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    December 30

    How did he do that?

    For the more technically inclined I thought I'd expain how I have managed to update this journal whilst we've been in Argentina.

    I used my PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), which is both a voice phone, data phone and camera phone. The model is an MDA III from T-Mobile, which is about two years old. It runs Windows Pocket PC operating system, whixh includes Pocket Word and Pocket Excel.

    The MDA III was connected in Argentina to the Personal network via roaming with T-Mobile. This meant that there was a GPRS data connection pretty well wherever we went, and that it was possible to send email from the phone.

    The Windows Live Spaces online journal was updated just by sending an email to a special Spaces address. This included photos as well.

    The MDA III has a WiFi connection as well and it was possible to go into most cafés and get a free wireless connection. Both our hotels had free wireless connections, the one in Buenos Aires even had free Wifi in the room. This is in contrast to the UK, where Wifi is usually charged at GPB5 per hour. This meant that it was faster to download emails or browse the internet than with GPRS. The only drawback was that I was unable to send emails from the Wifi connections (SMTP problem), so I had to use GPRS which was charged to my UK T-Mobile monthly contract at GBP7.50 per megabyte. This worked out at about a pound a day, which was more than I'd planned, but worthwhile for the ability to be send updates from anywhere.

    Future improvement will be to solve the problem of not being able to send emails from a Wifi connection (I have to use SMTP on the MDA III as the browser can’t support most webmail web sites). There do appear to be some Pocket PC webmail programs, but I may need to change my ISP. I am also experimenting with FTP programs, which will allow uploading of photographs.

    Sorry, slipped into Engineer mode there. End of Geek-speak.


    Update: I was always aware that the photos taken on my MDA III and stored on its SD storage card were vulnerable since the SD card could not be backed up. The PC's in the internet cafés did not have an SD card reader and I didn't take my USB to SD card reader, which would have allowed me to make a back up. Take a look at this link, which solves the SD card problem by making it dual use and allows you to plug it into a USB socket: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/B0009HTB0Y/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all/104-5667015-0305531?ie=UTF8&s=electronics#gallery Is that cool or what!

    Safe Return

    Saturday 30th: We arrived safely at Heathrow at 7.15 am and are due to arrive in Peterborough at 11 am. The British Airways flight, which included a touchdown at Sao Paulo, was on-time and without incident.

    Mrs Larcombe ordered a vegetarian meal option on the flight - then spent the time wishing she'd had the 'normal' option, which included a chocolate brownie!

    Happy New Year

    December 29

    Mrs Larombe prepares to return

    The full extent of Mrs Larcombe's preparations for her return to the UK may never be known. She has been taking full advantage of the fact that it costs about one third of the UK price. Our reporter has managed to detail and photograph some of them:

    Tanning - this has been a seven- week process culminating in a dark bronze tan. No doubt Mrs Larcombe will be wearing lots of white clothes in the coming weeks!

    Hair styling - the full extent of these cannot be revealed for reasons of national security, but the photograph shows the amount of attention that she is receiving from two Argentinean hairdressers.

    Pedicure and manicure - some sort of scrubbing, cleaning, pasting and finally painted nails.

    Top lip - done before she knew it or even asked for it.

    Eyebrows waxed - we do understand that nothing else was waxed!

    Leaving on a Jet Plane

    Friday 29th December: We're now on the way to the airport. We fly on BA246, which leaves Buenos Aires at 1.15 pm. There is a touchdown in Sao Paulo for an hour.

    We arrive at Heathrow Terminal 4 at 7.15 am Saturday. We will then get a train to Peterborough, probably arriving around 11 am to 12 noon.



    December 28

    Skipping Christmas

    One of audio books that we brought with us was one by John Grisham, called Skipping Christmas. Grisham recounts the story of a middle-aged couple whose daughter goes off to Peru for a gap year, about a month before Christmas. The husband, an accountant, starts to add up the cost of celebrating Christmas and discovers that he and his wife spend over 6,100 dollars on it each year. Faced with this revelation, and with their only daughter away at Christmas, they book a cruise, beginning on Christmas Day. The story records the fight they have with their neighbours and friends expectations as they opt out of the build up to Christmas. There is, of course, a twist to the story, which I won't reveal so as not to spoil it, but it is an excellent read (or listen - see www.audible.co.uk).

