by Austin Gardner
on February 18, 2007
in Missions, Pastor's Trip
We are here in Cochabambala, Bolivia with missionaries Kevin and Beth White. God is really using them in a great way and I was very impressed last night at the youth meeting. There were probably 45 young people there and Jorge Montenegro and Kevin did a wonderful job leading the meeting. I was allowed to [...]
by Austin Gardner
on February 15, 2007
in Missions
Josh Blair is one of the missionaries that we support here at Vision. God is using him in New York City to reach people that have not heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. They recently had friend day and God blessed them with a great number. Check out this beautiful picture of the grace of [...]
by Austin Gardner
on February 15, 2007
in Missions
It is so wonderful to see what God is doing in South Africa with Kevin and Corli Hall. They have been studying the Kosa language and God has allowed them to have their first service in the language. As far as we know this is the very first service in the Kosa language led by [...]
by Austin Gardner
on February 15, 2007
in Missions
 The following note came from Jeff Bush this week: This week we will be meeting with a contractor and he is helping us to get permits so we can begin to build as soon as possible. Our church people are getting involved also. This past Saturday the ladies of the church had a garage sale with things that the church people [...]
by Austin Gardner
on February 14, 2007
in Missions
Praise the God of Heaven, Vision is not yet a full year old and yet God has allowed us to give over 28% of our offerings to World Evangelism! So far we have given $134,000. We had our first planning meetings in December and had our official fist service on March 12, 2007. God has blessed [...]
by Austin Gardner
on February 14, 2007
in Uncategorized
A little over 34 years ago I met the dearest, sweetest girl I could have ever imagined. We were 18 years old! I told her of my dreams. I was a skinny 145 pounds, 6′ 1″ college boy! I dreamed of being used of God to take the gospel to the other side of the [...]
by Austin Gardner
on February 11, 2007
in Uncategorized
I spoke to Kevin Hall today. Many of you know that today was their first service in the Kosa language. Kevin and Corli are the first American fundamental Baptists that we know of that have learned the language and preached and sang in it so today was a historical day. They had 15 in attendance [...]
by Austin Gardner
on February 11, 2007
in Quotes
C.S. Lewis said: “If our giving does not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say it is too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditure excludes them.”
by Austin Gardner
on February 10, 2007
in Uncategorized
I know how people hate old grandparents showing off pictures of their children but sometimes I just have to. I love being your pastor and having the privilege of working with you but I desperately want you to know my family and how God has blessed us. Our daughter, Joy, just sent us some pictures [...]
by Austin Gardner
on February 10, 2007
in Missions, Prayer Requests
This is one of those prayer requests that has to be kept some what secret, kind of like those unspoken prayer requests you have heard about before. We received an email from one of our missionaries who is working in an undisclosed location and has to be quiet secretative a letter about his daugther. She [...]