Situated between Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay is a small country with a population of 3.5 million. Sadly, less than 1% of its residents are Christian and contains more atheists than any other Latin American country. The country battles with considerable drug violence and usage, which creates increased spiritual oppression for many.
Working within an impoverished neighbourhood of Canelones, we have planted a church, a Pentecostal Bible institute, and more recently a rehabilitation centre. We established the rehab centre for mainly young men struggling with drugs, oftentimes since childhood. Our goal is to help these men recover and become valuable members of their communities while introducing them and their families to Jesus.
With the support of our son Gabriel, all three of us are heavily involved in all components of our ministries, preaching, teaching, counselling, mentoring, and praying for our rehab residents, congregation members, and Bible school students. Additionally, I (Alejandro) have 28 years of experience as a psychotherapist, and we have other health professionals, a psychologist and a nurse, helping in our rehab centre.