    Liz and I both listened to it over the Christmas period. It was a good reflection for us, to really evaluate what Christmas is all about. Being here in Argentina has effectively meant that we skipped Christmas, or at least the UK version of it. The hot temperature itself was strange enough, but so was being absent from family and friends. It made us value those whom we missed, but it has also been good to celebrate Christmas in a completely different culture.

    Here's a picture of the people we spent Christmas Day with....

    Farewell to the Two Towers

    Our two weeks holiday are now up. As I write we're travelling on the Parque luxury coach, returning to Buenos Aires.

    Mar del Plata has been a fitting end to our time in Argentina. It has been good to relax after the intensity of our visits in Buenos Aires.

    Our translator, Marime, has been great and has really blessed our time in Mar del Plata. She prepared for us a wonderful dinner on Christmas Day and we enjoyed the company of her Mum, Pastor Pedro and his wife and two other friends.

    So it's farewell to these two towers, which are visible on the skyline of Mar del Plata, and have been home for us during Christmas 2006.
    December 25

    Red Postboxes

    I wanted to post (sic) a picture of the postbox, that is apparently twenty years out of date. In the background is Correo Argentina, one of the postal services. Surely this was not unreasonable to asume it was the place to put your postcards.........!

    Happy Christmas to All

    Visit Report 35

    Venue: Ministerio Palestra Church, Av. Juan B Justo 154, Mar del Plata
    Date: Saturday 23 December 2006 7.30 pm

    We first visited this church on Wednesday 20 December. Now I was to be preaching and Marime would be translating.

    The worship had already started by the time we had entered the church. The Pastor took over from the worship group and invited me to join him on the stage to lead the prayer.

    I was then invited to preach, although I wasn't entirely sure whether this was the main part of the service, or whether I was being invited to bring a briefer word. Nevertheless I carried on with what I had prepared. The preparation hadn't been hard - it had just seemed to flow when I read the Bible and was drawn to the passage. I preached about Mary and Joseph presenting Jesus at the temple and Simeon: God's servant, who was in the right place, for the right purpose, at the right time. He was a servant who took three steps: He waited in the Spirit; He received revelation in the Spirit; He was moved by the Spirit. I told the people that I had been sitting on the beach and watching the surfers. I felt that God wanted them to be waiting on Him as the surfers wait here - watching, attentive, sensitive to every change in the sea condition.

    This was the second time that I had preached with a translator (the first was in South Africa) and Marime had told me beforehand not to pause on a verb, as she needs the next part of the sentence for the translation of the verb. She did very well, but I found it harder to get into the flow than when preaching in English. Also when you asked the congregation a question there was a delay before you could see the response, by which time you were into the next sentence. Nevertheless, there was a greater freedom and openness than I'm used to in the UK.

    This theme of right timing was used throughout the service, firstly to illustrate the nativity play which the children put on, and later when some new leaders were commissioned. There was a good family feel as the children, dressed in costume, put on a great nativity scene. For Liz and myself, this was our Christmas service.

    At the end of the service, the Pastor called people forward for prayer and invited me to minister with him. This was a great privilege and it was great to have the freedom to minister. Marime translated for me and she was moved to tears on a number of occasions as she knew the people involved and saw the Spirit ministering with just the words that the person needed.

    Observations:
    - I'm delighted that I've been given the opportunity not only to observe, but also to preach and minister here in Argentina.
    - The people at this church seem to be very open to receiving from the Spirit. Marime later told me that the church has a special ministry to drug addicts and those with wounded hearts, which would account for their openness.
    - I'm very grateful to Pastor Pedro for taking a risk on someone he'd only just met, but being obedient to the prompting of the Spirit.



    An Invitation

    Visit Report 34

    Venue: Ministerio Palestra Church, Av. Juan B Justo 154, Mar del Plata
    Date: Wednesday 20 December 2006 7.30 pm

    Our first visit to a church in Mar del Plata. Marime, our translator here, has recently started attending this church. She said that she particularly feels the presence of God here and the Pastor is open to the leading of the Spirit.

    It is located above a row of shops and the access route is rather strange, which is via a tall, circular, iron-staircase. Once upstairs the church is a good size with seating for about 200 to 300. At the far end is a stage for the musicians etc. Once again the sound system seemed to be being used for broadcast purposes rather than merely sound amplification.

    The worship was enthusiastically led by the worship group. Then the Pastor started leading the congregation in praise and exaltation. My eyes were shut and we weren't able to understand what was being said, but when I opened them lots of people had come forward for prayer. This didn't make sense to my ordered mind - we hadn't had the preaching yet!

