Merry Christmas from Argentina NEWSLETTER #2 December 2008 John 8:12 (NVI) “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” May His LIGHT brighten your way. May His LOVE warm your Christmas. May His LIFE inspire yours this coming year. It is incredible that a year has passed since we last wrote a Newsletter. I have put a few posts on Xanga and now have a site on Face book, but I have not been very good about posting news. A year and four months have passed since we came to Argentina. We are finishing up a year of teaching classes and are preparing for our second Commissioning in the South America East Territory. Really we are working hard at the School and don’t have much time to do other things. However, we truly have been blessed to be a part of the formation of future officers in this Territory. And we are excited to be here at this time of expansion. When we came last year we commissioned 3 cadets in the “God’s Fellow Workers” session and there are 5 cadets in the “Witnesses of Christ” session that will be commissioned on December 13, 2008. The “Prayer Warriors” session that is first years right now has 9 cadets. Next March we are expecting 13 for the “Ambassadors of Holiness” session! That is the most cadets for Argentina in a long time! With the help of the Central Territory USA we remodeled one section of the School last summer and are doing another remodeling project this summer in order to have apartments for the married couples that will be here. The Central has helped us to buy new vehicles for the School. And we were also able to send a married couple to CFOT in Chicago for one years training experience. Cadets Mauricio and Melisa Gutierrez are there right now. If you see them, please talk to them and greet them for us. In February we will be home for a couple of weeks of vacation. Then we will be joining with our fellow pilgrims to go on the Holy Land Tour. We will return to Chicago on March 5 then leave for Argentina. We will arrive in Buenos Aires on Sunday, March 8 and the cadets arrive at the School on Monday, March 9. I hope we can stay awake to welcome them! As far as our family, Kris and Erick and Mia are doing fine in Florida. They have just recently moved to Jacksonville. Mia celebrates her second birthday on December 14. We will get to see them for a few days when we are home. We also hope to see Jenny at one of the boys’ homes. She is doing very well. She still enjoys teaching High School math in Dallas although she does miss being near the family. She has made several trips to visit Mike and Dave and their families. Mike and Mel have three kids now – Levi is 4, Naomi is 2 and Silas just turned 1 in November. They and their kids are doing good and working at the Quincy, IL Corps/Kroc Center. We will spend a couple of days with them in February so the kids can remember who we are. David and Marcie and kids are doing well. They are now the Corps Officers in Grand Island, Nebraska. Their kids are growing fast. Cameron is 3 and Jack turns 1 on December 4. They are expecting their third little boy in March. A trip to their new house is on our schedule also. Thanks to the wonders of SKYPE we have been able to talk to and see our family through the computer. When Kris asks Mia if she wants to talk to grandma and grandpa she responds, “Computer”. We do miss them all very much though. God truly is good!! He has such wonders in store for us as we obey His will. I have been an officer for many years, but God never ceases to amaze and bless me. May God richly bless you and your family at this very precious time of the year. Have a Merry Christmas and a very Blessed New Year. With lots of love and prayers to all, Majors John and Nancy Mowers | 
