It seems that every time we are about to begin an intense ministry time, be that prepare for evangelism, preaching or mininstry in some way we receive intense opposition. This past week we have experienced so many random things yet each one causing emotional stress: our car broke down, our dog was sick, our central heating system broke and on the coldest day's of the year, Virginia and Sofia sick... As I said random events, yet all adding a bit of stress to our lives as we prepared to received a ministry team from the US to help us evangelize the universities.

The hardest though is when one of us gets sick.

Pray for healing and health:

Here is Sofia in the bath tub in the early hours of the morning as we try to bring down her fever. She looks great but she had a fever of 102! She continued with a fever most of the day yesterday, even with medication, pray that the fever diminishes and that it won't progress to anything more serious than a common cold. Pray God heals her today.

Virginia has also been battling a cold or flu and yesterday began with a fever as well. She had to travel to Buenos Aires last week by public transportation and we have many cases of Swine flu in the country - pray that this flu/cold/fever will be nothing more than a common cold as well. She needs healing and physical strength, please pray.

Theme: The Passion of God - A Passion for God

We met with some students yesterday in our home to finalize some deatils for our national retreat in August and together we came away with a sense of expectation and anticipation at what God will do in these days. I write this to you to ask if you would begin praying with us for this event.

1. Attendance: pray that students from various parts of the country would attend. Pray that their churches would help them with the financial aspect of the retreat costs.

2. Presence: Our theme is the Passion of God and with that an emphasize on what God loves - missions. Pray with us that as we come together on Aug 14th that we would sense the presence of God in such a tangible way that those who attend would be transformed and empowered to live out their passion for God upon leaving the retreat site.

3. Logistics: As in any conference pray that we would experienc God's grace in working out the logistical side of the event.

4. Finances: Would you consider sponsering a student to this retreat? For $75 you can help cover the whole retreat costs for one student to attend. If you are interested in helping with a whole scholarship or partial scholarship please send us an email and we can let you know how you can send in your gift.

We will be receiving a group of 5 from Vanguard University today who will be with us for the next two weeks to help us in reaching our campuses. Pray for our Argentine students and the Vanguard team to be guided by the Spirit as they walk the unversities and share Christ with students. Pray for health as they face a cold winter in our country and pray for safety as they move around our city. We are so thankful for the Vanguard University in sending us their students to partner with us in reaching Argentine universities. Pray for a lasting impact on our campus and the local church.

This weekend we have two events that we hope will impact the lives of many students.

Our monthly training events "Equipando Facilitadores" contines this Saturday (June 13) with a special guest speaker who will challenge the students to live their lives to the fullest during their adacemic years.

The second event is a training of students and pastors but in the Dominican Republic. Gilbert will be there (June 12-14) and will be teaching a couple of workshops to students, pastors and church leaders who are interested in establishing university ministry through the local church. It is a great privilege to be a part of extending the vision for university ministry to other Latin American countries. Pray with us that it will be a fruitfull trip.