    It was clear that Pastor Pedro Milioni had been deeply impacted by the recent visit of Benny Hinn to Argentina. Pastor Pedro's message was about the person of the Holy Spirit and about how it is possible to grieve and resist Him. Afterwards, during the time of ministry, Pedro prayed for Liz and myself and the Spirit came upon us in waves several times.

    They kindly took us for dinner after the meeting and it was then that the Pastor felt that the Spirit was prompting him to invite me to preach on Saturday. This wasn't a complete surprise to me as I had felt earlier on in the day that it was a pity that I hadn't had an opportunity to preach and minister in Argentina! In the light of this I agreed, and set off to start my preparation!

    Observations:
    - It was amazing the way that people came forward to receive the Spirit and ministry. The Pastor told me later that people just come forward - you don’t even need an appeal.

    December 22

    Postcard to Home

    We've been aware that there will be some people who haven't been able to read this online journal, so we thought we'd send three postcards - one to each of our families and one to the church. We duly bought the cards, together with stamps, and eventually wrote the cards. We hadn't seen any local post-boxes, so we carried them with us on our trip downtown. Still no post-boxes. Eventually I asked at the hotel desk and was told to go to Correo at the corner of Rowson and Geimes Streets. When I got there the office had just closed, but.......there was a red post box in the street outside the office. I must admit it looked a bit beat up, but there was a slot, so I duly posted the cards.

    However....

    When we spoke to our friend and translator here, Marime, she burst out laughing and said that these hadn't been used for twenty years! Presumably our postcards will be discovered by archaeologists in 500 years time, since they appear to have no chance of reaching England!

    Hotel with pool and private beach

    We're staying at the Manantialles apart-hotel. it comprises two towers, which are at the top of the hill and can be seen from just about anywhere in the city. Our room comprises a bedroom, bathroom, lounge and kitchen. We chose this type of room because we thought it would be cheaper than eating out, but it is inexpensive to eat out so it is much the same.

    There is an outdoor pool at the hotel, but there is also a private beach with free transport, which is really good.

    Temperatures have not been as high as in Buenos Aires, but they are still between 25 and 30 degrees, although the winds tend to be strong. There have been two major storms since we arrived, which seem to clear the air.

    December 18

    We're going to the Seaside

    After four and a half weeks in Buenos Aires, it was finally time to leave. We made our way to Retiro Bus Station and boarded a luxury double-decked coach for the four and a half hour journey to the seaside resort of Mar del Plata.

    The coaches have seats which can be spread out and there's plenty of leg room - far in excess of that in an economy airline seat.

    Its good to be here in Mar del Plata as we move onto the final stage of our time in Argentina.


    Locked in Prison

    Shock news: Following Mrs Larcombe being locked in the solarium (see Locked in Space), here is a picture of her locked in the maximum security prison that we visited!
    December 17

    A Final Debrief

    Visit Report 33

    Venue: CCNV Agaces
    Date: 13 December 2006 8pm

    A final debrief with the Co-Pastor, Gorge Garcia, whose department had arranged our visit.

    We outlined our observations that CCNV as a church work very hard; they have excellent evangelistic and pastoral organisation, and they have a lot of love for people.

    This was also our chance to say our thank you's - for the programme they had put together; for the translators that had been provided; for the hospitality in the form of meals and our being included in the campaign; for their opening up to us; for taking a risk with us - a minister from a different denomination.

    Gorge encouraged us to cast a vision of what we had seen, rather than rush in with changes, which we echoed from past experience of returning from Faith Camp.

    He also urged us to keep the vision alive. He encouraged us to visit Jackie Oliver at New Generation church in the UK, who had spent a number of weeks recently at CCNV.



    Brothers in Chains

    Visit Report 32

    Venue: Penal de Maxima Seguridad de Florencio Varela (CCNV)
    Date: 13 December 2006

    Carulio is in charge of the Prisons ministry. He drove us from Buenos Aires, about an hour's journey to the maximum security prison. The church's ministry to this prison is mostly in Wing 24 where there is a church, comprising 350 church members (prisoners).

    Today's visit is about establishing a new work in the newly built Wing 42. Recently, during a prayer meeting in Wing 24, two of the members/prisoners felt called by the Spirit to go as missionaries to Wing 42.

