Samuel

We shared with many of you about the problem Samuel had at his school concerning two of his classmates who threaten Samuel and Florencia. They did not like how Sam and Flo would not take part in their foolishness and one thing lead to another and these boys threatened to kill Flo and Sam. Well, Colby and I and Flo's mom went and talked to the director of the school and explained the situation to him. He wrote everything down and we signed it. The director called in the parent's of the two boys and talked to them and after that the boys did not bother Sam and Flo. We thank the Lord for His protection. Pray for these two boys...Daniel and Brian. They were Samuel best friends since grade 1. May the Lord work in their hearts this year!

Happy Birthday, Jonathan!

 YUM yum yum!

Jonathan turned 6 on February 27th! 

His friends were there to celebrate with him

Pray for Jonathan that he would love the Lord 

and serve Him with all his heart.

Baptism on February 24, 2008

Julio, an older man, was very emotional when he was baptized. 

He was in jail for years and finally served his sentence and is free.........

and spiritually free.

What a joy to see our two sons go through the water's of baptism.

 Benjamin is the top picture and Samuel is below him.

This is Karina Proto and I am very glad to see her obeying the Lord!!!

This is all the youth that were baptized that evening. 

from left to right....

Benjamin, Florencia (in the red), Yamila (in the blue), Samuel,

 Sergio(behind Samuel) and Marcelo. 

Pray for their growth in the Lord.

Please Pray For Ivana

This Ivana and her brother Lemuel.

 Ivana is 21 years old and her kidneys are not working. 

She does dialysis in her home. 

 She needs a transplant. Would you all please pray that she would have her transplant soon. Her mom and dad are going to do studies to see if one of them can give their kidney to her. Everything takes TIME  down here in Argentina. Keep them in your prayers. 

Ivana helps Lesa in her  Sunday School class each Sunday.

She has studied in the Bible Institute for the last four years. She is seeking to finish the Bible Institute course soon.

Ivana gets discouraged and does not talk much. She needs our prayers to keep trusting in the Lord in the good and the bad times. 

He is in control.

And last but not least ....Colby's Birthday

Colby celebrated his birthday on October 28. 

He turned 42!!!!

I made a cake for after church Sunday night. 

Natalie's Birthday

Natalie celebrated her 19th Birthday on November 2nd. She went out to eat pizza with a group of girls from the church.

I made a cake for Saturday night youth group.

All the Birthdays we forgot to put in the blog.....

Happy Birthday Benjamin. He turned 15 on October 4th. All his friends came to celebrate the day with him. Lots of cake and food.

Family Camp 2008

We had a great week at family camp.

There were around 100 attending  and it was a great time of fellowship and learning.

The youth were always sitting around talking and drinking mate.

Colby lead the music that week. 

We enjoyed  good week of singing. 

There were a good group of youth 

helping to play. 

Samuel helped playing one of the many guitars. The Argentines love the guitar.

Lesa taught a class all week. She had the kids from ages 3-6. She taught about Noah and the ark. They had a good week of learning, painting, and singing together. Jonathan was the only boy in her class...so he did not like that too much! 

Pray for the youth and families that attended lsat week that the Lord would continue to work in their hearts as we desire to see families growing together in the Lord and being the light that the world needs to see. 

Each Tuesday afternoon Colby, Marcelo and Sonya would do a Bible study called

 "The Stranger on The Road to  Emmaus". They finished it last week!!  Today Colby will be starting another Bible study with them . They claim to know the Lord but we pray that the fruits of Christ would be seen in them.   You can se the MATE on the table....you always need mate to drink!!!                                                                                                                            

Their son, PATRICIO, is 13 years old. Please pray for his salvation.

On September 15..... at 4:30 am.... our dear brother OSVALDO GARCIA went to be with the Lord. Colby was able to talk to him, read Scripture and encourage him the evening before he died. The wake was all day Saturday till Sunday morning. He was buried at 11:30 am in Ezeiza.

Colby, standing beside the casket, shared on GOD BEING OUR REFUGE. Please pray for the family........ OLGA (his wife) Ruben (his son) and NORMA (his daughter) and many grandchildren and friends ....all without Christ! 

We thank the Lord for allowing us to have Osvaldo with us these pass 3 years.

