Finch Prayer Bulletin Insider Edition from Argentina 2

Thank you for your prayers this past week! It has been a huge blessing to me personally.  Let me share with you what the Lord is doing in Argentina as far as the Operation Christmas Child world is concerned.

As I shared with you one of the biggest obstacles that we have faced here is the importation of the shoe boxes.  Tuesday afternoon we met with the Bible Society of Argentina. At this meeting there was the president and two of his top staff members.  We  shared the OCC ministry with them and they were very excited with the possibilities of its growth.  This organization has been here for over 100 years and has all the government ties we need to import the boxes.  There was an openess on their part to provide us with a data base of churches to contact, they are willing to be our consignee as well.

I mentioned that we were going to interview potential members of our National Leadership Team.  I learned a lot about when NOT to hold this type of meetings.  One is in the morning and the other is when the Argentina national soccer team is playing! Both of those happened. Despite that we had some good candidates with whom we will be following up in the days to come.

Our team of Pablo, David and I have really enjoyed our time together as we have served here in Paraguay and Argentina.  We have prayed, laughed, and ate together.  As we each go our separate ways tomorrow, we do so with a sense that God has begun a good thing in these countries.  There are some very important decisions to make, especially in Argentina.

Later today I begin the trip back home leaving Argentina at 4:45pm and arriving back in Calgary at 9:10am Mountain Time.

What to pray for?
1. Thank God for my co-workers, Pablo and David
2. For Paraguay team as they begin to step out and begin ministry there.
3. Thank God for the Bible Society of Argentina's willingness to help us in so many ways.
4. For important decisions to be made in the next while as we build the Argentina team.

Thank you for your encouragement during this week. I am home for a few days then take to the skies to Venezuela on Friday, September 21!

Your Fellow Servant in Christ,

Bill