Finch Insider Pray Bulletin: Argentina Edition

¡Buenos Dias! Good Morning!

Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina! It is wonderful to be here again, this is my 3rd trip "home" this year.
Perhaps the most important trip I have made here.  As you pray for our time here this week let me give you a little bit of background. Operation Christmas Child has been ministering here for 10 years.  Recently there have been many challenges that our team has faced.  One of the greatest ones is the problem of the importation of the shoeboxes, this has been a problem not just for our organization but for many ministries and even multi-national companies.  It is a government problem as they try and protect their national companies market from the invasion of inexpensive products from outside the country.  The government paints everyone with the same brush, they don't look at the fact that we are bringing aide to the poor children of their country.

The second thing that you need to know as you pray is that we are in the process of recruiting a new National Leadership Team that will be centered in Buenos Aires, the capital city of the country.  We want the team to meet on at least a monthly basis, something that has not been happening with the current team as they are so spread out all over the country.  We believe that Argentina has a huge potential to be able to import at least 10 containers of shoeboxes.  In order for that to happen, we are making adjustments to the team here.

Please pray for:

     1. Recruiting meetings that will take place tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the morning and at 7 o'clock in the  
         evening.
     2.  A good cross section of people who will come to the vision casting meetings, especially those with the
         gifts and talents to lead our team.
     3. For David, Pablo and I as we make contact with these people and are sensetive to the direction of the
        Spirit as we interact with people tomorrow.
    4. For a team to be named before we leave on Thursday.
    5. For God's blessing and intervention in the importation of the boxes.

Thank you for your prayers! I am delighted and thrilled by your participation in our ministry here!

Have a God filled day!
Bill