January 2025 Report


Busy during the hot summer break


In Argentina, the seasons are opposite to what you have in the U.S.  For us it has been very hot and humid lately.  During December through January is the time that a lot of businesses close for the summer as they go other places in the country on vacation.  We are planning on trying to get a good break in during February, but so far we have remained pretty busy!  We  are very thankful for all of the great opportunities that the Lord gives us to reach out!


Backpack full of tracts


Brother Victor has the same heart for reaching out to those around us with the Gospel.  During the month, I had invited him to come with us to visit some of the neighboring towns and talk to people.  I had to smile because without asking him to, he, like myself had brought a whole backpack full of tracts to pass out as we met with people.  Pray for a homeless man that we met in the park that was very open to hearing the gospel.  Pray for him! His name is Matias and is struggling with addiction.  Brother Victor explained to me that some of the previous left wing government had a program to give out free drugs to people to reduce robbery.  Only Jesus can solve these problems!


Crazy electrical problems


One of the days this month we had a strong windstorm and since that moment our kitchen sink has been electrified at about 25 volts.  Another part of the kitchen was registering 70 volts and the stove 10.  We had the electrician come out to try to solve the problem.  He found an old wire that was electrified that was touching some of the old rusted out conduit.  He showed us what we could touch and not but we are still waiting to have the problem resolved.  We are hoping this Thursday or Friday that he will be out to get it straightened out.  Until then, we have been washing the dishes with either shoes and rubber gloves or just killing the power to the house.


Crazy car problems


Our car finally gave us the same error again.  We think that it might be an injector.  Not completely sure as where we normally take the car did not have enough diagnostic equipment to completely figure it out.  We are in the process of getting it fixed.  Car is still running fine, just not optimally.


Preparing for a harvest


As we prepare for everything to start back up in March, we have been putting a lot of material together that we will be able to use for teaching.  One of the things that the Lord has put on my wife’s heart is to reach out to people by offering an English class.  She has been going through an ESL teaching course.  She already has several ladies that are very excited about her offering this.


“Would you visit my sister?”


I received a message from our band teacher that his sister was in the hospital and wondered if we could go and visit her.  This is a huge step as we have been praying specifically for him for several years and seeking an open door to share the Lord with his family.  We have already had some great visits with his sister and plan on having several more.  She should be in this hospital for about a month.  Her name is Gloria.  Please pray for her!



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January 2025

November 2024 Report


One year meeting in front of the plaza!


It never ceases to amaze me how fast time can fly.  At the beginning of the month marks one year that we have been meeting in this great location that we have!  We have two years still on this contract and look to make the most of the time and pray that the Lord would show us the place that he would have us purchase to have a permanent location.  Please be in prayer that the Lord’s wisdom would always lead in all things!


Doing the report


Click, click, clack came the sound from the back seat of the car while we were driving to one of our many weekly events. “I’m writing the report,” said our seven year old, as she pretended to  type on the fold down table in the car.  “And what are you writing about?” I asked. “I’m putting the number of how many leaves are on that tree and how many bricks on that building.”  Apparently that is what it appears to her that I am writing about when I put together the monthly and financial reports!  She has more figured out than I, because I have no idea how many leaves were on the tree that we passed that day.  I love my family and my kids are such a blessing to me as they grow and learn and follow the Lord!


Car full of ladies


My wife had the privilege of getting to take a group of ladies to the yearly ladies meeting at the beginning of the month.  Where it was this year was less than an hour away from where we live and they all had a great time together!  Please continue to pray for all of these ladies and the many things going on in each person’s life.


One moving to another province


We are saying goodbye to one of our regular attenders who is in the process of moving back to the province that she is from.  She has been attending our Bible study regularly since June.  Please pray for her as she makes that transition and for some of her family in that area that does not know the Lord.

Saying goodby to Guada,  one of our Sunday evening regular attenders

I was thankful to be able to recover her Bible before she had to leave. 

Praying that it will be a great blessing to her to read and discover God’s will for her life!


Hacked phone account……resolved


Towards the end on the month we had a slight adventure when a hacker obtained brief access to my Whatsapp phone account and used it to send out requests for money to several contacts.  We were able to lock it down rather quickly and no harm came, just lost several hours going through the contacts and following up.  The good thing is that through that, I was able to speak with several people that I hadn’t communicated with in a long time.  We live in a wicked world that desperately needs the Lord!


