Mendoza in the fall, Central Plaza
Hello dear friends and supporters,
We are now officially two months from THE MOVE. How time has flown!
I spent the day today painting doors. We hired out some of the painting for the hallways, kitchen and bathroom, got the roof fixed, the porch railing fixed, and are on track to put the house on the market Monday. Karina spent the day cleaning up the rooms that were left a mess after the yard sale last weekend.
I had a great conference call today with two of the Argentina Partnership pastors, Ray Duran and John Aurelli, plus 3 guys from Argentina who are interested in the Vineyard. Besides our plant, we will have 2 other Vineyard churches starting up next year in Argentina (where currently there are none)! One is being birthed out of what used to be the only Vineyard there and that closed a year ago. They are in Buenos Aires, and the new pastor, Cristian Mansilla, is already meeting with 5 other couples in his home. The other pastor, Ezequiel Ferreira is in Entre Rios province and he already has an established church, but is a huge fan of the Vineyard and wants his church to be one. (In fact they are already calling themselves “La Viña”.)
The tragic side of this was there would have been another church starting in the southern province of Rio Negro, but the brother who was going to be the pastor died last week after complications from a surgery! His name was Marco and his wife, Sandra, is left alone. He was only in his 40’s and they had no kids. They had come from a Vineyard in Chile and had started a home group with the intent of becoming a Vineyard church. I didn’t know them personally but we had a lot of conversations recently over Facebook and by phone.
Please pray for Argentina. God is going to be doing great things next year!
Also please pray that our house sells quickly (although we really can’t move out until early January) and for a good price.
Blessings,
Mark
Praying for you, the church plant and your house sale, Mark and Karina.
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