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Archives for July 2006

Peru Bible College

July 31, 2006 By Austin Gardner 2 Comments

I just got through with a tour of the Peru Bible College and was extremely impressed.  God has blessed and things are in tremendous shape.  The construction has advanced by leaps and bounds.  It has to be some of the most impressive buildings in Arequipa.  The way the business side of things is run is […]

Filed Under: Pastor's Trip

Good comeback…..

July 31, 2006 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

 If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman.He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial.  The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman’s credibility…. Q: “Officer — did you see my client fleeing the scene?” A: “No sir.  But I subsequently […]

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First Day back in Peru

July 31, 2006 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Well today was our first day back in Peru since we resigned and returned to the states at the end of last year.  It was the longest that I have been out of the country since January of 1988. This morning I preached at 8 am at Faith then on to Smyrna at 9:30 and then […]

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David Gates Dad graduates!

July 30, 2006 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

I just got off the phone with David and he and his family are fine.  Obviously they are sad and will miss Mr Gates but knowing that he is in heaven is a great comfort.  David was praying over his dad as he went home.  To give you a few details here is a letter […]

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In Arequipa, Peru now!

July 30, 2006 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

I arrived in Arequipa Saturday evening at 8:30.  I left the Holt’s home in Santiago, Chile at 7:30 AM or 6:30 AM Peru time and flew north to Arica, Chile and then crossed the border to Tacna, Peru to catch a flight to Arequipa but arrived late and so had to take a 6 hour […]

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On the Edge is on the Move

July 28, 2006 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

I just received the following email note from Daniel Fleming in Harbin, China letting us know that the group was on the move back to Beijing.  Please continue to pray for them that God would work in each of their hearts and that He would call some to go to the country of China with […]

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Second Night of Chile Youth Congress

July 28, 2006 By Austin Gardner 1 Comment

God has surely blessed and we had a wonderful evening.  I preached a message entitled “Now or Never” and Chris McBryar also preached a good message before I preached.  God seemed to move in a very special way.  There were 140 in attendance and they ran out of chairs and had to bring in children’s […]

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Some of the excuses Christians throw at their responsibility to reach a world lost and going to hell.

July 27, 2006 By Austin Gardner 2 Comments

1) “But I’m not called.” You don’t know how many people I’ve met who have said to me “I agree that more people need to go to the mission field, but I’ve never heard God tell me to go.”Well, the truth is that God has already told you to go in His Word. In fact, […]

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First Night of the Chile Youth Congress

July 26, 2006 By Austin Gardner 2 Comments

God blessed tremendously tonight.  Jason asked all of us to pray for over 100 and God sent 115 people.  Then a 23 year old young man accepted Jesus as his personal Savior.  It was his third time to be in the church and so exciting to see God work.  Then a young man was also […]

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A Senior Citizen Joke

July 26, 2006 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Dick Frost was my first  field director while serving as a Missionary to Peru with Macedonia World Baptist Missions.  He just sent me the following joke and though I hardly ever forward things I thought this one was good enough to get a place here. A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football game […]

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In Chile now

July 26, 2006 By Austin Gardner 2 Comments

Well we arrived here in Chile to visit Jason and Lori Holt yesterday, Tuesday at about 9 am.  We are also visiting Aldo and Maruja Asto.  Chris McBryar, Jason and Jenny Kenny, (both missionaries to Chile with Macedonia) are also on this trip as Ellah Placano a student from Golden State.  We are having a […]

Filed Under: Pastor's Trip, Prayer Requests

Pray for David Gates’ dad

July 26, 2006 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

David Gates is a very fine young man that studied with us in Arequipa, Peru and is not in the BCWE program at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Dawsonville, Georgia.  His dad is in really bad health and needs you to pray for him. I will put a couple of the emails that I have gotten […]

Filed Under: Prayer Requests

Keep up with the On the Edge China trip!

July 24, 2006 By Austin Gardner Leave a Comment

Missionary Jacob Taube, Pastor Trent Cornwell from World Vision Baptist Church and Our Generation Training Center Student and future missionary Mark Tolson are leading a trip to China.  You can keep up with what God is doing there by going to their update page. It is exciting to see what God is doing with them.  Check […]

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Leaving for Chile and Peru!

July 24, 2006 By Austin Gardner 1 Comment

I will be leaving for Santiago, Chile this evening to be with Macedonia World Baptist Missions Missionary Jason Holt.  I am excited to see what God is doing there.  He is greatly using Jason and also a Peruvian missionary Aldo Asto who serves with Macedonia. If you would like to learn more about the ministry there […]

Filed Under: Pastor's Trip

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