Author Archives: Mark Spence

Are We Allowed to Have This Much Fun on a Mission Trip?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Mark Spence

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Encouraging Progress – Reflections on the July 2012 Trip

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Mark Spence

A little over 5 years ago, I led a team from NRHBC on a vision trip to consider working in Buenos Aires with missionaries from the International Mission Board (IMB). Randy Whittall, the head of the IMB team in Buenos … Continue reading →

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Visiting Long Time Friends

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Mark Spence

We started the day at the Villa Crespo church where we prayed, discussed the day and reflected on yesterday. I think everyone is enjoying the trip. I went with Kevin & Lindsey and Diego, one of our translators. We took … Continue reading →

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Choripan!

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Mark Spence

Today I went with Trent, Ashlie, Estefan and Erica, a member of Barrio Norte. Our first priority has been to follow up with people from the most recent evangelistic trip which was in November of last year. We tried a … Continue reading →

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Blockbuster Movie!

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Mark Spence

Today was again a really good day. We met Guillermo at the Villa Crespo church at 10 AM for a brief time of orientation before heading out. We had four teams and each team had a list of names to … Continue reading →

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A quick update about Sunday

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Mark Spence

Today was a good day. We went to church this morning at the Barrio Norte church. I preached. It was about Jesus. We had lunch at the Villa Crespo church aka the Casa de Amistad. The church – Guillermo, his … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Uruguay – Saturday’s update

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Mark Spence

This post requires a bit of explanation. For the first time that I have led a mission trip, we enjoyed our tourist day at the beggining rather than the end. I did this so that we could have the unique … Continue reading →

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Friday Update

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Mark Spence

We arrived this morning and it was smooth sailing through customs and immigration. Our driver met us right outside security and after taking ages to change money we headed to the hotel. After dropping our bags off at the hotel … Continue reading →

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