Our theme for this winter (your summer) is “Las Calles son Nuestras”, or “The Streets are Ours!” Castle staff is challenging the teams throughout Argentina to go to the streets, reclaim
them for Jesus and to post the testimonies on the web to encourage others to do the same.
About three blocks from our Castle building is a government housing complex… ie, slums. One
Saturday, a woman with breast cancer was watching a Castle team perform a drama about Jesus, and became conscious of a burning heat going through her chest. Afterward, she was thrilled to find that the same Jesus from the drama had taken the cancerous tumor out of her
body! Of course, the team took that opportunity to pray and rejoice with her!
Another evening, in spite of the frigid temperatures, the staff decided to witness on the train,
all the way to the center of town. Then, they went down the main walking street, preaching in both English and Spanish. They found out that they had a better audience when preaching and translating. So, a staff member would preach loudly in Spanish and one of our daughters would translate into English. Then they would walk among the crowd and ask individuals what they
thought about the presentation.
On one train car there were only four people, hardly enough to do a presentation, yet Zeba did one anyway. Afterwards he sat down near a young man and began to talk to him about his eternal destiny. He found out that Damian usedto be a Christian and go to church regularly, but something happened that caused him to lose faith. When Zeba spoke to him of the relentless love of God, Damian admitted that it had been years since someone had spoken to him about God. By the end of the conversation, the Holy Spirit had moved him to decide to return to his faith, to his church and to lead his children spiritually.
During the swine flu epidemic, the city of Buenos Aires was in a panic, closing schools, universities, malls, movie theatres, etc. A visiting team from Taylor, MI, went out in small groups with Castle staff members and knocked on doors in the neighborhood, volunteering to pray for any sick people inside the house. Some people slammed the door in their faces, but others welcomed the unexpected show of kindness and received prayer for themselves and their families.
Another team worked in a slum area on the other side of town called Monte Grande. One young man followed the team from the plaza to the church, fascinated by a group of young people that were wholly sold out to the Lord. A mother received sight in an eye that had been damaged by
surgery, while still another woman was set free from witchcraft and received the baptism of the
Holy Spirit.
Time is short, Bible prophecies are coming true. Let’s reach out to people today, in case we don’t have tomorrow.
Prayer Requests!
1. Traveling safety: Buenos Aires has tremendous casualties on their roads, we appreciate your prayers for safety so much!!
2. Wisdom and more wisdom. On every front of the ministry.
3. For our Castle leadership trip (from various provinces) to the Impenetrable.
4. For staff members to be “adopted” by churches/individuals for $100/mo.
5. For construction teams to come help us utilize our castle building.
Lots and lots of blessings,
Kim and Shari Babcock
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