“The Nehemiah Semester”
September-October Update 2026
“Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon. Every one of the builders had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the trumpet was beside me. Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, ‘The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.’”- Nehemiah 4:17-20 (NKJV)
What a full couple of months it has been. Lots of progress, many blessings, hurdles--one after the other, but we’re so thankful that the Lord is doing a work, and we are blessed to be here. It’s not easy doing what we’re doing, but it’s been so worthwhile to be walking in the will of the Lord for us, and to see His hand upon His work here at CBI Argentina and with the churches here, and how encouraged they have been to see what the Lord is doing! The Lord is growing His Church and I am so excited and blessed to be a part of this work whose heart and focus is to support and strengthen local churches by helping to raise up the next generation of servants, workers, pastors, missionaries: faithful followers of Jesus. Praise the Lord that nothing has turned out how I would’ve expected, but Jesus has done exceedingly more than I could’ve ever thought or imagined. Thank you for laboring with us in prayer, and for supporting us in this work.
September
September has been 100% prep mode for this current semester we’re in. Under the current regulations of our area, we need to do permitting and inspection on all the buildings here because they weren’t legally registered upon being built. We’ve been able to meet with some old colleagues of the pastor here at Calvary La Vid Maipu, and we’ve got a clear understanding on all we need to accomplish to have our electrical plan legally approved as well as plumbing and everything else. Thank you so much for your prayers. Everything is in the finishing stage. We’re getting so close to finishing with the electrical work. The plumbing is completed, and we’re getting cabinets built and finishing up painting. Our own team here at CBI Argentina has been a tremendous help and blessing, and their help and heart has been invaluable as we have much work, even amidst few of us.
September 21st, I left Maipu, Argentina for Trujillo, Peru to attend our annual missions conference hosted at Calvary Trujillo. This year was themed “Give Me That Mountain,” and was highlighting the work the Lord is doing in Argentina. Another pastor was ordained and commissioned to go to Olivarria, Argentina in the state of Buenos Aires, and we were prayed over and had our official send off for the commencement of our semester and for them as well. It was a blessing to see so many faces and a place that my heart had begun to call home after more than 2 ½ years there; but I was also very eager to get back to the work and to my wife here in Argentina. While the conference was in full swing, the church in Maipu was moving buildings. I arrived with one of our interns and the pastor of La Vid Maipu and his wife Tuesday Sept. 29th in the evening, and we went to see the church completely pulled apart and close to being moved into our new building. That following Friday, a missions team from CBI Peru arrived with their director, and our four students who would continue on with us for this Nehemiah Semester.
Josue and I building our outdoor water heater closet.
Updating electrical in our classroom
Getting ready to head back to Argentina from the conference
On our flight back to Chile and then Mendoza with Pastor Carlos and his wife.
CBI Peru Team Arrival
October
The CBI Peru team arrived Friday Oct. 2nd. It was so good to see so many familiar faces, and to have some really amazing help. There were people who had been praying with us for semesters in our CBI Argentina prayer group. There were new students on their first missions week, and they helped us accomplish so much! Painting, landscaping, youth events, caring for our new church building, construction and so much more. These guys are the real deal, and they came to serve and be a blessing and work as unto the Lord and they accomplished their mission. We did our first ever CBI Argentina Orientation the following Friday, and followed up with a fun afternoon with the whole team and our students.
The following morning, the CBI Peru team left, and the Nehemiah Semester had begun! Oct. 13 began our first class: the Pastoral Epistles with the director of CBI Guatemala, Luis Sanchez, who taught our guys what the Word teaches about being a pastor. He led our Church Planting class and taught on what the Lord had shown him regarding planting a church and Bible institute. The second week, the students completed week 2 in 1,2,3 John. They were led and taught by another Calvary pastor here in Mendoza, Pastor Beto in the city of San Martin, here in the Mendoza province. The Lord used him to share a lot of experiential knowledge and wisdom from the Word to our students. Last week they completed their third week in Colossians with Pastor Hector from Calvary San Martin in the city and state of Buenos Aires. Tomorrow they begin Joshua with our local Calvary Pastor Carlos Viola. Please pray that as the semester continues, that our team would continue to walk in unity and the Lord’s strength, that the Lord safeguards our students and that their focus would be fixed upon Him, and that the Lord would have His way in all of us this semester. Much service doesn’t make a Christian, but we want our service to flow from a heart in love with Jesus.
CBI Peru led youth event with Calvary La Vid Maipu
CBI Peru Team Devo and Work Projects
Some of our views from the Institute
With all the recent rains and it being spring here, the Roses have started coming in droves!
What’s Happening Now:
Right now we’re focusing on finishing everything necessary for final inspection on all of our buildings that currently exist on the property. This is all in the midst of 17 hours of teaching for the students, 2 devotionals per week, Church Planting class, services at Calvary La Vid Maipu, evangelism, discipleship, and more. The students are about to start up week 4 going through the book of Joshua with Pastor Carlos from here in Maipu. Renata has reached 7 months of pregnancy, and baby boy is growing--thank You Jesus. We just moved into a 2-bedroom apartment, and it has been a blessing getting settled in. There are always new challenges, but each one is worthwhile for Jesus and all that He is doing here and in our lives.
Prayer Requests and Needs:
Approval of Renata’s Argentine residency (in review by one of the judges)
Right now they’ve been saying it might not be ready until after December, if not longer
Wisdom on how to go about getting my residency
If things continue to delay with Renata’s I may need to try a different route for mine
My attempt to get my FBI background check was rejected so I will need to find an express route that could be costly, but should have quicker results
Continued strength for finishing the work (we’re close and excited to see it done)
Wisdom to think of and get everything done hopefully this month
Wisdom for how to begin and portion out sections of our perimeter wall we’re wanting to build
Favor with the authorities for finalizing the properties legalizations
Continued provision for CBI Argentina as an institute
Scholarships for students
Continued support for support staff
Funds for construction
Continued unity as a team
Provision for our family personally
Health and medical costs for Renata, baby and his birth
Healing from a recent bacterial infection for me
That we would always find our strength in the Lord and make time for each other in the midst of lots of busyness
Making time for connection with others in the church and being able to build relationships with them and love them in the Lord!
Thank you for all of your prayers, love, and support. We really couldn’t be out here doing what we’re doing without the Lord and his provision of you all in our lives.
If there is anything that you have questions about, would like to know more of, or get involved in some way, please let me know.
Dios los bendiga, y mucho amor de Argentina,
-La Familia Voisin
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