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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…
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Land for Churches in Chile!
For the past few months, veteran missionary Jason Holt has been raising money in order to buy land on which to build churches all over Chile. This is his latest update: With a donation this week for $505, our total has now grown to an even $24,000!! In just 2 months, God has tripled the…
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Lots of Projects Ahead–by missionary Keith Shumaker
Missionaries say all the time that they are called to a certain country. Normally, our vision gets cornered to a small area of a town and that is it. I have met a few missionaries that have had a major impact on just one city and even fewer who have impacted a country. I have…
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Excited But Scared–by missionary Keith Shumaker
I am amazed that the God of Heaven loves to work through people like me. What an honor it is to serve Him. This week I have been preparing my thoughts, plans and strategies about going back to Burkina Faso. I have been excited for months about it. Just like a child in a candy…
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Travis Snode’s February 2011 Update
Outreach Update Since the beginning of the year, we have been working harder than ever to reach new people. We have been focusing most of our efforts on the cityside of Derry due to the great need there. The Lord has blessed with some new people coming into the church and getting involved. We recently…
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Micah Rastelli’s February 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Praying Friends, Thank you very much for your prayers and support. The Lord has really blessed me with this opportunity to come to Peru and work and learn from Jeremy Hall. It has been great being able to see what missionary life is really like. Thank you for all of the money that you…
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Miguel Murillo’s February 2011 Prayer Letter
I thank God I am able to count on each of you and your prayers. Without a doubt, you form a part of all that is happening in different churches in Arequipa. Esmirna God blessed us this month with various families, and we began holding a second service. This is occurring at 10:15 and with…
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Bangkok Observations Day 2 & 3 by Philip Bassham
The youth is said to be questioning a lot of their parents culture, which could be an exciting opportunity for the gospel to make a real impact. The devil has a strong hold on the country and does not want us there. Biblically, their worship and sacrifice at their shrines, idols, and temples is sacrifice…
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Scott Newton’s February 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Praying Friends, I am excited to be writing this on a Sunday from my home church! It has been a very long time since I’ve been home at Vision for a Sunday service, but tonight we are having our “Vision Night” to cast our goals for 2011. January has been a relatively more “relaxed”…
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Make Us Dangerous
“We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with. But we are ‘harmless,’ and therefore unharmed. We are spiritual pacifists, non-militants, conscientious objectors in this battle-to-the-death with principalities and powers in high places. Meekness must be had for contact with men, but brass,…
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Kevin White’s February 2011 Prayer Letter
Investing in Eternity As you might have already heard from out last prayer letter we are beginning a very exciting project for our ministry in Bolivia. The church there was started about four and a half years ago and the Lord has greatly blessed it. Our desire at this time is to purchase a piece…
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Keith Shumaker’s Vision for Burkina Faso
As of today, I have been a missionary for about 11 years. God has always taken care of my family and I. He has used His people to do this so many times. I am excited about what God is doing in Burkina Faso and in West Africa. I envision a great revival. Not because…
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Travis Snode’s February 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, We had a very nice time over Christmas with Teri’s parents here for about ten days. We enjoyed spending time with them and having their help in the ministry as well. From December 30 – January 1, we had our first Winter Youth Retreat. The two days were filled with…
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First Observations of Bangkok, Thailand
Missionary Philip Bassham writes this article about his first impressions of Thailand. He is currently on a survey trip of India and Thailand with a team of men from Vision Baptist Church. Lord willing, Philip and his wife, Lori, are planning on leaving for the field of Thailand in the fall of 2012. The city…
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Thank You From Trent
I would like to thank you for praying for my recent research & survey trip. We are currently in Bangkok, Thailand where Philip Bassham and his wife Lori will be moving, Lord willing, in the fall of 2012. We will be back in Atlanta Thursday afternoon. We have seen some of the most intense demonstrations…
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Kevin Hall February 2011 Prayer Letter
Thank God! Those two words above say it all. We just want to take a little of your time and brag on how good God is. He is the one that led us to South Africa. We came with the wrong mindset. We came thinking we were going to do something great for God. But…
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Help for the Holts Update
Dear Vision, Thank you so much for how you have come together and supported our missionaries! As many of you know, Jason Holt and his family will return to the States on furlough this April, and they are in need of many items to set up their home. Below is a chart highlighting which items…
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Chris Waye’s February Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors, Partners & Praying Friends, The deputation trail has finally begun! We are very excited to tell you that we have now started full-time deputation. The Lord has allowed us to finish our training in Peru and we arrived back to the States in early September. Since that time, we have been working hard…
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Pastor Warren Frick joins the Vision Staff
Vision is delighted to introduce Pastor Warren Frick as the new Senior Saints Pastor. He will be leading those above the ages of 50-55 or so. The Fricks joined our church a little over a year ago and have been a tremendous blessing thus far. Pastor Frick has expressed his great desire to reach the…
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Welcome Steve and Maria Morgan!
We welcome Steve and Maria Morgan to the membership of Vision Baptist Church. They have been greatly used in ministry by God, and we are very blessed to have them join us. We are privileged to have them join the Vision family and are excited at how God will use them at Vision!
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Video Update from Chris Gardner
Click on the link below to view a video update about the Chris Gardner family! Video Update 1/22/2011 from Chris Gardner on Vimeo.
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Thoughts from a missionary wife…
Melissa Newton is married to Scott Newton, and they are missionaries sent out of Vision Baptist Church on deputation to Barcelona, Spain. Read the blogpost Melissa wrote below about what salvation means to her: So, I have been telling my husband since my last blog post that when I get my own computer, I will…
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Matt Allen’s January 2011 Prayer Letter
Matt and Becky Allen are our Strategic Partners in the country of Papua New Guinea. Hundreds of different language groups exist in this remote corner of the world, and many of these have not yet been reached with the Gospel. The Allens have been working for 5 years with the Kamea people, and they, with…
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Jeremy Hall’s January 2011 Prayer Letter
Happy New Year! The beginning of a new year always causes me to look back and see if anything is actually being accomplished. It is incredible when I think of all that God has done in the year and ten months that we have been here. I realize now more than ever that the God…
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Micah Rastelli’s January 2011 Prayer Letter
Micah Rastelli is an Our Generation Training Center student currently doing his 6 month internship in Arequipa, Peru. He is working at Iglesia Bautista Omega with missionary Jeremy Hall and doing a wonderful job. Dear Praying Friends, Two months have now passed here in Peru and the Lord has really blessed my time here. Language…
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Travis Snode January 2011 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, Below is an update on our recent evangelistic efforts and some unexpected expenses that we would like to ask you to to pray about. The Lord is moving and working in our church and in our city. We have had some visitors to the church since the beginning of the…
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Mark Coffey’s January 2011 Prayer Letter
Happy New Year to everyone. I pray you had a great Christmas. Thank you for a year of faithful support and also an extra thanks for those that sent a special Christmas offering. The Our Generation Summit this year was the best yet. We had over 250 people travel in from all over the country…
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Kevin White’s January 2011 Prayer Letter
Investing in Eternity There is no greater investment than one that will last for eternity. Well, that is the type of investment that Christ gives us the opportunity to be a part of when we invest in the lives of people. From the time we arrived in Bolivia, our desire has been to plant indigenous,…