ARGENTINA TRIP - FRIDAY - DAY 7

I will do my best to stay brief with the events of yesterday and today.
As you know we missed the final evening session after Mo's visit to the Treatment Room - she just fancied being carried out by some of those hunky Argentinian medics!
SERIOUSLY - she had a good night's rest and is absolutely fine now.

THURSDAY 27th
After breakfast we went back to the radio station to get a few pictures and names and to ask about the times of prayer meetings etc. They were really pleased to see us again.
After that we decided to do a few touristy things. Buenos Aires is a truly beautiful city with open park areas and wide avenues. We took the underground to one of the main shopping areas and had lunch in one of the many pavement cafes. It costs jut 10p for a ticket and you can travel to any station you like on the one ticket - can someone please tell Ken Livingstone? It still seems that Brits are quite rare on the streets of BA and we have been made extremely welcome. The weather has been a bit like it was in the UK in April - a very warm start to spring. The highlight of the day was the taxi drive back to the hotel. A half hour drive cost £2 - amazing! I had a go at chatting with the driver and we were able to cover topics such as the weather - football - rugby - the economy - the Malvinas - the conference - the Catholic Church - favourite foods - ice cream - polo - and the Mafia - NOT BAD FOR A BEGINNER EH!
Arrived back at the hotel for another good night's sleep.

FRIDAY 28th
We decided not to travel too far today. We were keen to watch the England v Tonga match (4pm BA time) and we were told of a service at the second building a few blocks away at 7pm. I did my best to get the hotel internat connection working after breakfast - no luck yet.
We went to the supermarket and got some rolls, meat and cheese for lunch and had another rest before watching the match. Sorry to bore you non-rugby types but Paul Sackey's two tries were absolutely amazing - the second one has to be the best contender so far for try of the tournament. AM I RIGHT?
After the match we walked a few blocks to where the meeting was due to start and we had time to have some food - the best meal so far. Mos had a massive plate of chicken breast in mushroom sauce and I had a very large tender piece of Argentine beef - melt in the mouth food!
The church was kind of what I expected. The building is down on quality from the main auditorium - I'm sure I recognised the wooden benches from when we were here in 97. The room holds around 800 to 1,000 and at the start of the service there were about 50 present (around 200 by the end). That might not sound much like revival but we were both in tears as we recognised that this congregation is predominantly poor but not lacking in a passion for God. Also remember that this is a Friday night meeting - many more will gather for the Sunday meeting. It was not easy to follow as there were no words projected and no interprters but the sense of God's presence was powerful. The preacher - Juan Carlos Diaz - is an evangelist on Claudio's leadership team. He spoke briefly and passionately on the impact of the news of the resurrection of Jesus on the disciples from Mark 16. He then did a very strange thing. He took a couple from the front row and asked them to go and bring two others to the front to join them (to symbolise sharing the resurrection story). Those four were sent to find four others. By then Mo and I were roped in. I am sure you can picture the scene. Pretty soon all 200 of us were standing at the front and ready to be prayed for. Some might call it manipulation but everyone seemed genuinely pleased to be there.
This next bit is a big one - Mo was already shaking gently under the power of the Holy Spirit as Juan prayed for her - at this stage he knew nothing about her - from her response we could all see that she needed some deliverance so we were invited to a back room where he prayed some more with the help of an interpreter.
SOMETHING HAS DEFINITELY HAPPENED TO MO - the first thing she did after the prayer session was to write the words "IM FREE" (see the photo) As we were walking back to the hotel I asked her to tell me her date of birth and for the first time in over 4 years she was able to tell me. She also did some simple mental arithmetic. It seems she will have to work at getting the skills back - and we do have more opportunity toi receive prayer tomorrow and Sunday.
PLEASE KEEP PRAYING - GOD IS AT WORK

Love Terry & Mo