Tuesday mornings Lesa has a Bible study with CARINA. We are going through the book of Psalms. Pray for Carina and her family. Her husband left her for another woman and Carina has the four children......it has been a HARD year. (Picture of Lesa and Carina and Picture of Carina and Family- left to right- Carolina, Carina, Martin(goes to school with Jony), Juan and Flo (goes to school with Sammy)).

On Friday afternoons Lesa has a Bible Study with NOEL. We are studying the book of Psalms. Noel is newly saved and it is a joy to work with her. She LOVES the Word of God! Her parents think she has been brain-washed. Please pray for her mom and dad (Elizabeth and Osvaldo) that they would be saved!

Dear Praying Friends,
As you all start enjoying the snow and colder weather ...we on the other hand are having very hot days and we have no SNOW, believe me! As you cook cookies and squares and all those yummy sweets for Christmas ...we are eating fruit salad or salads or anything COOL! But even if we are worlds apart we can still remember the birth of our Savior.

Our school year is ending soon!!!
Sam is graduating on the 16 of December!
Jony is finishing up grade 3 :0) Jony only has a few more days of school.
Our boys are growing up too quick!
Benjamin has a job working the month of December in a Men´s Shoe Store
and Sam has a job working in a Electrical Shop for two or three weeks in December.
Praise the Lord! Now if only Jony can get a job haha.Just kidding!
Pray for Colby and I as we continue with our Bible Studies.

During the week when JAVIER has his day off, Colby goes to JAVIER AND NOEMI´S home to read ¨The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus¨. Javier and Noemi are CELESTE´S parents (the little girl that had the accident- she was pushed down the stairs by a classmate in school).Please continue to pray for the salvation of Noemi and also pray for CELESTE... they put four metal plates in her head and one has moved and has caused some swelling. This week they have to take her to the doctor. Javier, Noemi and their five daughters come to Sunday School!! It is a joy to have the girls in the classes!! (*Pictures of JAVIER, NOEMI and CELESTE) When I can get a picture of the girls I will post it!

Bible Study #2

Another young man that comes to the house for Bible Studies is SERGIO. He is a young man that started coming to church with his girlfriend and is very interested in the things of the Lord. After the Bible study he goes home and talks to his brother and shares with him all he is learning. Remember him and his family in your prayers.

Bible Study #1

Juan---the man who lost his son in a motor bike accident and came to see Colby the same Wednesday we were traveling to the states--- he comes to the house every Friday afternoon and has a Bible Study with Colby. He is very faithful in coming to all the meetings. He broke his knee two weeks ago and he still comes to the meetings...limping along with his crutches (he lives 2 blocks down from us) Pray for the salvation of his wife-Maria.

We started the New Year in Canada. We were home on furlough for four months. We seen a lotof snow!!! It was fun (for a time) to shovel and to see everything so white and clean.

We were so happy to get to see family and friends in Florida, South Carolina, Philadelphia, New Brunswick and Maine.

*In photos- Lesa's mom's h

ouse in Canada; Art and Margaret (Colby's mom) with Jonathan: Robert (Lesa's brother), Ann (Lesa's mom) with Jonathan.

Thank you, each one, for taking us into your homes, cooking such good meals and making us feel so welcomed!

Now we are back in Argentina. Back with all the believers....Continue to pray for us as we START again in the outreach to lost souls and the ministry of feeding the believers the Bread of Life.

BETTER pictures of the BAPTISM we had in March 2010

Nadia giving her testimony.
Coming up from the water.
Carlos

Eduardo being baptized by his dad.

Diego.

Omar.

Baptisms 2010

It was a joy to have five of our believers make the decision to be baptized.

Each one gave their testimony.

This is Nadia,

Carlos
Eduardo (he asked if his dad,who is pastor in Uruguay, could baptize him)
Diego
and Omar.
Please pray for them that the Lord would use them for His glory in their homes, neighborhoods and schools.

October 2009 Prayer Letter We work with people..... people who have problems....people who are daily struggling to live for the Lord. They are not famous or rich....just ordinary people who love the Lord. We are thankful to be here working with them ....working togeter till our Lord comes. *Benjamin and Samuel's Highschool friends are still coming out to youth group. Pray for JONATHAN (he brought his little sister out to Sunday School and she slept through the whole thing!), JUAN PABLO, DAVID, and ALLAN. *OMAR (the boy in the black shirt -in the picture of Benjamin Birthday) is doing really well. He comes out to ALL the meetings. He brings his brothers out to youth group and Sunday School. Omar wants to be baptized. :0) *Lesa continues to teach the women once a month. (Picture of the August meeeting) November 12th is the next meeting for them. Pray for their spiritual growth! *Colby continues to teach in the Bible Institute on Thursday evenings. *DIEGO continuse to come over on Friday afternoon for his Bible study with Colby. Diego's girlfriend, MELINA, is coming out more. Pray for her...not sure of her salvation. *Lesa started a Bible Study with the teen girls on Octber 24th. They meet every Saturday at 4pm and Lesa plans to teach them till the end of November. May they learn to be BEAUTIFUL inwardly and use their lives for the Lord's glory. *One man we asked prayer for in out June Prayer letter, CARLOS ROJAS, has been coming out to all the meetings with his son CARLITOS. His fa,ily sees a BIG change in Carlos.....continue to pray for him and his family. *One of our families in the church had a new baby boy last month -little MATIAS- and Matais is still in the hospital......born premature.... and now has a virus and needs to be in the hospital till Wednesday. His parents -LEO and SILVINA- are a little discouraged...it has been a long month of going back and forth to the hospital and seeing their little son all hooked up with wires and tubes. Would pray for them?and also that Matias would be soon home with them? Thank you for your prayer!!! We need your prayers. We are needy people......working with needy men and women. But God is able!!! Please keep us befroe the throne this month! In His Care.... Colby, Lesa, Natalie,Benjamin, Samuel and Jonathan HOLMES

Ding-dong goes the door bell .....
.......it is 2PM......
"That must be DIEGO" Colby says.
Every Friday afternoon Colby gets together with a young man to study the Word of God.
Diego is a 19 year old boy who has a great love for the Word and loves to ask a lot of questions.
He received the Lord with one of the believers of the church and since than has been to all the meetings and even to Bible Institute to take Colby's class every Thursday night.
Colby has been reading "The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus" with Diego
and we pray that the Lord would work in his life
and that he would continue to have this hunger and thirst for the Word of God.
Would you pray for him?

We are so thankful for our children and their ministry with their friends and teachers in the schools down here.

We would like you to be praying for Benjamin's friend, OMAR, who has started to come out to all the meetings about two months ago. He brings his brothers out to Sunday School and Youth Group. Please pray for Omar's salvation!!!

* This picture taken tonight in Prayer Meeting

(August 26, 2009)

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.