Free Will Baptist International Missions News: Jaimie and Tammy Lancaster

Melo church hosts

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The Melo church held a special "Fiesta de quince" (Fifteenth party) August 29th. In Uruguay the fifteenth party marks a special time for girls and marks a passing from childhood to young womanhood. This party is a rite of pass...

Plans for 50th Anniversary announced at National Association

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The National Association of FWB Churches in Uruguay (ANIBLU) met in Rivera on October 8th. Representatives from Montevideo, Melo, and Rivera were present. Encouraging reports from each of the churches were given by delegates. Items of business included the...

Getting Started!

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT

David Dodson and I just finished a whirlwind 1100 km (683.508311461 miles to be exact) visiting our churches in Melo and Rivera. It was a really encouraging trip for several reasons. I first visited the Central Church where upon arrival Pastor Carlos sh...

Special Services in Iglesia Emanuel

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

"See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? " Acts 8:36b A child's swimming pool served as a makeshift baptistry as four people symbolically went from death to life and publically identified themselves with Christ. There were...

Financial Crisis

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Happy New Year! The new year is less than a week old and we find ourselves with some pretty big economic challenges. No doubt many of you will receive emails from various missionaries explaining our financial situation. It's that serious! I have p...

Baptismal service in Rivera

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Sunday, the 16th of August the Central church was host to a baptismal service where 10 people were baptized. These 10 people had completed baptismal classes conducted by Pastor Alex, our visiting missionary from Brazil. The majority of the people bapt...

Mission Emphasis Week in Montevideo

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The Emanuel church in Montevideo set aside Easter week as a special time of prayer and awareness for the unreached of the world. The emphasis began on Sunday night with a missionary speaker (me!) and each person in the service was given a miniature gl...

Merry Christmas from the Lancasters

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Here's wishing a Merry Christmas to all of you. May you enjoy this season of reflection on the birth of our Savior. Jaimie, Tammy, Jonathan and John William...

Christmas Program

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Sunday, December 21st the Emanuel Free Will Baptist church presented its Christmas program. Over 70 people were attendance and many were first time visitors who came to see their children perform. The audience was presented with the traditional manger...

School Celebration

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

In June of this year the Emanuel church in Malvin began working with the local elementary school. It was in need of repair and painting. The school also needed a compressor for the dental chair in their dental clinic. With the help of a team from the First...

Leadership Conference/Ordination

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Oct 31st and November 1st were the dates of the annual Leadership Conference held at the Central Church in Rivera. Over the course of the two days, more than 30 people attended as various workshops relating to leadership were presented. Two workshops for w...

Renacidos

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Saturday, October 25th more than 200 people gathered for a presentation of "Renacidos" (Reborn) presented by Palabra de Vida (Word of Life) Argentina. Over 30 actors from North and South America presented the story of two young people who lived a...

E-TEAM visits Uruguay

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

We were privileged to host an E-team this year during the time of June 18-30. They presented their mimes songs and testimonies in services in all of our Free Will Baptist churches as well as participating in some community service projects. In Montevideo,...

NEW BLOG

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Don't worry, I'll still post here! My goal is to use this blog to give informative information about the work. The other blog http://www.jaimielan.com will be used to tell a little more of the story behind what is going on. Ke...

What's in the hedges?

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. Luke 14:23

Saturday, the 22nd we had our first "Avanzada" of the year. 12...

Recipe for Success

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Take 7 lbs of short ribs, combine with 5 and a half pounds of T-bones and top off with 3 pounds of chorizos and you have the beginnings of a good meal! Friday night we hosted the workers from the Emanuel church in Montevideo. It was a time of saying &qu...

Time Flies when you are having fun!

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT

February 26th marked the ninth anniversary of our arrival in Uruguay. (I know I'm a little late but finding pictures from 9 years ago and scattered between all the places we have lived takes a little time! ) It seem like only yesterday that I sat i...

Warm Temps and Cold Showers

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT

There is only one event that would merit a title like that, Family Camp in Rivera! Thanks to all of you who participated in the Latin American Prayer Initiative. We had wonderful camp. 92 campers took part in this years camp and we had several conversion...

A time for Kings!

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Yesterday was "Kings Day" in Uruguay. It is a day of celebration where we remember the 3 wise men who followed the star to see the baby Jesus. Children leave their shoes out at night in hopes that one of the 3 kings will leave a present. Many peo...

Merry Christmas from the Lancasters

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Merry Christmas from Montevideo! We wish all of you a very Merrry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Attached are two photos, one is of our family and the other is an attempt to include the dog (Zeta) in the photo. She's never s...

Christmas in Montevideo!

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

The Emanuel Free Will Baptist Church in Montevideo held its Christmas program tonight. 55 uruguayans, 1 Brazillian and 5 Americans were present! We were blessed by music from the different classes as well as a drama. Pastor Gerardo preached from Philip...

Latin America Prayer Initiative

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

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Where did it go?

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Maybe the earth spins faster when you are below the equator? It seems like yesterday we were moving into a house, in the middle and now summer is on its way! A lot has happened in the 4 months since our return. Just a summary of the major events:

Catching Up!

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT

It's been a while since I've had internet. Thankfully we had internet installed on Saturday. As with everything with the blessings come the bad times. Whenever the phone rings we lose our connection! We have a technician scheduled to come out and...

Moving to Costa rrrrrrRica

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Don't worry, we aren't changing countries, we're just changing street addresses! The day has finally arrived! We pack up our bags and move out of the hotel today. It seems as if we have successfully "rushed" the system. We receive...

Check your Attitude

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT

One of the "pleasures" of the flight down was an hour flight from Orlando to Miami on a 12 passenger plane. I had the "privilege" of being in the very front seat where I had full view of the cockpit and a view out the windows. I noti...

Caught!

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT

We met with the realtor today and saw the house one more time to make sure it was what we wanted. We had seen it the day after we arrived and really barely knew where we were. We prayed this morning that God would give us peace about this house to make sur...

House Hunting

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Nothing gives more meaning to the old song "This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through," than to actually not have a home! We have looked at 10 houses so far and are counting. The real estate market has more pe...

Arrival

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Greetings from Montevideo! We were welcomed by 28 chilly degrees (farentheit), and 5 warm Uruguyans (we'll count Molly in with the Uruguyans) yesterday. When we left Miami we were in short sleeves but when we arrived in Uruguay, the sweaters and...