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News from the Spradlins in South America

A Special Baptism, Special Visitors, and Special Events A Special Baptism, Special Visitors, and Special EventsWow! January was quite an exciting month! The Lord continues to give the increase here in Paraguay throughspiritual and numerical growth. What a blessing to work in His kingdom! We hope the good news from thimonth’s report from the mission field of Paraguay brings you much joy!

DEVELOPMENTS AT AVE. SACRAMENTODEVELOPMENTS AT AVE. SACRAMENTO• We’ve been reporting for a few monthabout our continued study with Sandra Duarteand how her husband, at first, didn’t want heinvolved in the church. This month, Sandrdecided to obey the Gospel call! Oh, what joy t

see the Word of God working in the hearts othose diligently seeking Him!• Our sister in Christ, Karen Bennettreturned to Paraguay this year to visit us and togive the keynote address at the Annual LadiesRetreat. It was a huge success with nearly 30 inattendance to help set their goals for 2014.• The men have approved the idea ofplanning a future church plant! They were foupossible cities suggested, so they are going tostart investigating to see which one might havethe most potential. Please pray for this!

DEVELOPMENTS AT ÑEMBY CONGREGATIONDEVELOPMENTS AT ÑEMBY CONGREGATION • The brethren at Ñemby have decided to make some special improvements on their meeting facilty that

they rent. First item on the list: a bathroom for the ladies! That’s right, a bathroom - the one toilet they hadwas stolen, so they have decided to close in an area and make a nice facility for the ladies.

• Eliezer Perez returned to Paraguay on January 6th from his furlough back to his home country of Panama.When asked if he missed Paraguay while he was home, he said, “Yes. Because I’ve already grownaccustomed to being here.” He said he even took some tereré (yerba mate) back with him to Panama!

ASUNCION BIBLE ACADEMY UPDATEASUNCION BIBLE ACADEMY UPDATE • The students are only a few days away from finishing their first

complete year of studies in the Bible Academy! What anachievement! We are so thankful for their dedication and hardwork, but more so for the spiritual growth we see in each one.

• Brother Luis Camacho of the Bear Valley Extension SchoolProgram came to Paraguay during the week of Jan 20-24 toteach “1st Corinthians.” He did a wonderful job, the studentsresponded very well to him, and we greatly enjoyed having himas a guest. He also preached for us at Ave Sacramento and hehad the opportunity to visit the congregation at Ñemby.

• Brother Enoch Rinks, (our former mission teammate), alsotaught a short course for us in the Academy on the topic of“Church Planting.” The students were then assigned a SpecialProject where they had to develop a complete strategy plan for

a new church plant somewhere in Paraguay.

Some of our sisters in Christ who attended the Annual Ladies Retreat

at the home of Estela Cursio, with special guest speaker, Karen Bennett.

Sandra Duarte obeyed the Gospel call!

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Evangelistic Contacts / Bible Studies / Activities: • We were blessed to have our sister in Christ, Karen Bennett ,

come back to visit us. She is such an encouragement to us andwe appreciate her missionary spirit and willingness to serve. Sheis a member at one of our supporting congregations, Central Avechurch of Christ in Valdosta, GA. While she was here, she made alot of great connections with the members and especially theladies. They even gave her a going away gift (that says a lot!)

• Ike Yegros and I have continued our study with, Rolando Duarte,

the husband of Sandra Duarte (who was just recently baptized).We are doing a verse-by-verse, expository study of “Matthew” athis request. He takes lots of notes and asks lots of questions sothe studies are very thorough. It’s so refreshing to see such greatinterest in God’s word - and don’t forget that we mentioned inprevious reports that he is very Catholic!

• I now have a twice-a-week study going with my Taekwondoinstructor, Christian Jourdain . We are studying “Fundamentals”on one day and “Matthew” on the next. He is very inquisitive andhas said he just wants to be pleasing to the Lord. We also startedhaving a prayer with everyone in the gym before starting practice.

• I had the opportunity to study with our brethren, Ramon Paredes

and Elvira Dominguez, who will be getting married on February8th. We used the Bible for some pre-marital counseling to helpthem start off with a very strong Christian marriage. We pray for along, happy, and prosperous marriage for them both.

• Andrea has several studies going on between her English/Biblestudents, evangelistic studies, and some new “edification” studies.Her studies are with Oscar Parodi, Adriana Rodriguez, JazmineSantander, Dina Aycock, and Sandra Duarte.

• Hawaiian Luau in Paraguay! Most people here had no idea whatwe were talking about, nor does the word “luau” translate very wellinto Spanish. But, once we said “just dress up like your’re going toHawaii,” then the whole youth group got really excited! Andreaprepared several typical Hawaiian dishes, had flower leis foreveryone, translated everyone’s name into Hawaiian names, hadisland music playing, and the works! There were 40 in attendanceincluding about 10 visitors. Everyone had a blast!