    The music and arts ministry of the church, RocknVida, recently put on a rock concert for 2,000 in Wing 42. Today's concert was a much more low key affair. It took place in the visitor centre of the wing, which was new and comprised a concrete floor, but with wooden benches. There was a family visiting dormitory attached. The sound system, including mixer desks and bass cabinets, were transported from the church in a truck. Once again, the use of the sound system is to broadcast to the other prisoners, rather than merely amplify the sound.

    We were told not to take any jewellery and so for Mrs Larcombe that meant no rings, no earrings and no wired bra!

    After the stage and sound were all set up, the prisoners were let into the room. Liz and I were shocked by how young they were, averaging around 16 to 20 years. We played our novelty card as English (and Scottish!) tourists, and struck up a conversation with about six of them, using our translator, Emiliano. They were very friendly and we talked about the new visitor centre and the new facilities in this wing, which were much better than other wings. One of them, without us asking, called Maximiliano, very kindly went and filled a bottle of water and brought it to us along with a cup to be shared. We really appreciated this, although up until now, we had been very careful to drink only bottled water. This water was filled from a tap! It was a very kind gesture at a time when we were gasping for a drink. We talked about where we lived, who we were, what we were doing in Argentina, and about conditions in English prisons.

    Carulio took the microphone and started explaining about how this new work had come about. He then started praying, rebuking, casting out evil from the area. We were amazed at how leaders seem to dive straight in - there is no pussy-footing around. As this went on, some of the prisoners went to the back of the room, perhaps feeling uncomfortable.

    The first band was a guitarist and vocalist and a bass player. They were musicians from a famous band in Argentina in the 80's, who had come to faith ten years ago. They played blues-rock songs about Jesus and about their faith. They were appreciated by all present and received three encores.

    The second band were the worship band from Wing 24 comprising drummer, bass and guitar. It was strange for us to work out who were prisoners and who were members of the church. They played worship songs and gave their testimonies between songs.

    The concert ended with an appeal and with members of the church praying for the prisoners individually around the room.

    Maximiliano and his friends had to return to their cells. We were profoundly touched that he had shown such care for us. We were reminded of the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. We spoke to him individually. He had been in for four years and was due for release in June 2007, but was waiting to hear if he would be released earlier. We prayed for him and he was moved. He said we reminded him of someone in his family who had been kind to him in the past.

    The equipment was packed up, which was no mean feat, given that it all had to be carried back to the truck. As we waited for the guards to open the gates to the wing it felt like we were all people from the church, but among us were prisoners - the two missionaries from Wing 42 and the band from Wing 24. As we waited, another prisoner was saying an emotional goodbye to his wife and 6-month old baby.

    We prayed for the missionaries. One of them had been in for just over two years. He and his wife had a two year old child, who had been born whilst he was in prison, so he had never had the chance to be a father to her. He said that this was the hardest part of being in prison.

    The equipment was taken out and the three prisoners who comprised the worship band were handcuffed and escorted to a waiting coach, with drums and guitars, to be taken back to Wing 24.

    Observations:
    - This was a very visual illustration of what it means to have Christian brothers and sisters locked up, whilst we enjoy freedom to come and go.
    - We would have liked to have seen Wing 24, where the church is established and where they have special privileges.
    - The two missionaries, who have volunteered to live in Wing 42, have given up all their privileges. This is an incredible sacrifice, especially as this is a maximum security prison.

    Spiritual Warfare

    Visit Report 18

    Place: CCNV Church - Agaces
    Date of Visit: Friday 1 December 5 pm

    Veronica is the co-leader of intercession. We had observed that she has a very powerful ministry of leading intercession.

    We spoke about the emphasis on spiritual warfare. When CCNV pray publicly, they pray for covering with the blood of Jesus and they activate angels. Veronica referred to Luke 10:17 where the disciples return from casting out demons.

    Veronica said that she had been a Christian since the age of 10. She had grown up in this church. She said that she believed that the devil had tried to destroy her whilst she was an adolescent. She also said that she believed that the devil was trying to destroy her still, particularly because of the ministry with which they are involved. However, great things were being seen in the church and Veronica sees this sort of persecution as to be expected. We explained that in the UK it would be unusual for people to speak in these terms, although there would be agreement about the Scriptural principles. We talked about the liberal and intellectual mindsets, which have relegated and ridiculed this sort of worldview and yet may well live under the effects of evil powers.

    Liz felt as if she had a similar heart to Veronica. Liz has a heart for binding up the broken-hearted and setting the captives free. Veronica prayed for Liz for impartation of this warrior-type anointing. She prayed for healing for Liz in all that she's been going through these last four years. She also prayed for our daughters, Emma and Rachael, who are both going through difficult times. She then prayed for me.