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October 2024


Not enough sleep


October has been a good month but a tough one.  During the last month we really haven’t been getting enough sleep.  Wednesday and Sunday services many times go late afterwards. We typically get home around 11 at night on those nights and have been starting early to get the time at the gym in before all of the other activities of the day and the week.  I feel like we are doing better now but we still have the tendency to burn the candle, as they say, at both ends.


Extra night at Marcelo’s


Toward the end of the month, we had introduced an extra night on Monday evening at Marcelo’s, in order to work on the hymns for Wednesday.  It gives us an opportunity for more contact and discipleship as well as time to teach some new songs for worship.  Please pray for some of the new visitors that we have had on Wednesday night: Marcos, Ruth and Juan!


About to come to the end of the school year in Argentina


It is strange to think about from the US, but here October and November correspond to April and May in the US and all that it includes in the scholastic year.  It is a very busy time of the year with very many activities going on at the same time.  We are looking forward to December when a lot of the extra events and classes will close for Summer vacation!


Impossible, Difficult or Done?


Missionary Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) had said that there are three stages in the work of God: impossible, difficult and done.  I feel like we have gotten past the feeling of impossible, Nothing is impossible for God.  We live in the difficult stage and look forward to when the Master says “Well done thou good and faithful servant!”

One day, we desire to see Scriptural New Testament Churches planted here in this country, composed of saved, scripturally baptized believers that are congregational in their governance and that would freely associate together for the promotion of worldwide missions.  I have faith that one day, should the Lord tarry, we might realize some of these and hopefully all of them!  For now we will live day by day and share the gospel one person at a time if need be and patiently, lovingly teach that there is a better way, a Biblical way of doing things.  May the Lord give strength and wisdom throughout the process.  We would like you to know that your prayers matter!  They matter to us and they matter to our Lord!


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October 2024

August 2024 Report


Our first ladies Bible study went great!


This last month has been a great time of growth and blessing.  Stacie has been especially busy with the beginning of the ladies Bible study.  She has been reaching out and coordinating with the ladies throughout the month and has been building great relationships between all of them. 

Please pray for the next ladies meeting which is about to take place and is planned for the beginning of each month.  Please pray for her as what she has been doing is not easy and requires a lot of time, attention and energy.


Kids inviting their friends to come


We have been extremely busy in many ways, but each thing that we are involved in doing, each outreach, each event allows us to have great conversations with many people from several walks of life.  During the last month, Jonathan was very pleased to have two of his friends from his orchestra and band come to our Sunday service though his inviting them.  He has invited many more in the past, but the normal response many times when we reach out to friends and loved ones can be disappointing when we get a negative reaction to our kind wishes.  He said that he was kind of surprised when they not only said that they would come, but actually came!  I love seeing a desire in my kids to share Christ with their friends and acquaintances.


Outreach in the Plaza


During August, we took advantage of the Argentine holiday, “El día de los niños” (Kid’s day).  All of my family got involved packing gift bags containing candies, a Bible, tracts and other goodies.   You can see in the picture how our table was situated where we had great visibility where people would pass by. During the day we had not only had a lot of great conversations with people in the plaza but got out two cases of Bibles.  One of the young boys hugged his new Bible and exclaimed how much he loves books!  Pray for each one that received a gift bag, that the Lord would work on their hearts.

Jonathan had two great opportunities this month.  He was asked by the pastor of Templo Bautista if he would bring a message for the youth during their special youth meeting.  He did a great job!  Also, after our outreach in the plaza, I had gotten real sick that Saturday evening and was very thankful for Jonathan being able to fill in for me for the message and leading the service.  I was thankful for Elijah as well for helping me lead the music.


Our New Sidewalk Sign


We were very thankful to have a sidewalk sign made for us.  It is the same kind that is commonly used here in this neighborhood by many local shops and businesses.  It is a great addition for us as it allows us to write in chalk any special events that are happening.  When we are having a meeting, we put the sign out on the sidewalk and when we are closed up we have the sign visible through the glass in front of the curtain.  I would like to personally thank each of you for your remembering us in prayer!


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August 2024

July 2024 Report


How do I sum it all up on one small page?


We have been very, very blessed this month with several opportunities to both share the Gospel and minister to others.  This month the kids had an opportunity to be with other kids their age at a teen camp, Stacie was invited to teach at a ladies meeting, a lot of great conversations about the Lord with various people and many other events taking place!


Return visitors and first time visitors


Our attendance had been down for a few months due to sickness and I don’t know what, but this month we have had several come!  There is a couple that has been out since February and has been coming every Sunday for the whole month.