Worship and Bible class attendance (Ave Sacramento): • Sun am – 46 (5th), 57 (12th), 58 (19th), 64 (26th)• Sunday Bible study average – 40 • Midweek study average - 29• Current members : 77 Baptized (43 Family Units)

Worship and Bible class attendance (Ñemby): • Sun pm – 19 (5th), 22 (12th), 20 (19th), 21 (26th)• Midweek study average - 8 • Current members : 12 Baptized (8 Family Units)

Other news and upcoming activities:• Enrique Albera and Leti Alfonso, as well as, Ramon Paredes

and Elvira Dominguez will be getting married in February• Special Mission Trip to El Salvador/Honduras• Annual Church Camp/Retreat Ñemby church of Christ men’s business m

Karen Bennett, from Central Avenue church Christ in Valdosta, GA, with a special gift fro

the ladies here in Paraguay

Brother Luis Camacho from Bear Valley B Institute of Denver with the students of A

Hawaiian Luau with the youth group

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES

Personal Activities: • Andrea went to a “Going Away” tea for Laura Rinks at the

home of Nora Yegros. It was great to get to see Laura andEnoch while they were visiting family here. By the way, theyare expecting another baby real soon!

• We went to visit Maria Teresa Vaesken to encourage her inher attendance. She hasn’t been coming as often andsometimes people just need a little encouragement thattheir church family misses them when they don’t attendfaithfully.

• We enjoyed a nice evening of fellowship and food in ourhome with our brethren, Delci Enciso, Natalia Mendoza,Maria Teresa Vaesken, and Karen Bennett.

• I finally had the opportunity to go play golf! Karen Bennettand I went and tried out the Asuncion Golf Club. It was a nicecourse and it was fun, but the sewer water running throughthe creek in the middle of the 1st hole was a little distasteful!

• The brethren at Ñemby hosted a “Welcome Back” dinner forEliezer Pérez. It was a nice evening to get to see and visitwith our brethren out there.

Personal study: • I am currently reading / have read:

♦ “The 360° Leader” by John Maxwell ♦ “Why I Left The Catholic Church” by Joseph C. Malone

• I have been studying with a Jehovah’s Witness for the pastseveral weeks. I asked him “How can we ever arrive at thesame conclusion if you are using a different Bible than whatI use?” He has proceded to show me all about his Bible butstill hasn’t satisfactorily answered my question! They take alot of verses out of context and employ a very strangehermeneutic to show their “reasoning” from the Scriptures.

• I have been preparing sermons and lessons for a missiontrip to El Salvador and Honduras in February.

Preaching/teaching opportunities: • This month, I had the opportunity to preach at Avenida

Sacramento on the subject of “How to Identify a MatureChristian.”

• I also taught classes on Judges and Romans in our Biblestudy hours at Avenida Sacramento.

“Going Away Tea” for Laura Rinks

Brother Eliezer Pérez returned to Paraguayafter his furlough to Panama

Some of the Paraguayan youth group at the “Hawaiian Luau”

ati, Karen, Delci, Maria Teresa, and Andrea

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Our Mission Goals for 2014:

The brethren at the Avenida Sacramento congregation have set the following goals for themselves for 2014 and haveasked the mission team to help them accomplish these goals. The team will actively support them under their direction.The goals are: Evangelism: (1) Hold a Personal Evangelism Seminar, (2) Evangelism campaigns in various plazas, cities, (3) Plan,investigate, and pursue areas for a new church plant, (4) Offer “Learn English using the Bible” campaign, (5) Use"Searching for Truth" book, (6) Post banners that get people’s attention for Bible studies. Long term: (1) Evangelizeeach Department/Capital of Paraguay, (2) have a Radio Program.Edification: (1) Promote the Asuncion Bible Academy for the next class, and/or start a “Saturday School,” (2) Host aspecial “Homecoming” event involving all congregations, (3) Improve ministries organization, (4) Special Men’s Retreat,(5) Install glass doors at the main entrance, (6) Have a Camp/Retreat with all three congregations, (7) New convertclasses, (8) Skype studies offered by brethren from USA, (9) Conduct new extension courses in leadership, (10)Develop or obtain materials/courses for brethren with family problems, (11) Develop communication in Guarani for thebrethren. Long term: (1) Finish the building façade. The mission team will assist and coordinate these activitiesaccording to the direction of the congregation.Benevolence: (1) Offer the course "Comfort in Times of Grief" to the public, (2), Visit the sick / prisoners, (3) Provide aclass on the topic of "Benevolence," (4) Use donations to help some members, (5) Prepare meals for the needy, and (6)Participate in various activities of benevolence.These are some wonderful goals and we are so excited to see their growth in leadership. Please pray for the successfulcompletion of each of these and the continual development of leadership in Paraguay!

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