Big Changes Ahead for Missionaries James & Angie Sharp

January is St. Peter’s Mission Emphasis month, and this year will mark over five years we have sponsored our very own missionary family working in Uruguay. Rev. Sharp recently reported that in November his church in Montevideo received 14 youth confirmands, 4 new adult members, and 4 baptized children. Praise God that God’s Word is changing lives in Uruguay!

Pastor Sharp also announced the big change that he and Angie will be moving to San Juan, Puerto Rico, in February, and their missionary work will continue there. This is not a new call, but a reassignment of their current calls to the Office of International Missions as LCMS missionaries. Pastor Sharp will be working to plant a new church in the San Juan area, and Angie will be working on education-based outreach over the whole island.

What will not change is St. Peter’s support of Pastor and Mrs. Sharp. We have learned much about Uruguay over the last years and look forward to seeing how God is at work in Puerto Rico. The Sharps especially need our prayers as they leave the home where they raised their children the past 10 years. All four of their children will be attending high school or college in the U.S. next fall, and they will be about 1700 miles closer to their parents during the school year.

Our special envelopes in January will help the Sharps as they move from Uruguay to Puerto Rico. Be watching for more Mission News this month and into 2025.