After a struggle against cancer in the last years of her life, Dr. Rosa Isabel Ainscough went to be with the Lord she loved and served her whole life. She was 75.

She and her beloved husband, Dr. Alberto Ainscough, pastored for 53 years in the churches of Conde, Terrero, Villa Ballester, and Villa Luro, in the Central Argentina District in Buenos Aires. Prior to this, from 1970 to 1973, they were the first missionaries from the South America Region to serve in India, using their profession and passion for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. The couple also spent 17 years taking short-term medical teams to the northern part of Argentina where they ministered to the native peoples through medicine, construction, and outreach. Under their ministry, new churches such as Clorinda, Villa Elisa, Altos de Pilar, and Villa Luro were planted.

"Our prayers go out to her husband, Alberto, and their children Elizabeth, Alberto, and Noemí, and their spouses, Carlos, Alejandro, Fernanda, as well as their seven grandchildren: Melissa, Timoteo, Lucas, Brenda, Juan Manuel, Ezequiel, and Tomás (who is also with the Lord)," said Christian Sarmiento, South America regional director. "The Nazarene church in Argentina is grieving, but we hold to that blessed hope that our Pastor Rosita, as she was affectionately called, is with the Lord whom she honoured and served."

--Church of the Nazarene South America Region