    Observations:
    - We came to Argentina to see what they were doing differently here. This is one area. Liz and I had a sense that we have compromised on this. We agree with the Scriptural principles, but the subtle pressure of the liberal mindset has meant that we have mostly abandoned the practice.
    - Should Liz start leading spiritual warfare in the church? We have no prayer meetings at present, other than during the services.



    December 14

    It's a Wash Out - Follow up

    A follow up to the Annacondia campaign. We found out a couple of days later that the actual number of baptisms was 360. Also that during the torrential rainstorm the manifestations had been very intense. Some people were even rolling in the mud, because of these manifestations. Apparently the liberacion tent was completely filled with people brought in under the conviction of the Spirit that night.


    December 13

    Home from Home

    Visit Report 31

    Place: Hogar El Alba Orphanage, Longchamps
    Date of Visit: Friday 8 December 7 pm

    Canon John Sutton of the South American Missionary Society (SAMS) had recommended that we visit this orphanage. We called Pastor Alfredo Cittadino, Director General and he set up the visit.

    A car was sent to our hotel, driven by Edwardo, a man who grew up as a child in the orphanage. The trip was much longer than we had expected, at over an hour and a quarter. It was made easier by it being a public holiday.

    We were welcomed by Alfredo and his wife, Hilda, and then we were shown two videos of work that had recently been done to improve the buildings. One video had been produced by a team from Stapleford Baptist Church and recorded a two-year project to completely refurbish one of the buildings. This project had only been completed in October and would house eight girls and eight boys as well as a house mother. The second video was of a Dairy Farm Project, which had been completed and had now won a Unicef World Bank competition in front of 2,500 other projects.

    The orphanage had been set up by William Morris at around the time of the building of the railway, which was mostly built by British engineers.

    Gabriele as brought in to translate for us. She was visiting for the day with her church and was seconded to assist us. We began by looking at a Bakery project, which houses some of the most technologically advanced baking equipment and is used to give the children and youth some skills. Next, we went to see an existing house, which was full with children just about to eat their lunch. We laughed with the children as they lobbied us as to the best Argentinean football team. The building was in a fairly poor condition. We saw in places how the condensation was causing plaster to come away.

    This was in complete contrast to the next building, which was the one that had just been refurbished. Apparently, the refurbishment was much more extensive than originally expected, but the results were of very high quality with very good materials being used throughout.

    Alfreda and Hilda next showed us the library, containing some items owned by William Morris, including an old organ. Alfredo told us a very moving story of how Morris persistently asked a neighbour for a donation. The man constantly refused and eventually spat in his face, and so Morris's words were, "That's for me. Now what are you going to give to the children?"

    The next project to see was the Dairy Farm, which consisted of two levels. The ground level is where the cows are brought in for milking. The top level has an internal viewing area for observation.

    For lunch we were given a selection of empanadas and ate in the open air with the visiting church.

    Alfredo asked me to tell Canon John Sutton of SAMS about the 75th Anniversary of William Morris, which will be a very important visit by key Government officials in September 2007, and they are very excited about this.

    Observations:
    - The building of the orphanage at the time of the building of the railway is interesting, especially as this has parallels with St Paul's parish, which was known as the railway church.
    - Alfredo is a very warm and hospitable person. He has Parkinson's disease and asked for prayers for his health.


    December 12

    Out of Town Service

    Visit Report 30

    Place: Iglesia Emanuel (AOG), Villa Ballester, Rvdo. Enrique Walter Strohschein
    Date of Visit: Sunday 3 December 11 am

    During our visit to Rvdo. Enrique Walter Strohschein on Wednesday 29 November, he had gently teased us about the fact that we had come all this way to Buenos Aires and yet were not visiting his church. We had intended going to the Anglican Cathedral, but the service was advertised as being in Spanish that day (later we discovered from the Diocesan Office that this was a printing mistake).

    We were to be collected from the hotel lobby by a taxi and were told that we would share the taxi with a Canadian preacher from another hotel. We were totally surprised when Stephen Sos walked into the hotel lobby to collect us, as we had listened to him preach twice at CCNV and had been out to dinner with him twice during the week.

    The church was a one-hour journey away in Villa Ballester. It is a smallish church and the people were crammed into the downstairs and balcony areas. They are bursting at the seams, but they are in the middle of building a brand new church opposite, but again this has been delayed by the economic crisis of 2001. The building is similar to a chapel, with wooden pews and wooden panelling at the front of the preaching area. The worship group is squeezed onto the small platform.

