Month: March 2011
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Miguel Murillo February/March 2011 Prayer Letter
We would like to greet you once again. We thank God for another month of blessings and protection. Macedonia Baptist Seminary We begin the month with the Lady’s Conference, which was organized by pastor and missionary wives here in our city. This occurred between the 1st and 4th of March, and there were more than…
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News from Missionary Jason Holt in Chile
We have two big news stories to share with you. One is a prayer request and the other is a praise report… 1. Important Prayer Request: Yesterday, at 2:00 pm EST, one of our Chilean pastors met with the owner/seller of a great piece of property to discuss a deal! Pray that if this is…
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New Church To Be Started in Ouagadougou!
This has to be one of the most exciting times for a missionary. The kickoff of a new work. We have been blessed to start four other works in Burkina Faso, and this will be the fifth Gospel preaching church. Pastor Zacharie and his family served with us for about three years at Water of…
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Jeremy Hall’s March 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Tracy, March is almost over! Our family has just celebrated 2 years here in Arequipa. This month we have been focusing on missions at Omega Baptist. Our goal is for the people to understand and begin giving to faith promise. We are praying for s./11,000 ($4,000) to be committed. Of course we are also…
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Travis Snode’s March 2011 Prayer Letter
St. Patrick’s Day Festival We had a great day on yesterday at our St. Patrick’s Day Festival. We opened up the church for the public to come in. We had games, prizes, refreshments, a Bible film showing, Christian literature, and a place for people to rest and talk. Our church is located right in city…
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Top 5 things about Vision for our 5th anniversary #3 and 2
Top 5 things about Vision #3 and 2. Number 3 and two on this list are almost intertwined, so I decided to write a double post on this one. Number 3 on this list is the foundations discipleship courses, and the push for discipleship in this church, and number 2 is the friendly attitude the…
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Top 5 things about vision for our 5th anniversary- #4
Top five things about Vision for our 5th anniversary #4- A heart for the things of God. Throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, it is very obvious that God wants His word to be preached, and His name known all over the earth. God has a passion for His glory and exaltation. And at…
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Special Report: The Flamingos are Here!!
We have been warned for the last couple of weeks that a large number of pink flamingos would be migrating into our city. It is an unprecedented act by these birds (except for when we did this fundraiser three years ago) to land in North Fulton and Forsyth County. The Students of Vision (youth ministry)…
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Time Change Sunday
This coming Sunday, March 13th, will be Time Change Sunday! Be sure to set your clocks forward, maybe get to bed a little earlier, and be at church ready for a time of worship to our Lord and fellowship with other believers! Also, invite a friend to church on Sunday!
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Micah Rastelli’s March 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Praying Friends, Thank you for your prayers and support. I have now been in Peru for four months. My Spanish is coming along slowly. I am now able to hold a conversation with people on a few topics and understand more when they speak. Last week I was able to share the gospel with…
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Edmonsons March 2011 Prayer Letter
Bradley and Kelleigh Edmonson are our strategic partners in Medical Missions Outreach. The Edmonsons organize and lead various medical missions trips overseas throughout the year. They seek to first bring honor and glory to Jesus Christ by bringing others to Him, and second, to be of assistance to the missionary they partner with during the…
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Baptisms in the Spanish church
This past Sunday, we had the privilege to have 3 souls baptized, and what’s more exciting, is that it was in another language. Pastor Ronald Tubillas baptized a mother and her daughter, and another man in the church. It is always exciting to see people getting saved and baptized, especially in other languages. It’s almost…
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David Gardner’s March 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, The past month has been packed with great churches, great fellowship and tons of traveling! We have had the opportunity to present our ministry in many different churches. They have all been very kind to us and have been extremely hospitable. Our travels have included Georgia, Florida, Ohio and Tennessee.…
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Kevin White’s March 2011 Prayer Letter
That is the best way that I can explain it, that I am just overwhelmed with how the Lord is blessing with our project to raise money to purchase land in Bolivia. This past month, we had a supporting church give $250 towards the project and another church took up $5000 in their mission’s conference…
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Chris Gardner March 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, God has been so good to us this month. We have been really booked for the whole month. We have spent over 5 weeks out of our house traveling and sharing about what God is doing in Peru. It is so exciting to see how people are excited when they…
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Time Change Sunday
This coming Sunday, March 13th, will be Time Change Sunday! Be sure to set your clocks forward, maybe get to bed a little earlier, and be at church ready for a time of worship to our Lord and fellowship with other believers! Also, invite a friend to church on Sunday!
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Snode March 2011 Prayer Letter
Outreach Update Since 10 February, our church has personally delivered gospel literature to over 6200 homes. Many of these are homes that we have never contacted before. The whole church has been involved in this effort. Some people have helped to prepare the literature, others have come out with us on Saturday mornings for our…
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Thank you from Kanisa Attendees!
Last week’s Kanisa Conference was a tremendous success, and the people of Vision worked hard to make it so! They cooked, cleaned, hosted, took care of babies, sang, played, attended, prayed, were friendly, served, and showed great heart for all 3 days. Here are two thank you notes from some of the attendees of the…
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Q & A Night!
Every first Sunday of the month is Question & Answer Night at Vision Baptist Church. If you have questions on past messages or questions you have had on your heart, take this opportunity to text them to 770-853-8148 or e-mail them to [email protected]. This an incredible time to hear your questions addressed and answered based…
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Celebration Sunday! March 20th
In 2006, Vision Baptist Church became a local, independent Church, started by just a handful of believers determined to change the world for the glory of the Lord Jesus. In the five years that have passed between then and now, God has greatly used this church all over the world. And so, on March 20th,…
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Newton March 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Praying Friends, February has gone by faster than we could have believed possible: I actually had to stop and think about where I was writing this from! We are in snowy Detroit, by way of coal country in southern Ohio, the mountains of the Carolinas, and just two weeks ago, sunny Florida! Please keep…
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Celebration Sunday: Chili cook off and Dessert bake off!
Celebration Sunday is coming up on March 20th, and Vision Baptist Church will be turning 5 years old! We are planning a spectacular celebration, including a chili cook off and a dessert bake off! For the Chili Cook off, there will be three categories judged: 1-People’s favorite chili 2-Judges favorite chili 3-Spiciest chili For the…
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Bassham March 2011 Prayer Letter
Survey Trip Report The first couple of weeks of February we went on our survey trip and the Lord opened our eyes and opened doors as we traveled the country, talked with missionaries, and stood in the midst of darkness. Honestly, I felt overwhelmed at the enormous task of just the city of Bangkok. We…