Our attendance had been down for a few months due to sickness and I don’t know what, but this month we have had several come!  There is a couple that has been out since February and has been coming every Sunday for the whole month.

On Wednesday night, in the other neighborhood where we have been working, we have been able to come back to be with them each week as well.  Daily we come across lost people that need to hear His message of Salvation!  Please continue to pray for strength for His servants and open ears of the hearers. 


Stacie invited to teach at a ladies meeting


It was a great blessing to be asked to present a lesson to the ladies at Templo Bautista during their special ladies meeting.  It has been on my wife’s heart to be able to reach out to the many needs of the ladies around her.


Organizing our own monthly ladies Bible study


Please pray for my wife as she has been taking extra time to reach out to the ladies that have been coming on Sunday and spending extra time with them.  They have put their heads together and came up with a day that they could all get together and have a ladies Bible study together.  There are going to have their first one on Monday the 5th of August.  Please pray for them in this endeavor.


Playing the piano again


Another thing that Stacie had a desire to begin, was to get an electric piano up at the meeting place in order to play during the worship time.  It also turns out that others that have been coming have some experience playing in the past.  We are looking forward to a great time in the Lord and continuing to thrive as we work for him here in Cordoba, Argentina.


Just coincidence?


I love watching the Lord work!  We had a visitor this month that had not planned on coming!  He is a trombone player that I had met through the brass band reached out to and had several conversations with in the past but had not seen any at all in at least a year!  What a surprise it was when he, not even knowing that we were meeting there, walked by just before we began service and we saw each other through the window.  I was thankful that he stayed for the entire service. Please pray for his salvation!


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Joanna and Elisabeth had fun playing with Luisa’s dog during our Tuesday morning Bible study at her house!

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July 2024 Report

June 2024


Immigration Temporary Visa… one more year


In 2021 we were supposed to receive our permanent residency visa here in Argentina. We were assured we could travel that year and return without any problems. However when we tried to return from furlough the Argentine government no longer had us in their system. So in 2022 we had to start the 3 year process all over again.We were hoping we could obtain our permanent residency this year but they told us we need to complete the temporary just one more year.  At least our temporary visa for this year was approved. The details are always in the Lord’s hands.  Please pray that all of our DNI (Identification) cards will arrive quickly.


Sunday Evening Bible study



Tuesday Morning Home Bible Study


We are so thankful that Luisa, pictured left, is feeling better. Please keep her and her family in prayer. She had been sick and bedridden for 15 days and it had been four weeks, due to her sickness, that we had not been able to meet with her. She was very excited to be feeling better and to have us come out.


Trouble in the neighborhood


Please pray for the neighborhood that Marcelo lives in, where we have been having a Wednesday night Bible study.  Last week, he told us Not to come out that night due to problems that were there on his street.  Apparently, police had come into the area to arrest some thieves and youth were throwing rocks at the police.  I really do not know the full extent of what is going on.  We are hoping to get back over there and are personally not afraid of the events, but also listen to the voice of wisdom in where I lead my family.  We have had a great study out there over the last ten weeks going verse by verse proving the deity of Christ from scripture.  (There are many Jehovah witnesses working the area.)


Ladies’ Retreat


Stacie had an opportunity to attend and bring a devotional at a Ladies’ Retreat. She is also planning to start a Ladies’ Bible Study soon to minister to some of the mothers she is friends with. It would be a great opportunity for her to get to know other women in the neighborhood as well.  There is so much more to share that space does not provide.  The Lord knows!  Keep praying!


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Scott was blessed to be able to repair Bibles for two brethren at Templo Bautista.



Stacie had a fun time with Joanna while the others were gone to the youth conference


June 2024

March 2024


Classes have started back


Here in Argentina, our month of March corresponds with September in the US, when schools open again and people have come back from their vacations.  For us, since we first arrived here, the month of March marked off several new chapters in our lives as well as opportunities for reaching out to people.


Spending time at the University of Cordoba


The city of Cordoba boasts of at least 8 major universities and half a million combined student population!  The national university of Cordoba (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, UNC) began in 1613 and averages about 180,000 students.  It worked out that my son Jonathan and I had the opportunity to sign up to take some music classes at the university together!  We have been enjoying  time spent together as well as meeting several new people.  Please pray that the Lord will guide our steps and our conversations with the teachers and students that we meet!


