April & May

April 22, 23 & 24 Evangelistic Meetings
This year we held our second annual evangelistic meetings at the Chivilcoy Bible Center Church. National Pastor Julio Llagarías brough excellent evangelistic messages. Over the three days of meetings we received nineteen visitors, mostly unsaved. There was also excellent attendance on the part of the church family. Praise God for two decisions for Christ as a result of the meetings!

Tom Gibbons, Alberto Tufilaro, and Martin Gorosito sing a special number.

Debbie and Kati Gibbons sing a special number together.



Another Birthday Celebration!!!
Danny turned 12 years old on May 17th. Wow! Our baby will soon be a teenager. Since Tom was traveling to the U.S. for Mission adminsitrative meetings the 16th. through the 27th., we celebrated Danny´s birthday on the 15th.




Continued Training for Present and Future Sunday School Teachers.
Though it may appear to be a church supper!!!!, in reality it´s a brief lunch break during teacher training sessions held on May 19th. We´re grateful for the ministry of colleague Priscilla Goossen who taught the sessions (the third time she´s taught our teachers).


Studens hard at work learning how to better communicate the truths of God´s Word to boys and girls in Sunday School.



A Surprise Project
While Tom was away in the U.S., Debbie and the kids repainted the hallway and the boys room!

Debbie recuperates energy!!!

What a job well done!

Below, Kristi and Kati. Just six more weeks and Kati will be off to Bible College. Our lives will change drastically as we begin this new part of life: letting our kids leave our protective care. Pray for us!

Kristi (above), Kati (below)

"Cool sisters"


Please take a few moments to visit the Argentine Camp Project link on the right hand side of this page and see what was accomplished during the May 29 - June 8 visit of a building team from Clinton, Maine.

March and April were birthday months in the Gibbons household!

Kati proudly inspects her new "mate" while celebrating her 18th. birthday on March 8th! At her ripe old age it was decided she probably couldn´t blow out 18 candles, thus the "1" and the "8" on her birthday (cheese) cake! Kristi looks on (below) while Katie exerts her energy.


Not to be outdone, Debbie celebrated her birthday three days later on March 11th. We can´t mention her age, only that she was born in 1964! She too likes cheese cake for her birthday. Kristi, Kati, and Danny look on while Debbie closes her eyes and concentrates on blowing hard!!!


April 17th. marked Andy´s 16th. birthday. He had the lung capacity to blow out all 16 candels!!!



Below, Andy enjoys a birthday celebration at the bakery where he works.

A March 27 Baby Shower for Sandra

Baby showers have become a common event in our church with the number of young couples having children! This was Sandra´s second baby shower, and was done after baby Mateo´s arrival in order to maintain the element of surprise! In the picture below Sandra is seated in front of a grey door holding her new born.

A contest is held to determine who can empty a baby bottle first. Below, ladies compete to eat the contents (carmel cream) of a disposable diaper. Gross!!

Three friends: Paloma, Alfonsin and Sofia (daughters of three young couples from church).

Welcome Arces!!

Bev & Lu Arce were with us for three weeks in March. They origionally came to work on the maintenance building at camp, but God had other plans! Because we were unable to enclose the building so Lu could work inside, he spent his time doing much needed computer maintenance for the Gibbons, along with a variety of projects doing finish work on the Mission house here in Chivilcoy. Mrs. Arce kept everyone in sweets!!! Thank you Mr. & Mrs. Arce!!! Pray for the Arces who are now working for a few weeks on a construction project of an orphanage in Greater Buenos Aires. Later they´ll work on the Temperley Church building doing finish work, and Lord willing back to Chivilcoy the end of May for three more weeks.

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Pardon the feet!!!!

April 8th. - Easter Baptisms

On April 8th. five people shared their testimony of how they came to Christ for salvation and after were baptized. The Lord gave us a day of sunshine among many days of rain. The service was encouraging and different visitors were present. This is the fourth baptism in the work here in Chivilcoy. A portable pool was set up in the back yard of the church for the event. Pray for each one baptized that they will continue on with Christ.

Paula & Matías (above)

Marcela & Vreni (above), Silvana (below)

Summer Activities January, February 2007

Danny, Kristi and three other youth ready to head out to summer youth camp (ages 11-14) in mid January!


The Chivilcoy Church ministry team meets to go over scheduling and ministry responsabilities in preparation for our absence during annual Mission administrative meetings, the GMSA International Missionary Conference (held in southern Chile January 24-31), and vacation.



Tom and Debbie enjoy cooler weather in the Andean highlands while waiting in a line up of 40 cars to cross the border from Argentina into Chile (January 20, 2007).

GMSA missionaries, appointees and board members gathered for seven days of Bible conference, seminars, business meetings, fellowship and fun in beautiful southern Chile. Dr. David Burgraff of Clearwater Christian College in Florida was our guest speaker.




A little exercise makes sitting long hours more tolerable!!

Missionaries are seen fighting for the fire at the traditional hot dog and marshmellow roast!

Kati follows in the footsteps of many previous mk´s, sharing her testimony and future plans with our Missionary family. Lord willing she´ll be attending Northland Baptist Bible College in the fall of this year.

GMSA MK´s were ministered to by short term workers Jared Park, James Parker, Teresa Thompson (GMSA MK ), and Julie Method. They did a fantastic job with our kids! Apart from being ministered God´s Word, our youth enjoyed activities that included kayaking, swiming, riding zip lines, playing mafia, etc.

GMSA Argentine Field Missionaries. Back Row: Stephan Rivoire (Buenos Aires), Tim Goossen (Gualeguaychú, E.R.), Tom Gibbons (Chivilcoy, B.A.), Colby Holmes (Ezeiza, B.A.). Front Row: Lois Kenney (Chivilcoy, B.A.), Marianne Rivoire (Buenos Aires), Cristina Goossen (Gualeguaychú, E.R.), Debbie Gibbons (Chivilcoy, B.A.), Lesa Holmes (Ezeiza, B.A.), Lois McAllister (Chivilcoy, B.A.). On furlough: Harold and Priscilla Goossen, our Bible Institute Director (Témperley, B.A.).

January 2007

Gospel Mission of South America Missionary Family - January 2007

After conference we journeyed north to Santiago, Chile where we spent three days with colleagues, then crossed back into Argentina and travelled two and half hours east to a small resort area called "Potrero de los Funes." We spent five nights and four days on vacation nestled amongst mountains near a lake. We slept a lot, played lots of "Rook", swam and ate too much!!

Ten days after arriving home our nine Argentine churches held their annual family and youth camp. Over a hundred youth and families met Febrary 19 through 23. Missionaries Tim Goossen and Colby Holmes brought messages on the subjects, "Can Christians Have Fun?" (Tim), and "The Preeminence of Christ" (Colby). In the above picture Kati is playing the accordian and Colby Holmes the guitar (foreground).