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

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.

We are happy to announce A NEW LITTLE HARMON has been added to your missionary family.

Lord willing this little one will make an entrance around New Years.

Thank you each and every one who has been praying for this special prayer request of ours the past 2 1/2 years.  What a delight!

Please pray Jo Anna through the upcoming months.  She has been very tired the last 11 weeks as you might imagine.

Hey everybody . . . thanks for your comments here and on Facebook. We’ve enjoyed hearing from you all. Thanks for praying Sharron! I know others have been too. So far we’ve received messages from the U.S., Uruguay, Chile, and Israel. Without a doubt, being missionaries adds a wonderful dimension to our life.

Felicia was elated when she first found out. Her response with big eyes: “God answered our prayers!”. The next thing she did was take my hand as we started walking and proceeded to tell me that she would obey me all the time now so she could learn to be a good big sister. Soooo precious! If I can say so myself . . .

Hola a todos . . . gracias por sus comentarios. Hemos disfrutado recibir noticias de todos ustedes. ¡Gracias por orar Sharron! Sé que otros también lo han hecho. Hasta ahora hemos recibido mensajes de los EE. UU., R.O.U., Chile e Israel! Sin duda, el ser misioneros añade una hermosa dimensión a nuestra vida.

Felicia estaba chocha cuando se enteró. Su primer reacción fue: “Dios contestó nuestas oraciones”! La próxima cosa que hizo cuando empezamos a caminar fue tomarme de la mano diciendo que ahora me iba a hacer caso siempre para que pueda aprender a ser una buena hermanita mayor. ¡Qué preciosura! Si lo puedo decir yo misma . . .