool. We had the baptisms planned for 7:00 in the evening! It took the whole day but Marcelo and his family were able to clean the pool and have it sufficiently filled in time. It was the first time for me to baptize a person sitting all the way down.

When you are thrown problems and challenges, you must meet them and work through them. The devil has been resisting this from the beginning but the Lord has continued to bless! It is such an encouragement to see individuals growing in the Lord and making decisions for Him and then sticking to them, even when it is tough!

January 2026

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Anastacia Maness

Souls Saved and several preparing for Baptism!

It has been a very busy and productive month! Sometimes it seems that the two don’t always go together. It has been a month of teaching and preaching and preparing a group to be baptized.

There is always so much work that goes on behind the scenes that doesn’t make it into the reports. The ups and downs when you are working with and praying with people about their lives is a real thing. I have observed many times in my ministry that it seems when the Lord is about to do some great thing in someone’s life, the devil seems to work his hardest to stop or at least slow down what God is doing. Please pray for Marcelo’s family. Last week he went to the hospital because he had gotten a piece of metal in his eye. A week or two before that his son had to get stitches for his hand. Marcelo’s wife has been having a lot of neck pain. Despite all the problems they have faced they are still doing their best to remain faithful.

One of the highlights of the month of January was Elisabeth being saved. Realizing that she had never been truly saved, in tears of repentance, she asked the Lord to save her! Then at the beginning of February, Jonathan and Elijah led their two friends to the Lord! This was a true answer to prayer as we have been working with these two young men for several years!

Later that evening Jonathan and Elijah shared with us the account. Joanna was listening as they described the whole salvation conversation. After they finished sharing, Joanna came to my wife and I asking how she can know if she is saved. We have had many conversations about salvation before, but this time was different as she, brokenheartedly, prayed to receive Christ! It is amazing the difference in real fruit of a new child of God as they make their first steps in their eternal walk with the Lord!

At the end of December, Marcelo, excited to have a baptismal service purchased a small swimming pool. We are looking to baptize at least seven, maybe more soon. We have spent more than a month focusing on each person’s testimony, making sure that each one is saved and knows exactly what they are doing. It has been a great time of growth as a group where several have definitely deepened in their walk and understanding with the Lord. There were some that realized that they did not have a testimony to give. One asked the question, why is it that none of the other churches they attended in the past had ever taken the time to teach salvation? It is definitely a question that will be asked at the judgment seat of Christ one day. Please keep praying for all of us as we continue to teach and prepare them for the next steps.

***Blessed to preach throughout the week of camp!***

December 2025

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Anastacia Maness

Christmas concerts, Reaching out to the people and Preaching in the plazas!

During the month of December we had four major outreaches including our New Year’s outreach that we will have this week on the last day of the month!

We appreciate the assistance of Templo Bautista, providing both musicians as well as workers for our December 20th outreach and concert. We not only had a great time but passed out many tracts and gift bags!

Towards the beginning of the month, we had a concert and outreach in the park that is next to Marcelo’s house, where we meet at on Wednesday nights. The music sounded great and Marcelo did a great job preaching the Gospel to those that were there. We gave out several tracts and snacks.

Towards the beginning of the month, we had a concert and outreach in the park that is next to Marcelo’s house, where we meet on Wednesday nights. The music sounded great and Marcelo did a great job preaching the Gospel to those that were there. We gave out several tracts and snacks.

On Christmas eve, we had another Christmas concert during our normal Wednesday night service and preaching. Afterwards, we set up in the street outside of his house and passed out gift bags to the neighbors and to those that passed by.

It has been encouraging seeing personal growth in the ones that come on both Sunday and Wednesday nights to both locations. Please pray for the family where we normally meet on Sunday mornings as it appears to us that they have quit on us. It is hard when you know how much the Lord wants to walk along side of His children but you also see the world pulling them the wrong way at the same time! May the Lord continue to encourage all of us through His word to always keep our eyes firmly fixed upon Him and only Him!

November 2025

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Anastacia Maness

Many end of year classes, concerts, meetings, recitals and activities!

It has been a very active month. Here in Argentina, November corresponds to May in the US with all of the schools and activities about to close for the summer. Hopefully our schedule can slow down a little bit in December and January. Most of the classes that the kids take should be wrapping up for the year by the middle of December.

