The Holmes Family.....June 14th,2009

This family picture was taken the Sunday before Natalie left for the states. The church had a little going away party and took LOTS of pictures.

Thanks for praying for us!!!

Dear Praying Friends,

Well a lot has happened since our last letter in May. One of the ladies in the church passed away on June 6th.... Catalina Cañete, 63 years old. She came out to all the Sunday Night meetings with her daughter, Noelia. Colby spoke at the graveside. Noelia and her dad come out on Sunday nights, now. Please pray for the family. Also, the month of June saw us down with colds and flues. (That is why I did not send a letter out in JUNE) Ben was first, than Jony, than Colby and last Lesa. Sam is the only one who is doing fine, so far. All the public schools,the Bible Institute, Ben and Sam's Music schools are closed, starting Monday morning, because of the Swine flu. Pray for us that the Lord would protect us.

And you probably noticed we did not mention Natalie?

Well, she left the 17th of June for Philadelphia. She is with her uncles for a few months helping in the office. Lord will, she is heading up to New Brunswick in August to visit my mom for a few weeks and than heading off in September to New Brunswick Bible Institute to begin her first year of studies! So we miss her A LOT but also know that she is doing HIS will and is in HIS hands....no better place to be! (These pictures above were taken the day she left!!! ) :-(

Lesa had her Ladies meeting today. Only 5 came out. A lot are sick. Our next meeting is the first Thursday in August. Pray that we would GROW and use our gifts for HIS GLORY.

Continue to pray for Benjamin and Samuel's friends that are coming out to Youth Group. Omar has brought his two brothers out and also another boy, Allan, is coming out. Pray for their salvation.(David, Omar, Fabian, Leo, Jony,and Allan)

Colby is going to start a Bible study with a young man, DIEGO. He has been coming out for the last month or so. He claims to know the Lord. He comes out to Prayer Meeting, Sunday night and tonight he went to Colby's last Institute class (because next week everything is closed down for a month!) Pray for his growth. His girlfriend's name is MELINA. She comes out on Sunday night...not sure of her salvation?

Continue to pray for the salvation of ALEJANDRA, NOELIA , and NOELIA and her Dad CARLOS and her little brother CARLITOS . Carlos and Carlitos started coming out to Sunday School last month and enjoy it. We have not started the Bible study with Alejandra...still waiting for her to give us a day.

With all the changes we went through this month we felt the Lord´s had helping us through it all. We do what to thank you all for your prayers.....Prayers moves the Hand that holds the world!! Thanks you for giving, praying and writing.

Yours In Christ, COLBY, LESA, NATY, BEN, SAM and JONY

THE HOLMES in Argentina.

*Pictures taken the day Natalie left......:-(

Bible Study with Florencia

Colby and I have started up a Bible study with a young girl who is beginning to come to the meetings. Florencia is 23 years old and has  a lot of problems. One of them is drugs. She is looking for help and we told her the only One who could help her is the Lord. She has been coming out on Sunday evenings and she may start to come out to Youth group on Saturday nights. Pray for her salvation.

* This picture was taken at the Ladies Meeting Lesa had.  Florencia is with her little niece, Rocio. When I have a picture of us doing the Bible study I will post it)

September Ladies Meeting

Monday afternoon, September 22, at 3PM 12 ladies and myself had a time of singing, a little devotional and fellowship time together. It has been awhile since I wanted to start up the meetings again. I thank the Lord for helping me do it. 

The verse I shared was in 1 Timothy 2:2  "...that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty." Pray for us that the Lord would work in us and use us for HIS GLORY.

*Front row-Silvia (with Silvina's baby boy, David), Blanca, Liliana, Emilce (her daughter , Rocio, laying on her lap), Florencia.

*Back row- Gregoria (looking at her granson), Elvira (drinking mate), Carina, Silvina, Lesa, Raquel, Rosa and Mirta. 

Thank you for praying for us.                                                                                

Preparing Emanuel for the ministry

Remember to pray for Emanuel, we are getting together once a week to prepare him for preaching and also to read the book on prayer by E.M Bounds, "Power through Prayer". He has a great desire to serve the Lord and be in full time ministry, he is also taking four credit hours in our Bible Institute that by reason of work cannot take any more hours. He preached for the first time two weeks ago to the youth and did well, pray that he would walk humbly before God and walk continually before God. 

Some food to go along with our time in the Word

Lesa, Natalie and Jonathan In Canada

We are so thankful that we could come up and visit my mom for 6 weeks. It was a big surprise when she heard we were coming. Also,two of my brothers live close by so we get to see them also.
We were here to celebrate Canada's Birthday..so we went to a parade and a church picnic which Jony really enjoyed.
Pray for us as we stay our last three weeks. It will be hard to leave mom. Pray for her, Annie, that the Lord would help her as the date gets closer. We leave for Argentina on July 23rd and arrive, Lord willing in Ezeiza on the 24th at 2pm.
Thank you for praying for us. The Lord bless.

On another note, Lesa is now presently with Natalie and Joni visiting her mom, until the 23 of July seeking to return on the date and arriving in Argentina on the 24 of July...we are here with Ben , Sami and Myself, I am learning to cook and the boys of course are helping, cooking, washing clothes, all these things that I am not use to do, but it is good for us, and we are receiving a lot of help also from the believers, if you desire to call Lesa while she is in Canada you can reach her at 506-622-2110, as you know, Lesa's mom is 84 years old but in good health thank the Lord, so we appreciate your prayers at this time, Love us

Quiroga Family

Remember them before the Throne, as this affliction has been difficult for all , and Ivana gets discouraged at times, Hugo and Blanca are the most faithful believers we have and need your continued prayers for this burden with Ivana, they are grateful for all you do for them in prayer and also for all the monies that have been given to them at this time to help with medicine and other needs, thanks for all, Love Hugo and Family

Ivana Quiroga

I did my regular analisis, blood work which turned out ok, but some of the values of the creatinina and the urea are very high. The Dr said that these never came down since my kidneys failed, and only a true miracle could cause my kidneys to function at 100 %. I continue with my daily dialisis, which I do four times a day, I take vitamins every day and I also give myself injections twice a week. They did a cat scan on my head to see pituitary gland , which according to the Doctors of Nefrologia everything was fine, but I still have to see what the Doctors say of neuroendroquinologia, because they were the ones that sent the order for the cat scan, I will be seeing them on the 26 of May, if possible pray that all will turn out ok Lord willing. The analisis that I was sent to have done by the Doctors of endroquimologia came out ok with the exception of the gland pretiroidea that came out very high. The doctors said that they would probably give me medication to normalize de values; this gland is the one that controls the amounts of calcium and phosphorus en the blood, which if there is to much calcium in the blood the arteries can solidify causing of course problems. All this will be seen after the 26 of May. Also the Doctors of Neufrologia sent me to have another cat scan on another part of my head because they say I might have cists because I have frequent head aches , they said that since my kidneys were full of cists also I could have them in another part of my body like my brain. I have been limited to what I can eat and drink, so that has been hard for me, continue to pray that God would grant me in his will a transplant soon, thank you for all your prayers, Love Ivana

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.