Tim and Christa Simmons Prayer Letter: Church-Wide Soul Winning

We praise the Lord for the people He brought our way in the month of August!

Children’s Day

We planned a special day to celebrate Children’s Day. We made little gift bags with a small toy, a candy, a Chick tract, and an invitation to the special day. We passed those out in our neighborhood and also in a nearby park. Federico, who contacted us the week before that day, also helped us pass out invitations. We did a social media post inviting people to come as well. On that Sunday, 21 people came, including some children from our neighborhood. Christa was able to lead a boy to the Lord. Another blessing from the social media post and the invitations is that we have more contacts for people to follow up on. Praise the Lord for His blessings!

Soul Winning

We had two men reach out to us as a result of a social media invitation: Alvaro and Federico. They both came to church twice in August. I believe one of them is still not saved, and I am working to explain the Gospel to him clearly. One obstacle to their salvation is the issue of Hell. Please pray for Federico and Alvaro. We organized a Thursday night soul winning for the first time as a church. Normally, it’s just our family. Three men went with me. We mainly passed out tracts and invitations to our sermon series, although we were able to talk to several people. I met a young man named Michel who was saved in a Baptist church on the other side of our city. He said it was too far to go there now (most people use the bus). He goes to a Pentecostal church but is interested in coming to ours. Lord willing, we will have a weekly church-wide soul-winning time going forward. Please pray for these men to have a heart for the lost and for me as I work to teach them.

Christa did a free three-day healthy cooking class in August for immigrants to Uruguay. She was able to witness to several people, and at least one of them is interested in coming to church. Please pray for her as she works to build relationships.

Church Plant

We are preparing for the official launch of our church. We are working to finalize our decision on a building soon. There are several buildings we’ve visited. We would love to find a building with an option to buy in the future, if it’s the Lord’s will. If we can’t find the right place to rent, we do still have the option of using another church’s building. They only have an afternoon service on Sundays. Please pray for the Lord’s will. On the first Sunday of September, I cast a vision for our church and asked the people to commit to serving in some way. I had a good response from that. Please pray that we can develop a solid team as we work to launch the church.

Praise

• Visitors
• Open doors to present the Gospel!
• First church-wide soul winning

Prayer

• Federico and Alvaro’s salvation
• Find the right building to use
• To make more contacts for our church
• Souls to be saved
• Our Spanish skills

Thank you for continuing to give and pray! We love you all so much.

Your missionaries to Uruguay,

Tim, Christa, Ethan, Evan, Emmalynn, and Elizabeth Simmons