November 2 - 4 Ladies Retreat in Paysandú, Uruguay

Forty women from Uruguay and five from Argentina attended the annual retreat.




















Co-workers, Lois Kenney (far left) and Lois McAllister (far right) attended, along with two ladies from Church. Debbie was speaker.

Annual all UCB National Church Picnic - October 16th.

Jorge Ponte from Chivilcoy exercises his expertise in preparing a delicious Argentine "asado" (grilled beef).

Around three hundred people from the nine UCB churches in Argentina attended the annual picnic.

Tom had the privilege of sharing a message from God´s Word.

Fun at the Lujan Zoo 50 kilometers from Buenos Aires

Missionaries enjoy the occasional opportunity to get away and do something different! In September we enjoyed a visit from colleagues, Dan and Becca Vallette and their four children, who serve in Paysandú, Uruguay. Their visit gave us a good reason to visit the Lujan Zoo, an hour away.


Daniel in the lion´s den!!! Dan Vallette enjoys an endearing moment with and eight month old lion.


Danny and Keven Vallette enjoy a brief ride on a camel!

Tom with Camila and Vanesa Vallette in the monkey cage!

Becca Vallette - not too sure if she likes riding elephant or not!!!

Scenes from the lives of our kids

Kati and Kristi work making candles with Flavia, a girl from the youth group. The girls make candles to sell and help pay their way to youth camp.


Andy enjoys being with friends (Victor and Ben Holmes) at a birthday party in Buenos Aires.

Danny enjoys seeing again!! Glasses have made home schooling a pleasure!

Can you pick Kati and Andy out of the crowd?? Both work afternoons at a local bakery owned and operated by a couple from our church.

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Youth from the Chivilcoy Church attended winter youth camp in July. They enjoyed teaching from God´s Word, singing, fellowship and games.












One of the highlights of camp is a Bible competition in which contestants from each church memorize whole chapters of a book of the Bible and participate in answering questions about that particular book. The youth from the Chivilcoy church came in second place!


Andy has had a great school year studying art two evenings with a local art teacher. Ths is one of his masterpieces!! The odd looking black bottle at the top left is recognized in Peru for containing a regional drink called "chicha morada", "Coca-Cola" is typical to the States, and "mate" is a typical Argentine drink. The drawing depicts the diversity of Andy´s background - born in Peru, a U.S. citizen, and living in Argentina!

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Grampa Philbrick trims Danny´s hair!









Tuesday, July 25th. 22 ladies gathered for a special "evangelistic tea." Debbie´s mom, Joanne Philbrick shared from God´s Word.

Sandra Gorosito shared her testimony and Carol Thompson, in Chivilcoy for a few days with her husband Terry, shared a testimony as well.

National Pastors and GMSA missionaries gathered on Saturday for a time of teaching, prayer and fellowship. Bob Philbrick, pastor and GMSA U.S. Board member shared from God´s Word.

Architect, Juan Carlos Otero, and builder, Roberto Quiroga hold up the finished plans for the future Chivilcoy Bible Center facility. Both men are members of Bible Center Churches in Greater Buenos Aires. Mr. Otero has designedbuildings for our churches as a ministry for many years.

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Recent Events




Sister Church - Temperley Bible Center -celebrates. A group from Chivilcoy made the two hour trek to attend the 30 year (plus) anniversary and inauguracion of the new facilities in a thanksgiving service held on March 26th. Some 150 people participated in the event. What a blessing to hear of God´s faithfulness through three decades of ministry and see the fruit of God´s generous provision. The Temperley Bible Center was the first church planted by GMSA missionaries in Argentina.








The new auditorium seats 100 people and was filled to capacity with many standing in the aisles and up back. Participants included National pastors, missionaries and believers from most of the Argentine Bible Center churches.











May 1 Labor Day pic -nic

An estimated 200 people from eight of our nine churches gathered for a day of fellowship at a park outside of greater Buenos Aires. For most of the believers, who live in heavily populated areas, a day in the country is a welcome attraction! For the fourteen of us who traveled in from Chivilcoy it´s an opportunity to renew friendships and make new friends.

Missionaries, Lois and Loida, along with two believers from our ministry in Chivilcoy share a time of fellowship drinking "mate" together. Mate is consumed in Argentina like coffee in the Sates. The herb is put in a a gourd, sugar are added, hot water is poured over the tope, and you sip it through a steel straw with a mesh filter on the bottom.













Debbie enoys a time of fellowship with missionary wife, Lesa, believer, Rosa, and a National pastor´s wife, Gabriela. Living a couple of hours away from the rest of our churches make these events extra special.












What ´s a picnic without food?!!? Obviously it was quite a cool fall day (it´s fall south of the ecuator), but the cold south wind didn´t hamper anyone´s appetite!











A pic nic without a soccer ball is like a hot fudge sundae without the hot fudge!!! Andy and friend Santiago kick the soccer ball around with Joanna.













A time of singing praises and hearing a message from God´s Word are a special highlight during the day.

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Gibbons family update

Kati - turned 17 on March 8th and is in her senior year. She plans to attend Northland Baptist Bible College in Wisconsin in the fall of 2007. In Sunday School Kati co-teaches 6 to 8 eyar olds with Marcela De Godos. God has given her music talent that she uses in a variety of ways. She plays guitar, accordion, piano and organ in church and teaches piano to Danny and Kristi. She continues to study piano as well with a teacher from the local conservatory. Four weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings Kati works behind the counter at a local bakery. (Kati with her Sunday School co-worker and class & playing piano in church)

Andy - turned 15 on April 17 and just started his sophomore year. He´s presently burried in geometry, and I´m sure both he and his mom would appreciate your prayers!! Andy loves sports: soccer, volleybal, ping-pong, and virtually any other sport he has the opportunity to play! He enjoys playing his guitar in church, and also studies piano with a teacher from the local conservatory. Andy works for 2 to 3 hours every day but Sunday at the same local bakery. His work is out back where the bread is made. (Kati playing accordion and Andy, far right, playing guitar. Andy celebrates his 15th. birthday.)

Kristi - is 12 and in the 7th. grade. She and Andy are our quiet ones! Kristi enjoys baking and makes some mean desserts! She also studies piano, and hopefully will begin playing in church before too long. Kristi is wrapping up her first year attending youth group, and has now been to two youth camps! March 26th. marked an important day in Kristi´s life as she followed the Lord in Believer´s Baptism. (Kristi is baptized by her dad! Busy baking!)
Danny - will be 11 in May and is in the 6th. grade. Our baby is growing up!! Danny (like the other three) loves to read, and really enjoys playing table games (Rook, Skip-bo, and you name it!). Danny is another up and coming piano player and likes having his big sister as his piano teacher! March 26th. also marked a mile stone in Danny´s spiritual life, as he followed Christ in Believer´s Baptism. Probably Danny´s favorite summer pass time is swimming! (Danny after a dip in the lake during conference in souther Chile & being baptized by dad.)