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Philip Bassham’s January 2011 Prayer Letter
Deputation Update Support is coming in great! So far, we have traveled right at 15,000 miles and are at about 19% of our support after 4 months on deputation! We are right on track to get to the field within our 2 year goal! After the holidays and into the new year, we are into…
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Help for the Holts
Dear Vision, This April, Jason Holt and his family will return to the States on Furlough. Jason is a member of Vision and a missionary to Chile. In an effort to relieve some of their set up cost, we are reaching out to the church and asking for help with furnishings in their apartment. Everything…
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Vision Night!
Join us for Vision Night, an exciting time of fellowship where we will look back over all that the Lord has done in the past year and look forward to what He will do in the new one. We want you to be there with us as we talk about upcoming events together, share praises…
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Philip Bassham’s December 2010 Prayer Letter
Deputation update We have been on deputation 3.5 months as of today, and already the Lord has provided about 19% of our needed monthly support. So far, we are right on track to meet our goal of leaving by September of 2012. This past month, we had 4 meetings in North Carolina, 11 here in…
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Scott Newton December 2010 Prayer Letter
Dear Praying Friends, Merry Christmas! I really do love this time of year. There is much that bothers me about it, with the commercialization, the selfishness, and most of all the fact that people try to impose artificial joy into their lives because they feel like they are supposed to. But I love Christmas, because…
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Peru Update from John Pearson
Last night, December 3, 2010 the Seminario Bautista Macedonia (Peru Bible College) had its annual graduation. It is a major event in the ministry calendar in Peru and a very exciting time to be here. It is great to see the pastoral team and catch up with them on things happening in their churches. It…
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David Gardner’s November 2010 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, Wow! Things are very different here in the United States. The weather, the culture, the people. There are so many things that we have grown accustomed to in Peru that we didn’t even realize the type of culture shock that we would go through by returning here. We arrived at…
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Travis Snode November 2010 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, The month of October finished with a week of travel, fellowship, and introducing the life and culture of the British Isles to Chris and Sherry Waye, missionaries on their way to come help us. We took a whirlwind tour of Scotland and England, traveling 1200 miles in a little over…
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Chris Gardner’s November 2010 Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, We are back in the States, settling into the apartment, in the basement of my dad’s house, that we are renting from them. We have been in the States for a little over a month, and God has already been opening doors for us to preach. We have only had…
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Philip Bassham’s October Update
Deputation Update The Lord continues to raise our support for Thailand! We are currently at 10% of our needed monthly support in just two months! We have driven about 8,500 miles and have had opportunity to present the ministry in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida in the last month.
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Men’s Meeting This Thursday!
There will be a men’s meeting held after evening services on Thursday, November 4th. The meeting will start at 8:15 pm, almost directly after the conclusion of the normal preaching service. The men of the church are fully welcomed to attend to discuss the church, and go over some of the finer points of the…
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Survey Trip to Thailand by Philip Bassham
Many have asked the plan for our survey trip to Thailand. So, this is our plan. Why go on a survey trip anyway? 1. Because my eye affecteth mine heart. I know the Gospel, and I have read the stats, talked to people that have been there, and I know Thailand’s fate without the Gospel, but…
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Men’s meeting!
There will be a men’s meeting held after evening services on Thursday, October 14th. The meeting will start at 8:15 pm, almost direstly after the conclusion of the normal preaching service. The men of the church are fully welcomed to attend to discuss the church, and go over some of the finer points of the…
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The OGTC
We have had an amazing start to the 2010-2011 school year at Our Generation Training Center. All the classes are in full swing and going great. This year there are eight new students and two returning students preparing for ministry. We would love to see more students and adults get involved with the Training Center.…
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Sunday Baptism!
BAPTISM SERVICE Tomorrow we are having a very special Sunday Morning Service. Aaron and Anna Moriarty will be baptized and become members of Vision Baptist Church. Jonathon Marks will be baptizing both of them. It is so exciting to watch a couple give their lives to God and follow him in baptism. Come and welcome…
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Bassham family prayer letter- August
Full time Deputation! It is finally here! We are on full time deputation to start churches in Thailand. We have been preparing for this day for 10 years, and the Lord has faithfully brought it to pass. Our schedule is about to change quite drastically, and we need your prayer that we would be able…
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Goer Sender Coalition
Tonight will be Vision Baptist’s monthly “Goer /Sender Coalition” service. This is a spectacularly exciting service that you do not want to miss! This service will feature Vision Baptist missionaries, and missionaries in training, all preaching mini messages! Instead of one message, there will be several, shorter messages, and there will also be several interesting…
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We love you, James Maguna
Anyone who has ever broken a toe can tell you, when one part of the body hurts, the whole body hurts. It is amazing how a little toe can cause such great pain to the rest of your normal life. So when James Maguna is hurting, and in a rough time, he, being a part…
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“Our heart, our desire” the Gardner version.
In honor of Pastor Appreciation Day, a video to the song “Our heart, our desire” with a Gardner theme to it. Enjoy!
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Battle Cry!
Anyone who goes through school, home, Christian, or public, can tell you that it can be a tough place. There are very few true Christians in schools today, and many of them are confused on how to serve the Lord in school. And that’s why Vision Baptist is going to have a Battle Cry service…
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Meet the missionaries- Keith Shumaker.
Keith Shumaker loves Jesus. And in spite of constant change, trials, and uncertainties in life, he keeps on loving Him. Keith and Rebecca Shumaker have served in 4 different countries in Africa, and are currently on furlough from Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso, located in West Africa, is one of the hottest, poorest, most illiterate countries …
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The Masters family: making an impact
In just under 24 hours, Tyler Masters will lead his wife and children across the Atlantic Ocean, where they will start a new life. And it’s a bit hard to see them go, but we know that they’re leaving for the highest cause in all of eternity. And knowing that they leave to change eternity,…
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Meet the Missionaries- Kevin White
Kevin White, missionary to Bolivia, has been greatly used of God in spreading the gospel in that country. Currently back in the USA on furlough, Kevin served a term from 2006-2010 in Cochabamba, Bolivia, where he started Iglesia Bautista Vision. Starting with nothing, Kevin and his family worked, and built a church where there is now…
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The Masters Family
Tyler Masters is from Ohio. His wife is from Boston. They met in Peru. They currently live in Georgia, and in a few short days, they will no longer be living in the USA. They, along with most of their possessions, will board a plane, and fly across the Atlantic Ocean, where they will begin…