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Solar Panels for La Rinconada

Solar Panels for La Rinconada from The Crecer Foundation Only a few weeks ago, it was 104 degrees in La Rinconada, Argentina. This kind of heat is dangerous in any context, but it becomes a significant obstacle in a desert with an unstable electrical system. During the heatwave, the entire region experienced an extended electrical…

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The Many Layers of a Trade School

A trade school is going in the new Villa Dolores church space. Passers-by in the street might see sparks flying and wonder why people are welding inside a church. But so much more is happening than just welding. On the surface, locals are learning a new job skill (welding, electricity, mechanics, or construction) that will…

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Breaking the Ice

“You know Pete? I’m friends with Pete!” – it was this realization from two pastors of two different churches on two different continents that broke the ice between Pastor Fabian and Pastor Cody. Realizing they had a close friend in common despite being utter strangers was a great kick-off that led to deeper conversations and…

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Seminary Growth: Different than expected, but very good.

Seminario Bíblico William Carey (SBWC) was just three days away from a major conference in March 2020 and 3 weeks away from in-person classes when the Argentine government shut down the country. At the time we expected lockdown to only last a few weeks, but it quickly became clear that plans would have to change…

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Pray for Cuba

Seminario Carey has its largest in-person study center on the island of Cuba. One hundred forty-six students across 11 different towns meet together regularly to receive theological training. Most of the students are pastors. In the past, we have seen God move despite the Communist government, allowing permission forms to be approved for a Seminary…

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Serving a cardboard collector on the streets of Córdoba.

Every day Julio roams the streets of Córdoba, Argentina, looking for cardboard boxes. His job, called “Cartonero” in Spanish, consists of breaking down boxes, transporting them on his metal cart to a recycling center, and getting paid a few pesos per box. Some cartoneros have a horse to pull their cart, but Julio doesn’t have…

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2020 was… life giving?

If you ask the media, a politician, or even your neighbors, they would likely describe the last year using words like depressing and difficult. Indeed, COVID19 turned the past twelve months into a challenging year for many families, organizations, and churches. But if you ask Febe (pronounced like “Phoebe”), an 18-year-old Argentine, she would say…

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Sovereignty vs Coincidence

If there is one word that seems to dominate Diego Louis’s testimony, it’s the word Sovereignty. Diego is a 32-year-old Seminary student who lives in Buenos Aires with his wife and two young kids. While some would call the director of Diego’s life coincidences, believers can see God’s control. When Diego was 18, his mother was…

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A crisis of sufficiency

Flavia sat in her chair, frustrated and offended, at the annual Theology Conference held by Seminario Carey. The conference topic was Biblical Counseling, and she felt significantly invested because she was halfway through her Psychology major at Córdoba National University. The speaker’s statement caught her off guard: the Bible is sufficient for all things, including…

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Roadblocks & Perseverance

What constitutes a roadblock that is enough to make a seminary student pause or leave his studies? Perhaps an international pandemic? Or an ever-intensifying economic crisis under a totalitarian government? Certainly, we could all agree that continuous electrical outages would be the ultimate barrier to a student’s online studies. Yet none of those things have…

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