(picture taken in our house. Osvaldo came over to bring hot dogs for all the youth to eat in youth group. He always loved to give. At the wake someone gave Jonathan a sucker that Osvaldo had left for him )

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Garcia

It is always a joy to have people come to our home to drink mate and visit. 

This dear couple have been attending the church for the last two years or so.

 Osvaldo says he is saved and Olga is Catholic.

 They had been coming out every Sunday night ..........................'till lately. 

Why are they not coming out anymore?

 Osvaldo has cancer and he is not doing very well. He stays in bed, under an electric blanket we loaned him. He has failed a lot and Olga cries a lot. Will you pray for them? We would love to see Olga come to Christ and Osvaldo needs to be sure of his salvation.

 We miss them in the meetings and their visits. Osvaldo always had candy  or cookies for Jonathan. They even came to see Jonathan when he went to pre- school. 

It doesn't look good for Osvaldo BUT our God is able.

 Pray for his spiritual health and and Olga's salvation.

*The picture is taken in our home and the little boy with them in the picture is Jonathan's friend Martin. 

Happy 13th Birthday Samuel!!

JUNE 7, 2007

Happy Birthday Samuel! 

He wanted a chocolate cake and did he get it! Here is the gang...... Benjamin, Samuel, Jonathan and Natalie.

Some of Samuel's friends came over to visit him. Others came in the evening to finish off the cake! For Sam's Birthday we got him a violin. He is studying every Monday and Thursday night so we are looking forward to having him play in church SOON!

Lesa's Bible Study With Karina

Every Saturday afternoon Karina and I get together at my house to study God's Word.  We are studying "Won By One" Bible course and it's going very well. Please pray for her...she says she has an open mind and likes to hear all kinds of different ideas. She says she has received Christ as her Savior so I ask the Lord to work in her life. If HE has begun the work HE will finish it. (Philippians 1:6)  She loves YOGA and teaches it in her home. Karina comes out to the Sunday services and sometimes her 4 children come with her. Pray for her husband Adrian...he use to come to the meetings and he was baptized in our church BUT he now doesn´t want anything to do with God and church. She would love to see him come with her.Pray for him also. Their 4 children are FEDERICO,PABLO,PRISCILA, and TOMAS.

Sorry for not being around and sharing with you what The Lord is doing here in Ezeiza, we are happy with the change of heart in Marcelo and Sonia, Colby goes on tuesday afternoons and does a bible study with them, they are going through the book, the stranger on the road to Emmaus, it is going well, pray that they will come to and understanding of the Lord and His Word. Sonia has a skin disease that you can pray about, and they have to spend a good amount of his salary on the medicine each month so please be in prayer for them, they are not coming to the meetings but are doing the study and that is a joy to our hearts, thanks for praying!!!

Recent picture of the family

more of the family and sites

family and sites!!!

more photos of our trip over the mountains and to Villa Regina

Some more beautiful sites we were able to see!!

Photos of our trip to chile

Ersilia Caverzan one of the ladies that mom and dad years ago led to the Lord in the city of Villa Regina, I had the joy of visiting with her and being reminded of Gods Faithfulness over these years, remember her in Prayer, she is 66 years old and lives alone, thanks for remebering her.
Joel Hidalgo, when I went into his bookstore in Regina he did not know who I was and neither did I, but in speaking to him he asked of what denomination we were and I told him, Union de Centros Biblicos, to which he showed me a book that some man gave him 30 years ago and lead him to Christ , he than continued to tell us how that man taught him the Word, then Ricardo who was with me, asked him, Is that man Ronald Holmes to which he replied ...YES!!!! then Ricardo said, well this young man standing here (speaking of me) is His son..Colby..tears flowed from his eyes and we had a great time of fellowship...thank God for fruits that remain to Gods Glory

Update from the Holmes

Well I am sorry it has taken so long to give an update, sometimes not much to say.... sorry !!! We went to Chile for our anual missionary conferance and it was a great time in the Word, we had a good trip going and coming, and Lesa was able to see sights of were I grew up from the age of 7 to the age of 12. Also we were able to rest for a few days when was very good for the family. When we got back to Ezeiza on the 3 of February our son benjamin took a sick spell, so we would asked you to pray for him, we will be running some studies on him to see what is wrong, pray with us for him, thanks so much for your prayers.