Aaron in Argentina

I was feeling down because there hadn’t been very many people at the events or less than we expected. There often seems to be more Americans than Argentians. Our team works with seventy churches and specifically twelve churches who are involved with church-planting efforts to reach the 4 million people in West Buenos Aires.

Tonight’s event was in a house in the village, which is now the church. It fits about 20 people and is about the size of a living room. There were about eight or nine people there I hadn’t met before, so that was a good sign.

After singing some songs I shared my testimony about the Gulf War. Then we watched the JESUS film, which is an eye-opening depiction of the Book of Luke in visual form. After that, Jason, another member of our team, gave a paint talk, which is a gospel presentation with glow-in-the-dark paint. The presentation is very clear and relates well to the Argentinians. Three or four people accepted Christ! I think everyone in the room who wasn’t already a believer accepted Christ that night. The people were in tears and were very sincere and excited. I think the combination of testimony and films and gospel presentation opened the people’s hearts to the work of the Holy Spirit.

I was very encouraged to see some fruit from the endless hours of ministry and prayers. After feeling down earlier today, God answered my prayers and gave me something eternal and more satisfying than anything else: more people in the kingdom. Seeing people accept Christ as their Savior is such a rewarding experience.

—Aaron G., University of Richmond (Va.)

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