Need for Chairs!
I would like to thank the following churches for their help with the need for chairs for the ministry: Open Bible Baptist Church, Warsaw, Indiana ($500) and Iglesia Bautista La Fe, Durham, North Carolina ($656). We are very grateful for your help! Our goal was 1,000 chairs. We have purchased 70 chairs so far and will purchase 10 more in the next week to complete the rest of the funds. Here is the original note about the need for chairs. “Bethel Baptist Church is going strong! We have over 60 students in our Bible college, and the church is full to overflowing every Sunday. We are working on starting new churches all over the northern area of Argentina. We are seeing growth and revival among our church plants. There is a need for chairs, benches, PA systems, megaphones, Bibles, baptisteries, vehicles, buses, etc. Our men have started to make benches out of pallet wood. I would like to go ahead and purchase strong, heavy-duty, plastic stackable chairs at a cost of $14.45 per chair. Please pray for the urgent need for 1,000 plastic chairs. Praise the Lord!
Need for Air Conditioning Units for the Bethel Baptist Church in Tucuman, Argentina!
I would like to thank the following individuals and churches for their help with this need: Uncle Kenneth Sarver ($1,000); Bro. Richard Troell ($5,000); Beacon Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina ($600); and Faith Baptist Church, Bourbonnais, Illinois ($3,000).
Here in Tucuman, Argentina, the heat and humidity are high, and our prayer is to be able to install air conditioning units in the church auditorium. In the summertime, the heat will stay over 90ºF during the day for many weeks and fluctuate from 75ºF to 104ºF on some days.
We desire to have air conditioning installed because we believe that the church represents Christ and should be the same or better than where the average citizen lives. Today, most people have at least one air conditioner in their homes, and any business you go to has air conditioning; however, when they come to church, they must endure the heat.
Secondly, we are running several fans to keep the auditorium bearable. These fans create a lot of noise, which makes it harder to hear God’s Word, depending on where you sit. Therefore, we are running the sound system very loudly. All this creates an unpleasant experience where, at times, you can’t understand everything the preacher is saying. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17)
Our prayer is that God would provide the funds to have air conditioning installed soon and that God would give you wisdom about what part your church could have in making this a reality. Thank you very much for your consideration. Please pray for this need!
We have consulted with an expert in this field here in Tucuman and have gotten an estimate for this project. The figures from the estimate include equipment, materials, and labor. It would cost $33,500 today to complete everything. Prices increase daily here, and the exchange rate has been relatively stagnant for the past month.
The estimate includes installing the proper electrical infrastructure and 6 light commercial split AC units. These units provide heat and cooling, so this will be a year-round solution. Each unit is 18,000 frigories (5 tons of refrigerant), giving us 30 tons for the auditorium. Thank you for your prayers.
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Let’s reach Argentina for Christ!
Happy to serve,
Brian R. George