Dan and Melody Taube

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Buenos Aires Professional Project
Professionals seeking the well being of the city. Jeremiah 29:7

Taube Prayer Update

November 16, 2009

Praise for:

1. The great pre-adolescents meeting and coffee house this past Saturday. The pre-adolescents are inviting new friends. The coffee house had a record attendance of 60 plus. Thanks for praying.

2. Rich times in the Word at our weekly Bible Studies. Evidence of the Holy Spirit working in people’s lives.

3. The 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Ramos Mejia Church that we had a part in planting. We will be attending this event this coming Sunday, November 22.

Pray for:

1. Continued spiritual growth in the lives of the people who attend the weekly Bible Studies.

2. More of our friends and contacts to openly declare their faith in Jesus.

3. Lay leaders to assume more of the responsibility of this ministry.

Thanks so much for your continued prayer and financial support.

Dan and Melody

November 9, 2009

Praise:

1. For the person who attended the Bible Study yesterday for the first time.

2. For people who regularly support this ministry with their prayers and support.

Pray for:

1. The pre-teen group that will be meeting on this coming Saturday afternoon, Nov. 17.

2. The coffee house for young adults to be held on this coming Saturday night, Nov. 17.

3. The mother of one of the children who attends the Renuevitos activities who is seeking God’s guidance for her life and family. Pray that she will come to a clear understanding of who Jesus is and place her trust in him.

4. Strength and financial provision for our Argentine co-workers, Eduardo y Maria Jose.

Thanks so much for praying.

Dan and Melody

Taube Prayer Update

October 26, 2009

Praise:
1. For the good response to the “Your Personal Style” seminar that Melody and her team presented on Saturday, Oct. 24. Pray that some of the 20 women contacted will respond by becoming disciples of Jesus.

2. The encouragement we receive from God and his people.

Pray:

1. For three moms of children who participate in Renuevitos, Nidia, Pamela y Marisa. These women are seeking spiritual help.

2. For Argentine colleagues Eduardo y Maria Jose Malve: physical strength, wisdom in organizing their busy agendas, and provision for the financial needs as they seek to dedicate full time to this ministry.

3. For the entire BAPP team to experience continual renewal of the Holy Spirit.

October 12, 2009

Praise:
1. For the dinner that we had with a couple we have been praying for for many years. We were able to talk about things that really mattered with them and other family members. Continue to pray for them to place their faith in Jesus.

Pray:
1. For the Melody as she meets individually with gals who attended her last seminar. Pray the she will have good opportunities to share her faith with each one.

2. For the more than 100 contacts for whom BAPP team members are praying to declare their faith in Jesus. In addition to those contacts pray for 70 plus children who regularly attend Renuevitos and their parents. We are trusting God for a harvest.

3. The reflection group for teens that will be held Saturday, Oct. 17. Pray for another positive outcome.
Thank you for praying and for your support of the Great Commission Fund.
Dan and Melody Taube

September 28, 2009

Taube Prayer Update

Praise:

1. For the 10 new contacts that were made through the “Your Personal Style Seminar” that Melody organized on Saturday, September 26. It was a great team effort on the part of the entire BAPP team.

2. On Saturday evening, Melody and I enjoyed attending the 50th Anniversary of the Belgrano Alliance Church. This is the first church we ministered in upon arriving in Argentina 24 years ago.

Pray for:

1. The second meeting of the reflection group for the parents of some of the children that attend our Renuevitos program that is scheduled for today, September 28. Last week only one parent showed up! Pray for effective follow-up of this event.

2. The second reflection group for teens that will be held for this coming Saturday, Oct. 3. There was a very encouraging response to the first reflection group two weeks ago.

3. That participants in our home Bible studies will continue to grow in their commitment to see others come to Christ and new groups formed.

Thanks for supporting us with your prayers and your support of the Great Commission Fund. They keep us here and keep us going!

Dan and Melody

September 22, 2009

Praise:

1. On September 12, our Argentine colleagues, Eduardo and Maria Jose Malve conducted the first spiritual reflection group for young teens. Fourteen gals attended and expressed their interest in continuing! Keep praying!

2. We received the good news that we are going to be first-time grandparents and Nate and Kelley are expecting their first child!

Pray:

1. On September 21, our Argentine colleagues, Eduardo and Maria Jose Malve invited six parents to participate in a session on how to instill Christian principles in their children’s lives. Only one parent attended. We are in a spiritual battle. Please uphold the meeting scheduled for next Monday, September 28 in prayer.

