Estimado Pastor y Hermanos:

Saludándoles en Cristo y esperando que Dios les esté bendiciendo ricamente. El motivo de esta presente comunicación es invitar a los hombres y a los jóvenes de su iglesia bautista a una reunión de hombres en Durazno, que se realizará en el Centro Comunal Lapeyrade, esq. Tala y Mataojos a pocas cuadras de la terminal de ómnibus.

La fecha de la reunión es el sábado, 11 de setiembre.  Estaremos dando comienzo a las 16 hrs. aproximadamente.

Compartiremos comunión unos con otros: conversando, en La Palabra de Dios, en la cancha de futbol o, para los que quieran, con el futbolito.   Si puede, traiga su mate, café, té, o lo que quiera para beber y $40 para los chorizos.

Dios quiera que pueda asistir.  Si tienes duda sobre alguna cosa, estamos a los órdenes.

Les saludamos en el Señor,

Pastor Pablo Harmon

Visits from the US are always special.  A week ago we enjoyed fellowshipping with a student and teacher from Maranatha Baptist Bible College.  Jonathan has the desire to serve the Lord in a Spanish speaking country.  Around Christmas time this past year he visited Peru.  After surveying that country, he then turned around and visited us and the Secrest family here in Uruguay.

When he arrived at the new international airport, he discovered that he had flown in with the soccer team from Northland Baptist Bible College.  They were here to help with the Duarte and Vallette families serving with Gospel Mission of South America.  He also discovered that his two bags had been lost somewhere at La Guardia.  Fortunately, Jonathan could almost be my twin and so for three days until his clothes arrived he was able to borrow some of mine.

After taking him on a brief tour of Montevideo, we traveled the 2.5 hours up to Durazno.

Felicia loved having another Uncle to play with for a few days.  Jo Anna also enjoyed chatting and sharing insights on Uruguay.

Sunday night, Jonathan gave a lesson on, “How we got Bible and why it can be trusted.”  A few nights later he duplicated this lesson for our neighbors who popped in for a visit around 10pm.  Praise the Lord for yet another opportunity to witness to them as the direct result of Jonathan being with us.

Thank you Jonathan for your gracious testimony, your encouragement to us, and for bringing some much needed items down for us.  Our feet will be much better shod as we give out the Gospel of peace.

May the Lord bring you back to Uruguay as soon as possible.

Every year Uruguay celebrates children’s day. Children have a special place in a country with a small population of just under 3.5 million people. Many children receive more presents from their parents on this day than an average child in the US would receive at Christmas. Schools often have special games or foods for children as well. Felicia’s preschool set aside one entire afternoon for the children to play on a giant trampoline, air castles, and enjoy a gymnasium. Families gather together for special meals and memories. Churches often plan activities and stories geared towards children.

Our emphasis in Durazno is reaching adults with the Gospel. However, we are unwilling to do this at the expense of the Gospel not reaching children. As a result this coming Saturday we will be inviting several children to our home. We plan to share the Gospel and enjoy a good time together. Please pray that several of these children that we are inviting will come to our home and meet our Savior.

Last Saturday evening the church in Paysandu hosted a men’s meeting tied in with a Father’s Day theme.  Father’s Day was July 18th this year here in Uruguay.

Pablo and Victor were able to get away and go with me to the meeting.  We had a great time in the car on two and a half hour drive on the way up with at least one memorable story as a result.  When we arrived we were welcomed by the men.  Pastor Rojas preached an excellent sermon on our need to not just ask sin to leave our lives, but rather to make the choice to eradicate it.  Later in the evening the ladies of the church served up some of the best Chicago style pizza that I have eaten in a long time.

The dinner theater put on by the ladies was a rather humorous skit of the daily family life of a few of the men from the church in Paysandu.  (Leave me a comment if you can guess who the two ladies are.)  After that a ping-pong table was set up.

Praise the Lord for others of like faith and practice striving to reach hearts with the Gospel in Uruguay’s interior.  It was a blessing to the men from Durazno to know that they are not alone, and that others are praying for them as well.