{"id":13064,"date":"2023-05-08T19:33:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=13064"},"modified":"2023-06-02T06:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T04:52:29","slug":"good-news-from-south-america-southern-cone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/good-news-from-south-america-southern-cone\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News from South America Southern Cone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Southern Cone regional family has been growing and becoming stronger over the years. This past March we had a meeting in which many leaders were able to meet and work on unity between all the countries in the Southern Cone and Andean Region. We would like to share that Cristian Escobar was appointed as a teacher for the churches in Bolivia. He is now our second teacher in the churches of the Southern Cone.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/christian-escobar-teacher-appointment.jpg?resize=750%2C548&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13069\" width=\"750\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/christian-escobar-teacher-appointment.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/christian-escobar-teacher-appointment.jpg?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/christian-escobar-teacher-appointment.jpg?resize=768%2C561&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every country has had an amazing year of baptisms, evangelization, HOPE <em>worldwide<\/em> events, spiritual growth, and unity with God. Here are some highlights from all over the Southern Cone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uruguay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are so excited to have the Borland family move in the upcoming months to lead <a href=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/montevideo-church-to-be-planted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">re-planting the church in Montevideo, Uruguay<\/a>. The first service will be November with the attendance of members of the neighboring churches in Argentina.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Uruguay-Ben-and-Susan-1024x573.jpeg?resize=768%2C430&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12995\" width=\"768\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Uruguay-Ben-and-Susan.jpeg?resize=1024%2C573&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Uruguay-Ben-and-Susan.jpeg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Uruguay-Ben-and-Susan.jpeg?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Uruguay-Ben-and-Susan.jpeg?w=1300&amp;ssl=1 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bolivia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In La Paz, Bolivia, the church celebrated their 26th anniversary, enjoyed marriage and youth retreats and welcomed a new church building. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/la-paz-icoc-retreat.jpg?resize=755%2C527&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13071\" width=\"755\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/la-paz-icoc-retreat.jpg?w=1007&amp;ssl=1 1007w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/la-paz-icoc-retreat.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/la-paz-icoc-retreat.jpg?resize=768%2C536&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Santa Cruz, disciples went to encourage and bring gifts to the children of the My Blessing Center (Centro Mi Bendicion), celebrated their 21st anniversary, and appointed an elder.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/santa-cruz-icoc-elder-appointment.jpg?resize=494%2C656&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/santa-cruz-icoc-elder-appointment.jpg?w=494&amp;ssl=1 494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/santa-cruz-icoc-elder-appointment.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Argentina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of 2022 we said goodbye to our lead evangelist\/elder and women\u2019s ministry leader, Sebastian and Sarai Serra. They served the Argentina churches and the Southern Cone for 14 years and have now moved on to help build up the Spanish ministries in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sebastian-and-sarai-serra.jpg?resize=576%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13065\" width=\"576\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sebastian-and-sarai-serra.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sebastian-and-sarai-serra.jpg?resize=300%2C279&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San Luis, Argentina: HOPE <em>worldwide<\/em> event<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disciples collected toys and clothes and gave them out to students in a rural school in San Luis.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/san-luis-argentina-hope-worldwide-1024x427.jpg?resize=768%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13066\" width=\"768\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/san-luis-argentina-hope-worldwide.jpg?resize=1024%2C427&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/san-luis-argentina-hope-worldwide.jpg?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/san-luis-argentina-hope-worldwide.jpg?resize=768%2C320&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/san-luis-argentina-hope-worldwide.jpg?w=1251&amp;ssl=1 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Metro Church in Buenos Aires<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Metro Church in the city of Buenos Aires has started up a mission team in the west side of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buenos-aires-metro-church-icoc.png?resize=750%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13068\" width=\"750\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buenos-aires-metro-church-icoc.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buenos-aires-metro-church-icoc.png?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/buenos-aires-metro-church-icoc.png?resize=768%2C460&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern Cone regional family has been growing and becoming stronger over the years. This past March we had a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":13071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[61,55],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-13064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-missions","tag-south-america"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/la-paz-icoc-retreat.jpg?fit=1007%2C703&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-3oI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2411,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/good-news-from-southern-cone\/","url_meta":{"origin":13064,"position":0},"title":"Good News from Southern Cone","author":"dtadmin","date":"April 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"From baptism to restorations, God has been moving in miraculous ways throughout the Southern Cone. 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