2. Melody will be conducting her “Your Personal Style” seminar this Saturday, September 25. Please pray that many will attend and some will respond to the truth that is shared in this seminar.

September 10, 2009

Praise for:

1. New opportunities to share the gospel with old friends who still don’t understand the good news.

2. New people attending Bible studies.

3. God’s blessing on our all adult children. Nate and his wife, Kelley, have been appointed as international workers with International Teams. They will be serving in the chaplain’s office at Alliance International Academy where the met. Mark’s wife, Kora, began work on her master’s degree in preparation for service overseas. Laura passed the comprehensive exams for her master’s degree. We’re proud of them all.

4. Marked improvement in Melody's foot pain.

5. People assuring us of their faithful prayers.

Pray for:

1. Coffee House for young adults, Saturday, September 12.

2. First spiritual reflection get-to-gether for teens, Saturday September 12.

3. First spiritual reflection group for parents of teens, Monday, September 14.

4. Melody’s “Your Personal Style” Seminar for young adults, Saturday, September 26.

5. God’s teaching and guiding presence in all our regular Bible Studies and Discipleship encounters.

6. Continued spiritual vitality for the entire BAPP TEAM: Eduardo, Maria Jose, Erin, Lindsay, Melody and Dan.

“Lord, teach us to pray.” That was a request of Jesus’ followers on one occasion (Luke 11:1). Some of you will remember what it was like learning to pray. I (Dan) don’t. Since prayer was a part of the home in which I grew up. I learned how to do it just as I did many other things like brushing my teeth after eating. I don’t remember “learning” either activity. It is just something I’ve always done.

I do remember learning to pray in Spanish. At first, I didn’t know the vocabulary. I didn’t know the grammar. I didn’t know how to form questions or how to express deep feelings and desires. I didn’t even know what form of the personal pronoun “you” to use when addressing God. It all just seemed so foreign to me. When praying in Spanish God felt so far away – I couldn’t communicate my heart to him. Could you imagine living without praying?

Recently Melody and I have had two people cross our path that find prayer to be “foreign” to them. It’s awkward. It is something they have never done before. They have to be taught. They don’t know the terminology. They don’t know the grammar, and most of all they don’t know the God to whom we pray!

Ricardo, (not his real name) stayed after our Sunday night Bible study. He wanted to talk about spiritual matters. God is at work in his life. He stated in a matter of fact way that six months ago he wouldn’t have been willing to even participate in such a conversation. In the course of the conversation I asked him, “Have you ever prayed?” His response left me cold, “I don’t remember ever praying.” So I probed a bit further, “You mean that in a moment when you were afraid or when you found yourself in a difficult situation you never whispered a prayer to the God who might be there?” “Yes, that’s right”, he confirmed.

A lady for whom some of you are praying telephoned Melody. She barely paused to catch her breath as she unburdened her heavy heart. Melody let Maria (not her real name) know that she could call anytime and share her concerns and that more importantly she could share her burdens with Jesus at any time in prayer (Matt. 11:28-31). “Now how do I do that (pray)?” she asked. So Melody explained how all she had to do was “talk” to God. Her next question was, “And what should I call him?”

It is so easy for those of us who grew up praying or who have been praying for many years to take it for granted, so much so, we don’t do it enough. Perhaps some of you feel like you wish you could do more than pray for people like Ricardo and Maria. The fact is, there is NOTHING you can do that is more important!

Greetings to all from beautiful Buenos Aires!

February 27, 2009

The highlights of each week for us are the Bible studies we hold in homes. These are times when we grow and see others grow in understanding of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. As we teach we trust the Holy Spirit will take the Word and do the humanly impossible task of making Jesus and his teaching real and relevant to those who attend.

The conversation usually is lively with a great deal of participation. Porteños, as the inhabitants of Buenos Aires are known, are very expressive. Just imagine interacting with a room full of Italians and you will have an idea of the group dynamics. It isn't unusual for two or three people to talk at once - and the amazing thing about it is - Porteños can follow all three!

This past Sunday wasn't perhaps as lively as some - but a husband and wife who actively participate in the discussion made a couple of statements that stuck in our minds. At one point Rosa, (not her real name) looked around the room and said to the rest of the group, "Thank you for being patient with me. I don't know if I ever would have come to Christ if you would have hurried me up."

Later in the discussion Rosa's husband, Guillermo, expressed his burning desire that his brother come to Christ. He exclaimed with Argentine enthusiasm, "Every time I see him I want to beat him over the head with the Gospel!"