    As we arrived the worship was underway, and, as with everywhere we've visited in Argentina, enthusiastic and passionate. We were warmly welcomed and invited to say a few words; not missing an opportunity for me to bring greetings from England and for Liz to bring them from Scotland! Then we were prayed for by Enrique, Stephen and the Elders. We felt very blessed and warmly welcomed. The Pastor whispered to me as we left the platform that I would be preaching there during my next visit to Argentina!

    Stephen began his preaching by warning about the growth of Islam, that as a result of 9/11 some 33,000 Americans had converted to Islam. He said that there was a strategy in Europe - first establish a Mosque, then establish politicians. He said that 2.5 billion dollars of funding of Islam had gone into Europe and warned that they are on a crusade into Christian nations. His main message was from Matthew 10 about Jesus giving the disciples authority, which he imparted with great enthusiasm.

    The sermon was followed by Communion using broken bread rolls and small, individual clear plastic cup-lets. One nice touch was that husband and wife exchange cup-lets before drinking. All consume together as the 1 Corinthians Scriptures are read.

    The service concluded with a time of ministry as Stephen Sos prayed for people. Some fell to the floor as he prayed, others were clearly moved with tears, and peace.

    After the service, Stephen, Liz and myself were taken out for lunch by Pastor Enrique and his family to an excellent restaurant with wonderful barbecued food. The family then drove into Buenos Aires to deliver us back to our hotel before they returned for another service later that afternoon.

    Observations:
    - It was good to observe another church, albeit AOG, but this time it was a little out of Buenos Aires. This had more of a middle-class and suburb feel about it.
    - What fantastic hospitality we are receiving from others outside of our denomination.

    December 11

    Authority and Annointing

    Visit Report 28

    Place: Parque Julio A. Roca (CCNV)
    Date of Visit: Saturday 9 December 7 pm

    Carlos Annacondia himself was preaching and ministering for this fifth night of the Nights of Liberation and Miracles campaign in Soldati. Up until now it had been his sons, but now it was Carlos himself. God has used him tremendously since the 80's to bring huge growth to the Evangelical church in Argentina.

    A play for the children had preceded the meeting and, once again, drinks and refreshments were provided for them.

    The main meeting was also preceded by intercession in the tent. There were many more people than had been available on previous nights and this earned a gentle rebuke by the leader to ask where they had all been during the previous nights when help had been needed. There was a high expectation of what would happen on this night.

    The meeting began with worship, followed by an offering. Then Carlos Annacondia preached about Jesus, and the disciples in the boat, with Him calming the storm. There didn't seem to be anything unusual about the preaching and it was similar to his sons' style. However as he moved into a time of rebuking the evil spirits and breaking bondages, then a very strong anointing seemed to fall upon the people. We took up our observation position in the tent of liberacion and listened as Carlos made an appeal for salvation and miracles. Suddenly the air was electric and the intensity of prayer in the tent increased. Then it started; a steady stream of people were carried into the tent, again in various states - some in the 'hypnotic' state, some screaming, some crying and others appearing to be ok. Altogether about 50 people were brought in within the space of 10 minutes. The ministry team started their work, efficiently and authoritatively, dealing with the people, taking authority over the evil. Within a few minutes the people brought in were calm and were answering direct questions about their past involvement, perhaps with the occult, and whether they needed to forgive anyone.

    It seemed to go in waves. We could hear such authority over evil in Annacondia's style. Every so often, two or three more people would be brought into the tent.

    Annacondia then went down to the area in front of the stage and started ministering to the people who had come forward. He prayed differently for each person, sometimes laying hands on their heads; sometimes touching hands and arms. Mostly the people would fall backwards to the floor under the power of the Spirit, but supported by the excellent, and always alert, ministry team.

    We were privileged to join Annacondia and his family after the meeting in the hospitality tent for dinner. The chefs were able to lay on a full salad with burgers, sausages and even saddle (beef) in a field with just a single microwave oven. We passed on our greetings to Annacondia from our friend and excellent visit-arranger, Claudio Coquet, which were appreciated.

    We left the site at about 2.15 am, but discovered later that some of the ministry team were still working with people in the tent.

    Observations:
    - This man, Carlos Annacondia, still carries an anointing and an authority over evil spirits stronger than any other minister I have ever seen. It is also good, though, to see that his sons carry that same anointing.