Dear Friends,

We’re really excited to share with you a project that we are launching with the help of one of our churches. The project is called “The Nehemiah Challenge”. Let me explain what this is all about.

For quite some time now we have been alarmed by the number of break-ins and robberies happening on campus. In fact, though we have had guards helping us at the school, we still have had situations occur that have made the security of our students an area of deep concern. We want to change this. We will be constructing a security fence around the property of the Bible school and make other general enhancements to the main entrance (i.e. cameras, electric door, etc.) Essentially, this project has at its heart the security and well-being of our students. So here is how it works.

We have a challenge before us by a church to do something incredible -- raise the necessary funds for our security wall in about 52 days! Just as Nehemiah was instrumental in having the walls around Jerusalem built in only 52 days, we will believe together that we can raise the necessary resources in the same amount time for our wall. For every dollar raised between Easter weekend and May 31st, a church will match these funds up to $15,000! So basically this project costing more than $30,000 has just been cut in half! Will you consider joining with us and help see that our students study and prepare for ministry in a safe and secure environment?

Please visit our “Current Projects” section to view more photos and get more information about this challenge. You may download this “Response Card” and send it to us with your offering. If only 50 churches, businesses or individuals were to give $300 each, we would have enough finances to get this wall done. We can do this with God’s help...and yours!

We’ll keep you posted...

Stephen & Sonia



Download: Response Card in PDF Format

Hello friends!

Well, today in the US was the first day of Spring. I don’t know how the weather was in your neck of the woods, but this morning we had a dusting of snow here in New Jersey! What a crazy way to welcome in the change of seasons!

Regardless of the weather, we would like to welcome this Spring day by letting you know that we have updated our current newsletter. It is now available for download in our “Newsletters” section of the website. Each quarter we release updates and ministry activities concerning our missions work in the nation of Argentina. We hope you enjoy reading the Spring quarter edition.

We have a lot happening and we’ll soon post some important information here on our website about the “Nehemiah Challenge”. You’ll hear more about that next week.

So in the meantime, have a great start to Spring and enjoy the newsletter!

Blessings,

Stephen & Sonia

Dear Friends and Partners,

Today we wanted to give you a brief update on our progress here in the United States. Many have asked us, “So, when do you head back to Argentina?” Or the occasional, “Hey, we thought you left already!”. So here’s the most current information on our progress.

As of today, we still need around $1700 in monthly commitments before we are able to continue the work in Argentina. Though this sounds like a HUGE amount, in reality, if many churches and individuals were able to help out with any amount, we could see this need diminish very quickly. For example, if 34 churches were to commit $50 a month, we would have our monthly budget met today. Thats 10 families in the church that would commit to $5 a month. So for about the price of a fancy latte, we can make an eternal difference in Argentina. Who said that we can’t support missions because of economic crisis? We just need to be creative.

So if individuals or families would like to join us to reach out to Argentina, they can do so with as little as $5 per month. Perhaps, many could do more, but most of us would have a hard time persuading ourselves to do less.

Let me challenge each of us, self included, to go above the levels of fear that surround us and find ways to respond to God’s call to go to the nations. Will you help us?

Visit our support page or contact us for more info.

We love you and appreciate you so much!

Stephen & Sonia

Hello friends!

Just wanted to update you on the fact that we have recently added additional photos and videos to our site. If you haven’t visited the site for a while, we would like to encourage you to go to our Media page where you’ll find ministry and cultural videos. Also, we have added some photos from our first 6 months of itineration to the photo gallery page.

If you have an idea for photos or videos, please send us your suggestions via our Contact page.

Have a great day!

Stephen

Greetings!

We wanted to take a moment today to update you on the progress we have made on the mattresses at the Bible school.

First of all, we want to say THANK YOU to those churches and individuals who have written us and opened their hearts. You have been so generous! With the funds raised, we are looking at being able to completely renew all of our campus mattresses for both the general student body and married housing! This was more than we had anticipated. That’s more than 85 mattress sets! This means our students will soon be able to rest much better! This is especially important since classes are starting up again this week.

As soon as we have photos, we will post them here on the website so we may all together see how we’ve been able to bless these future ministers and leaders. Thanks!

If you or your church are interested in helping in other areas on campus, our other most pressing need is to secure our campus security fence. For every $200, we can extend this security wall by 1 meter. We have about 160 meters still to go. So, please consider what you or your church might be able to do today. Please visit our projects page for more info and our support page for detailed instructions on how you can partner with us.

We’ll keep you posted...

Blessings,

Stephen