These two comments illustrate the internal battle we often face with those we desire to come to Christ. We want to move things along faster but so many of our friends are slow to make the commitment. Pray that our zeal will never cool and our patience will outlast all the arguments raised against our Lord by people we love dearly.

Thanks for walking alongside us.

Dan and Melody

February 9, 2009

God has been working here as we meet with different unbelieving friends and make contact with them again after being on home assignment for six months. We would appreciate so much if you would help us pray for one particular woman.

Recently we invited one of our acquaintances over for coffee. (We'll call her Maria) She owns a large property that we have rented for many of our seminars and activities. She had hip surgery back in May of last year. We visited her at the hospital when that took place and later Melody visited her in her home. She attended one of Melody's seminars and later came to one of the special talks the Bible study groups had at her facility. Our coffee time with her was a divine appointment because she began to tell us that she was searching for a path to real peace and told us all the places and things (astrology, yoga, devotion to saints etc.) she is pursuing to find it. Our hearts ache for her since she is 70 years old and still doesn't know what she believes and has no peace. She asked us how is it that we have peace....what do we do to get it? It was a wide open door and we began to talk to her about Jesus and how He is the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE. It was beautiful! She listened and asked questions and was so attentive. We asked her if she had a Bible and if she had ever read one. She said she hadn't ever read the Bible and wasn't sure she had one. She thinks she may have brought a little Bible home from the hospital and wants to check to see if that is what it is. She seemed very interested and wants to get a hold of one to read it. We told her we could help by reading it with her if she wanted to.....she indicated she wants to do that and will be calling us to make arrangements to so so. We will get her a Bible for sure.

Please pray for her that God will continue to speak to her heart. We sensed His presence so much in our time with her and that the Spirit of God was there speaking to her. We know the devil will do everything possible to keep her from coming to God, so please be praying that God's powerful LOVE, will draw her to Himself.

We appreciate your prayers so much.

Dan and Melody

January 2009
Praise! We thank God for...
1. ... a great 6 month home assignment. The Bloomingdale (IL) Church family blessed us in so many ways it would be impossible to list them all. Most of all they provided a welcoming environment for two transient international workers in need of that!

2. ... new friends made during tour ministries in the Central District (eastern Ohio). The prayer and financial support of these faithful Christ followers makes our ministry and those of hundreds of other C&MA international workers possible.

3. ...arriving at the Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires on December 31 safe and sound. We went through customs without any problems and celebrated the new year with dear friends.

4. ...for the good leadership that our Argentine colleague, Eduardo Malve gave to the BAPP (Buenos Aires Professional Project) in our absence. Significant numerical and spiritual growth has taken place over the past six month.

Pray for...
1. ...effective follow up of the more than 140 families touched in a significant way by BAPP team members and ministries over the past year. Pray that many of these will become devoted followers of Jesus Christ and integrated into communities of faith.

2. ...Christ to permeate our lives and ministries so that he can accomplish all that He wants to do in and through us.

3. ...God's financial provision for all He wants to do through BAPP and other ministries supported by the Great Commission Fund of the C&MA.

Gratefully,
Dan and Melody

BUENOS AIRES PROFESSIONAL PROJECT (BAPP)
Dan and Melody Taube
November 2008
Home assignment has been a great time for the two of us. It began July 1 and will soon be coming to a close. We have enjoyed the quality time we have had with family. The apartment provided by the Bloomingdale (IL) Church has been ideal as has the fellowship in this community of faith.

BAPP ministry has continued here in the USA as well as in Argentina during home assignment. In July we were able to attend training at the Muncie (IN) Alliance Church. The training was to prepare us to operate a coffee house. We’re praying and testing the waters to see if this might be a way for BAPP to have a face in our un-churched community. A coffee shop might be a good way to make contact seven days a week and provide a stable location where we can continue our regular outreach ministries.

From Sept 12 through Nov 10 we visited 19 churches in eastern Ohio. We lost track of how many times we spoke during those 57 days. In many ways those days seem like a blur, but there are experiences and people that have marked our lives. Our desire was to leave a bit of the love we have for our Savior, Argentina and Argentines in each of congregations we visited. Thanks to each of the churches and families who shared a meal with us or opened their homes for us to stay. Thanks to each individual and church that faithfully support the BAPP ministry and the ministries of all C&MA missionaries in more than 50 other countries around the world through giving to the Great Commission Fund.

After spending the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with our families here in the States, we’ll be returning to Buenos Aires on December 30.

May your holiday season be filled with His holy presence!
Dan and Melody Taube

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