A bit of a break

We write from the beautiful Sydney Northern Beaches where we have been house sitting since Wednesday. It has been a very refreshing time. We have enjoyed of plenty of space (Estela loves to roll over as far away as possible), a nice beach and plenty of opportunities to share with friends from our former church St. Faith’s, Narrabeen. We praise God for this great time!

Las niñas (the girls)

We praise God that Estela is 7 months old!, sleeping well, eating all her food (she has two Weet Bixs for breaky while Rocío struggles to finish one!) and seating up!

Praise God that Rocio seems to be fully recovered of her gastro. Please pray she may recover the weight she has lost.

Dagmar has been able to sleep more and Pato is very happy to see all his girls going so well. Thanks for your prayers and support regarding Estela.

Iglesia San Pedro

This is the church we'll be serving in when we will go back to Chile and from where we hope to launch a church plant. We praise God for the recent 19 people who got confirmed!

Visiting St. Faith’s, Narrabeen (http://www.stfaiths.org.au)

This coming weekend, we will be sharing with the five congregations at St. Faith’s. We were serving at St. Faith’s in 2003-4 when Pato was a student minister there. This is one of our link churches. Please pray that Pato may preach in a clear, loving and relevant way about God’s heart for reaching the nations with the good news of salvation in Christ alone.

A follow up of last week’s “weekly” prayer points

1) Praise God Pato was able to send to the organizers of the conference the tittles and passages for the three Bible talks he is delivering. Please pray for the writing of the talks.

2) Regarding the question, Do you reckon Pato, considering his “gastro situation”, spoke as a good Australian preacher (i.e. keeping himself in the assigned time) or did he go a little bit longer in every single service in a more kind of South American style? … I guess it did not generate much debate because everyone thought Pato did go a little bit longer … and he did!

Much love,

Pato and his girls