Teaching a New Testament Greek Class


For a couple of years now, brother Victor has asked me to teach a Greek class for their church seminary.  It is a great blessing to have finally worked it into the schedule and begun.  We are having the class on Tuesday nights and will be going from March to November.  Please pray for the students, a few of them that have surrendered to preach and may be some of the future pastors here in Argentina!


I am here because of you!


“I am here because of you!”
This is what Juan told me as he hugged my neck after his baptism.  

If you look back on the front page of January’s report, you will see a picture of him and his wife visiting our Sunday night service.  His wife was baptized last year by brother Elinai (Missionary from Mexico) but for several reasons Juan was not ready at the time and they were still struggling in their marriage.  When they visited us, we counseled them that they should follow the Lord together as a family and return and work out the problems and conflict.  It is surprising when the advice that you give is followed! (Sadly, much pastoral marriage advice is not followed:  “I know the Bible says, but…..”)  They are not only together in their marriage but now active members together in one of the Lord’s churches!  Continue to pray for them as well as the city of Malvinas where they live! 


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March 2024

– December 2023 –


“Please come and help us on Wednesday evening!”


As I had mentioned last month, we had an unexpected visit from Marcelo and his family, with whom we spent a lot of time during our first term.  He asked if we would come on Wednesday nights again and asked me to preach. His family has been through a lot in the last two and a half years.  Please pray for wisdom and direction for Marcelo, his family, and for the group meeting in his home!


Merry Christmas!


Christmas is always a strange time here in Argentina as the weather gets hotter and hotter as the month progresses.  We are thankful that God gave us His only begotten Son to pay for our redemption and the sin of the world!


Our Daughter’s visit


For us, our great Christmas present was having our daughter Ruth come and visit us for two weeks at the end of December!  She spent the first year and a half of our first term with us when we first came in 2018.  It was a great blessing for us to show her firsthand some of the blessings that the Lord has been working in our lives here! We want to thank all the churches and individuals who gave us Christmas offerings. You helped us not only bring Ruth to visit us but also the ability to buy gifts as well.


Christmas concert in the park and professions of faith!


One highlight of the month was putting on a Christmas concert in the plaza in front of our meeting place.  Several musicians and youth from Templo Bautista helped us not only play the music but also in passing out tracts and fliers to the people in the park and neighboring houses.  During the concert one of the men from Templo had an opportunity to lead a young man of 22 to the Lord.  The next day he came to our evening service and stayed until 11:30PM talking with us and asking Bible questions.  He has been coming back and continuing to grow.  Please pray for him!  His name is Benjamin.


Wishing you all a blessed new year in the Lord!


One of the things that my family always likes to do is take inventory of the last year looking at the Lord’s blessings and planning with resolve what He would like us to do and work on in the future!   How has this last year been in your personal life? in your family? in your church? in your workplace?  What would the Lord have you do in this new year?  What would He have you change, remove or add?  I am not asking for an empty resolution but a firm decision to let the Lord lead and have His way!

December 2023

November 2023 Report


“Thou are not far from the kingdom of God”


This is the verse that I was thinking about while talking to the electrician as he was working on our building.  He was raised and baptized Roman Catholic but did not identify as a religious person or a follower of God. As we had a great conversation, I could tell that he had a very good work ethic.  He did not believe in the priests and that a person needed to go through a Catholic priest to get to God (Directly opposed to standard Catholic teaching).  I shared what Jesus did for us on the cross to open up that reality that all mankind could come to God through His sacrifice!  It is a hard thing for a person like him to connect the dots and see his great need of a savior.  Many people are close to understanding the process of salvation but oh, so far away at the same time!


“Your son gave me a tract!”


We had a couple that recently moved to Argentina from Ecuador that has visited now for a couple of weeks.  They are both doctors and are planning of establishing practices here in Cordoba.  A couple of weeks ago my son, Jonathan, had passed them a tract in the plaza in front of the building and based on that contact, they have come.  Please pray for them as we continue to minister to them.


The word of reconciliation


During this month there were two very interesting events that took place.  One was being invited to the baptism of the woman that gave us so much grief almost a year ago!  We are thankful that she is trying to go forward in following the Lord and wish the best for her.  The church that baptized her is an independent Baptist work on the other side of town.  The missionary and his wife are a very good family from Mexico serving here in Argentina.  It was a strange flood of emotions being there that morning as we not only saw her but also the child and her mother that used to come each week to our meetings there in Malvinas. 

