2026 – 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.