Anniversary and Thanksgiving!

On the 28th of this month, my wife and I celebrated our 29th anniversary, the day after Thanksgiving. I am very blessed to have my family with me as we minister to the people of Argentina.

A real turkey!

It may sound strange, but one of our highlights this month was being able to find a real turkey for thanksgiving! It wasn’t cheap but we were at least able to find one. Normally, for thanksgiving, we bake a chicken or two in place of a turkey, since they are so hard to find!

Upcoming Christmas outreach!

Please pray for us as we prepare for two separate upcoming Christmas concerts. One on the 20th of December in the plaza in front of our meeting place and the second one on Christmas eve at Marcelo’s house.

Bonus Pictures

October 2025

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Anastacia Maness

Would you pray with us about this opportunity?

**Showing the space behind the building**

In our September report we mentioned that the building where we are meeting is up for sale. We are currently renting only a very small portion of the property. If we were to buy this property, it would give us 400 square meters to work with. The property includes two store fronts, one we are currently using for our Bible Studies, and the other is being rented by a bakery. Above these two store fronts are two apartments and an open terrace on the roof. In the back is a very large open space with an old house in the back that will need to be demolished. In that space could be built a large sanctuary in the future. The structure of the main building is very good although in need of some maintenance.

**The view of the street and plaza in front of the building**

The realtor gave us a tour of the entire property and we took several pictures and videos. He consulted the owners and the final purchase price is $350,000. This is a good price for it’s location and the amount of space. We would be able to live in the apartments above as well as use the extra rooms for classrooms as the work grows. This would also save money on the rent we currently are paying on our home. The realtor said that we could hold the property with $5,000 earnest money, however, the rest of the $350,000 would have to be paid within two months or we would lose that money. Please pray with us that if it’s the Lord’s will the property will not sell until we have raised the full amount. While this looks like the perfect opportunity, we also want to be good stewards of what He provides. If we do not buy this one there are other buildings for sale.

Bonus Pictures

September 2025

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Anastacia Maness

Three more days dedicated to immigration and some success!

At the beginning of the month we got a weird slightly cryptic email from the immigration office with some issue on one of our documents. Not knowing what it was, we went down to the office to check and see and also find out about the status of the rest that had not come yet. It turned out that the email was about something completely different than we thought but we did need to have three kids’ documents redone since something on their end went wrong. On my document, they said it was good in the system and that I just had to wait. We took the kids back the next day to get the issues fixed but were surprised to find that the immigration office was closed in honor of “immigrants day”. The trip was not for nothing as Stacie was able to get one of the kids taken care of at another office with another document that needed to be finished as well. One thing great is that around the middle of the month my DNI card came! This is big news as this is my permanent residency card! It means that I can go and come into the country with that card. Now both Stacie and I have these cards that don’t expire for fifteen years! We are still waiting for all four kid’s cards to come in the mail as well!

Great visit from our pastor!

We really enjoyed having brother Shawn come down and spend a week with us! We had so much fun showing some of the places that we go and some of the ministries that we are working on here in Cordoba. I want to send a special thank you to our sending church for making this possible! You all are such a blessing to us!

Possible opportunity to buy the location where we are meeting!

I would ask you all to pray for wisdom and direction as we just discovered that the entire building where we are renting is up for sale. We are only renting a small portion of the property. If this becomes a reality for us, it would give us not only where we already are but two apartments on two floors, the bakery next door to us and more importantly all of the space behind us which would be large enough to construct a very large sanctuary! We are in the process of communication with the realtor to see the rest of the property and discuss possibilities. The entire building is currently listed for $330,000. Please pray for the Lord to be the one to open or close the doors before us!

Bonus Pictures

June 2025

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Anastacia Maness

Please pray for our first time visitors and regular attenders

It feels as if it has been a very long month. When I look back on the photos from the month and the events that took place, I realize that it was a long month. We have had two first time visitors to our Wednesday night service, David and Fernandez. Please pray for them both of them are needing to restructure their lives. I had a really good talk with both of them. Both of them had struggled with addiction. One of them had hit bottom and looked upward. Not so sure about the other one. He needs the Lord. I hope to see them more. David said that he had plans to come back as he would like to seek the Lord. Our Wednesday night service can be quite an adventure as you never really know what to expect. A couple of weeks ago there was a large neighborhood fight taking place in the street next door to where we were meeting. There were at least thirty people involved all hitting each other. People need the Lord!