In truth, nothing was ever resolved as we were never allowed the opportunity to have face to face discussion over the problems we had there.  We were glad to be able to see them and  have at least some closure on our part. We were finally able to say goodbye to Samuel who barely remembers us.

The second event was a visit from the family that we once helped with a home Bible study during our first term here.  We had dedicated many hours with them and the people of their neighborhood.  They wanted us to know how badly they felt for how things turned out because of their decisions back in 2021.  Pray for them as they sort several things out and how they seek God’s wisdom in how to proceed from here.

We were so happy to this young boy at church.  He is one that we were ministering to in Malvinas.  We had lost a lot of sleep over the last year thinking about him without having a scriptural church in his neighborhood.  It did this preacher’s heart good to find him unexpectedly in a church!


“I have always wanted to see a tornado!”


This was from a conversation that my wife had with a pet store worker as she was buying food for our cat!  When people hear that we came from Texas, they have very strange ideas of what people or life is like as their perception is based on TV and movies.  She decided not to shatter the young guys dreams of one day witnessing a real Texas  tornado.


~Thoughts from Stacie~


Women’s Retreat


Towards the beginning of November Hannah and I went to a yearly women’s retreat that is held with several Baptist churches and missions within the Cordoba province. We’ve attended this retreat twice before and this was our first year to not have anyone to bring with us. Some of the ladies at the retreat were friends that we hadn’t seen since the previous retreat a year ago.

I knew it would be hard to explain why we no longer are meeting in Malvinas. To add to the awkwardness one of the ladies from Malvinas that we brought with us last year actually attended the retreat this year but with a different group. Thankfully I was able to give the simple answer that the doors closed for us out there and turned the subject toward our new work and new location.


Visitation on Jonathan’s Birthday


Hannah and I left the retreat early as we had the youth group from Templo Bautista come help us pass out flyers and tracts inviting people to join our Bible Study on Sunday evenings. We have truly been blessed by their encouragement. After canvasing the neighborhood we celebrated Jonathan’s Birthday by sharing cake with all those who came.


Our First Four Services


We had a really good attendance the first service in our new location. Everything went extremely well. We knew we would have a huge attendance that first Sunday as several members of Templo Bautista including their pastor came to help and encourage us. We were really glad to have the 5 visitors from the neighborhood. The second Bible Study we had 2 repeat visitors and 2 new visitors from the neighborhood. Then the 3rd Sunday of November just our family was there but we held service just like we had a full crowd. We did have a woman come in to ask for money from our kids. She didn’t want to stay for the message though.

However we were happy to see our 2 regular visitors come and 2 new visitors the last Sunday of November. The Lord is our greatest encourager. And as of the writing of this report we have had another family visit our services. You will hear more about them in our next report.


Surprise Invitation to a Baptismal Service


Scott mentioned the Baptism already but I thought I would add that it was the lady Hannah and I saw at the retreat that reached out to me after 9 months of silence to invite us to her Baptism. The missionary pastor of that church actually called Scott when she started visiting their services so they were very considerate of our part out there. While going to the baptism didn’t really solve any of the problems in Malvinas it was good to get to see some of those we hadn’t had the chance to say goodbye to before.


Repeat Visitors


I just want to share a little about one of the couples that has been coming each week to our Bible Study. The wife is a friend of mine who used to hostess a ladies’ Bible Study in her home 5 years ago when we first moved to Argentina. I knew she lived close to where we are meeting but never thought she would visit us this often. I was so happy when she and her husband came in for our first meeting. She was a real encouragement to me during those early days of learning the language and culture here in Argentina. I hope we are able to be a blessing to her and her husband as well.


27th Wedding Anniversary


Scott and I were married on Thanksgiving Day, November 28th, 1996. We have learned a lot during these past 27 years. We were both just a couple of young starry eyed kids when we first married. This year I reserved us a hotel in a town about a 30 minute drive from where we live. This is the first year that all our children have been old enough for us to leave them alone for a couple of nights. We enjoyed some quiet time away from all the distractions of kids and life. It was a good time of rest, relaxation, and reminiscing over the years we’ve been together. The kids did a good job taking care of each other while we were gone and even surprised us with a clean house when we got back.


End of Year Concerts


At the end of November we had a few recitals and concerts to mark the closing of the academic year here in Argentina. We have only one more recital and concert to go in December but the majority of the classes have ended now. The children have really grown so much this year not only physically but academically as well. We are looking forward to seeing how the Lord uses our children’s musical talents now and in the future. 


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November 2023