Vision Baptist Church

I want to wish a very special Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers who read this blog and especially to the moms at Vision. I am in China right now. That is a long ways from all of you and it is already Sunday morning while it is Saturday night there. Please know that [...]

Harbin Preaching from Austin Gardner on Vimeo.

I am so excited about what our friends are being used of God to do here in Harbin. The plans are exciting. People are being excited. Young men looked me in the eye and told me that they want to serve God full time as preachers and pastors. They know the dangers and have made [...]

McDonald’s with a little sign that I doubt most of you can read. We went late at night. It is open 24 hours a day. If you are my friend on facebook you can see more pictures and some of the people from the church in a leader’s meeting we did today. They are wonderful [...]

We have arrived in Harbin, China. It is beautiful weather here. Got a good night’s sleep after traveling for over 24 hours. We are 12 hours a head of you in time. So I am writing this at 11:38 AM and it is the same pm for you. Excited about seeing what God is doing [...]

I went to bed last night thinking about getting back to Alpharetta and Vision Baptist. I was thinking of all that God is doing with us and how He is working and got myself so worked up that I didn’t get much sleep. That is not good when it is the night before I stay [...]

Today was a wonderful family day. To be honest we didn’t do much more than be together. We toured the advances in the city, ate lunch together, played with the kids, watched a movie together, etc. Just fun being with the family. I didn’t even preach today. Thanks for all that all of you do [...]

Betty and I are having a wonderful time with 5 of our grandchildren and 2 of our children. The other half are back in the states but this is a very unusual opportunity on our part to be free and with them so much. I am excited to see how God is working here. I [...]