We have also had several visitors to our Sunday night service. There is a young man in his twenties named Bryan that has been coming every service for the last month. He has problems. He needs Jesus. Some of the Sundays, he is sober, others he is not. We have been trying to show the love of Christ to him. We feel that whether or not the message gets through to him, the neighbors, at least, see our kind treatment of him and are impacted. One of the Sundays, we were pleased to have Abel visit in our service. He is a professional trumpet player for the Cordoba Symphonic. I think that he enjoyed getting to play the hymns with my kids. Jonathan, who had invited him was very happy that he not only said he would come, but he actually came. My kids have invited several to come since we have been in this location. It can be disappointing when there is no response.

One phone call that I received was from Hugo. (pictured above) He has never been to one of our services since we began in the location where we are on Sunday nights. He was one that we met from 2019 when we were meeting every Sunday in the plaza of Alta Cordoba. At the time he was a bread vendor in the plaza that would stop and talk to us and ask questions. Before the pandemic I was meeting with him personally every Tuesday night to try to share the Lord with him. Though we have had many discussions of the Gospel, I am still convinced that he does not completely understand God’s simple plan of salvation through grace, apart from works. He called me one Sunday and told me that he planned on being there that evening. He told me that since I had invited him so many times in the past that he decided to come. Please pray for him and his wife, Susana. Especially pray for our normal attenders as they have been out a lot lately. They have been on our minds and hearts a lot this last month as we pray for them to make good decisions and to seek the Lord first.

We also had a couple visit for the first time at the very end of May of which we had a couple of very good conversations even though it appears that nothing had come of it. The Lord knows now and we will know in eternity!

Bonus Pictures

May 2025

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Anastacia Maness

Trying to convince himself that God doesn’t exist

We have had several interesting visitors this month. One Sunday night a man came in after service and unwilling to tell us his name. His first declaration when we invited him in was, “I DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD!!”. We were friendly and offered him some refreshments as we were having fellowship. Many times, nonbelievers will try to provoke a reaction in order to show how “intolerant” us Christians are. Not only did he find that he couldn’t draw us into any foolish reaction but that we actually also have intelligent, reasonable conversations. Throughout the encounter he kept repeating to us his affirmation of unbelief. It seemed to me as if he was trying to convince himself with all the repetition.

Hot Water

Even though it was only a couple of years ago that we had replaced it, our hot water heater began to give us problems again. It got to where we had to relight the pilot multiple times per day for the water heater to stay going. It got to the point where it would only stay lit for about 15 to 20 seconds at a time. It doesn’t take long to write this, but it took us a while to figure out that the problem was that the censor was a little too far from the pilot light and was shutting off because it thought there was no flame. The solution that we found is not elegant looking but we have been enjoying nonstop hot water for the rest of the month!

Attending a funeral in Argentina

Funerals are done differently here in Argentina than the way we are used to in the States. There are some things that are easier to adapt to and others that require more personal effort. During the month we attended our second funeral here. Both funerals were connected to different sides of one of the families that we have been ministering to on Sunday nights. Please pray for this family as they have been dealing with a lot this year.

One difference with funerals here is that they don’t prepare the body the same as it is done in the States. The funeral is like what we would consider the family visitation time. Towards the end of the visitation time since I was a pastor present during the mourning time they asked if I would read a verse and give a few short words to the family and friends present. After I shared the gospel and a prayer was said the family has a short time to say their final goodbyes to the body. Then while everyone watches a man comes by and caulks all around the lid and begins to screw down the metal liner with probably at least 60 or 70 screws. Then there is a solution that is poured into a small hole in the top and sealed. This solution is supposed to help with the breakdown of the body. At the graveside ceremony everyone watched and waited as a worker sealed the casket into a concrete cubby hole. At the very end the entire family began to applaud the departure of their loved one.

First Sunday morning service in Guiñazu

One of the families that has been coming to our Sunday night service, (the same family that suffered the recent losses described above), has expressed a desire to have a Bible study in their home. (They are currently living about 20 minutes away from our meeting place in a small suburb north of the city.) They have a lot of extended family that live in this area that they would like to reach.

Bonus Pictures

April 2025 Report

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Anastacia Maness