Viewing for Larry Underwood will be Monday, November 3, from 5-8 at Ponders Funeral Home in Dalton, GA. (Off the by-pass)
The funeral will be Tuesday at 10am at McFarland Hill Baptist Church in Dalton, Ga.
Thank you all again for your prayers!
Category Archives: Prayer Request
Please Pray for the Underwood Family
We received news from our team member, Stephen Underwood, that his father unexpectedly passed away in his sleep this past Saturday morning. Please be praying for Stephen and his family. His dad was only 55 years old and this was very unexpected. I believe the funeral will be Tuesday morning at McFarland Hills Baptist Church in Dalton, GA. As we get more information it will be passed along.
Stephen and Ashley are currently on deputation and are doing well raising support to get to South Africa. They had to cut a missions conference short they were a part of in Knoxville.
Rent or Buy & Soccer
As of now, a place to rent hasn’t opened up for the new church plant. It seems that rentable space is very limited. We will continue to search, but it may come to the place where we need to buy property. I’m really hoping we can keep the cost down the first year by just renting a space, but I’m not sure how much longer we can wait. Many people have offered to sell their property, but no one is able to rent.
We are praying for clear direction from the Lord right now. To rent a house with enough land to build a small auditorium would be around $50 to $75 a month. To buy the same property would be between $5000 and $7000 I believe.
At Madiba Bay Baptist we are currently renovating the front parking lot of the church to build a soccer/fubito court. The church plans to use Friday night and Saturday soccer leagues for outreach and evangelistic purposes. With the lack of space in the community for these types of events, we believe it will be a great opportunity to be in contact with a lot more lost young people. It will also be a great venue for the young preachers to gain more experience in preaching and presenting the Gospel.
Please be in prayer for both the new church plant and the soccer leagues.
Surprise!
Yesterday, my wife surprised her sister, and pretty much everyone else from our family and home church by flying in to see our newly born niece, Selah. Thanks to a faithful supporter, my wife was able to be with her sister, Stephanie Cornwell, right after the birth of her new baby girl. We were hoping to get her there before the birth when the tickets were purchased 2 months ago, but she missed it by 15 hours.
She will be in the States for two weeks to spend time with her sister and family. Please pray for her while she travels. More importantly though, please pray for me while I’m attempting to take care of the five kiddos back here at home, while studying the language and looking for a church building 🙂
The New Church Plant Update
We are still in search for a place to start the church. There is a meeting this Saturday with a family who may be willing to rent us their house. Please be in prayer that we will walk through the doors the Lord opens.
The two areas we are wanting to start churches in are fairly young communities. There aren’t many buildings outside of houses, and the houses are over crowded and don’t become available often. We believe these areas would be ideal places to start churches, and we’ll keep you up to date on the progress.
In the meantime, please to continue to pray for our language learning.
Update on Baby Grace Bassham
Many prayers were answered this past week when little Grace Bassham checked out of NICU and the hospital in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday morning. The Bassham family are grateful for all that sent financial support, but they are even more grateful for the many prayers that were prayed for the new little baby.
The infection didn’t get to the blood stream, and the seemingly bad situation has passed.
Below is the latest update from the Bassham’s:
“I want to say a huge thank you to everyone for your prayers and support this past week with the complications of the birth of Grace and her time in the NICU.
Today, after 7 days in the NICU, she was finally released, and we were able to bring her home!
This past week, we were able to see the Lord answer prayers from all of the world for little Grace. There was a whirlwind of change that happened over here in the 24 hours following the update out asking for prayer for her.”
Pray and Give for Baby Grace in Thailand
Yesterday, I wrote about our good missionary friend’s Philip and Lori Bassham new little baby Grace. She was born on Monday and everything looked good for a little while until she started having problems breathing. The Doctors feared she may have the Step B Infection. They moved her to NICU and put in an incubator and told Philip and Lori she would be there from 3 to 7 days.
I found out a few minutes ago that the doctors have confirmed she does have the Step B Infection and will now be in the NICU at least 10-14 days.
With Philip and Lori being really close friends of our, it’s tough being so far away during a time like this. I know it has to be even more tough for their families.
Since we can’t be there with them, we would like to help raise the $7500 in Medical expenses they are facing right now. Amy and I have already given and are willing to give more if the needs aren’t raised.
Would you consider giving a small gift to help with these medical expenses? You can send your gift to: Vision Baptist Missions P.O. Box 442 Alpharetta, GA 30009 or give online at visionbaptistmissions.com.
I would also asking you to please be praying. There are some pretty scary scenarios for babies that get it early on like little Grace. Prayer is needed. Please pray.
Missionary Friends in Thailand
My good friends Philip and Lori Bassham just had their second baby, Grace. She’s a beautiful little girl, but has had some infection problems. She is currently in NICU in Thailand, and will probably be there for a few days.
Philip in Lori are currently learning the language and have been in Thailand for about a year and a half now.
Unfortunately, Philip and Lori missed being able to put this pregnancy on their insurance by about 10 days, and it looks like he is going to have to pay at least $7500 in medical expenses for the delivery and with the situation of little Grace.
Please be praying for this family and their financial situation. If you would be interested in helping out a little with the expenses you can send it to our mission board: Vision Baptist Mission P.O. Box 442 Alpharetta, GA 30009. You can also give online by going to visionbaptistmissions.com. Philip and Lori are members of our home church and with our mission board.