The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

James 5:16

Thank you for sharing with us in prayer.

Here are some of our current prayer requests:

More Travel than Ever

Family issues and Social Security rules have made it necessary for us to travel to the U.S. much more than we have done throughout our 45 years as missionaries.

Doug´s Dad was promoted to Glory in 2010 and his mother is having some problems with her health. While we can´t be present as much as we would like in these circumstances, we are spending more time in the U.S.

At the same time, rules established by the government require that Martha be an American resident or citizen in order to be covered by Social Security. For this reason, we have spent considerable time and money for Martha to be an American legal, permanent resident and now we are working to meet the requirements for her citizenship. We would appreciate your prayers for this effort and for us as we travel to the U.S. and spend time there.

The Work in Argentina in our Absence

We have been working to establish local leadership in the assembly and in the Christian school that we founded. In both areas there has been much progress but we request your prayer fellowship as we leave responsibility in the hands of the local believers in some cases and continue to have responsibility for major decisions in other areas. The school is a hugh undertaking that has produced spiritual fruit in the lives of some of our students and we still find it necessary to keep a hand on the top-level decision-making. Please pray for local leaders in the assembly and the school and for Doug as he continues to be in contact with the school, even during the time spent in the United States.

Answers to Prayer

We requested special prayer for our high school seniors and for a trip that we planned to make with them to the Iguazu Falls, about 920 miles from here. The Lord graciously gave us a great trip and a wonderful time with the students. There were some good times to share the Word with the kids and they seem to appreciate what we could give them from the Scriptures and from Christian experience. Please pray for these kids during these next three months as they finish up there high school studies. Most of them have made a profession of faith in the Lord as Savior but, with one or two exceptions, they are not living close to the Lord.

Our seniors with Doug and Martha at the Triple Frontier, where Argentina,

Paraguay and Brazil come together

The Iguazú Falls