What an honor to be part of commissioning two more missionary families to the work. Philip and Lori Bassham are leaving to raise support to go to Thailand. Scott and Melissa Newton are also leaving and will be raising support to go to Barcelona, Spain. I want to ask you to pray for them just […]

In just a few hours David Lundy, Scott Lance, and I will get on a plane headed for Burkina Faso. We will be there to work with Missionary Keith Shumaker. I will be keeping you up to date on what is happening on my personal blog. I would like to invite you to follow along […]

Dear Vision, I am very excited that we are a Bible church. We go from verse to verse. Today we will see the need to be always praying. Prayer is a great spiritual weapon. We desperately need the power of God and His working in all of our lives. I hope you will search your […]

Betty and I have had a wonderful time in Arequipa, Peru with the family and being part of the Pastor’s School. We leave later this afternoon to return home. We will be excited to be back where we belong. I love Peru and miss it but I know that God has me a place at […]

We are seated in the waiting area in Beijing, China ready to board a plane that will take us back to Newark, New Jersey and then on to Atlanta. It will take about 24 hours to get home. That counts the time since we left the hotel, spend 13 hours and 45 minutes on the […]

They take off their shoes as they enter the church building and put on slippers. If you want to know how many are there count the shoes and divide by 2. They ran out of slippers and had to use plastic slip ons for the extras. That is after they bought 30 new slippers yesterday. […]

Dear Vision God bless each one of you very much today. I am here in China with Mark and Natasha Tolson. God is doing wonderful things here through Jake and Stephanie. It is so exciting to see Chinese people being saved and discipled. Those of you that give to missions through our Faith Promise program […]

Here is Mark T preaching in the English service. Not the best picture in the world because I took the picture with my Black Berry camera. The lighting was terrible. Mark did a great job. He and Natasha will do a great job as missionaries and I am very proud of them. It will be […]

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.

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 […]

Last year Rhonda Gibby came with us to Peru for the Pastor’s Conference. She saw how rushed everything was for us so Joe and Rhonda decided to pay for our trip down with skymiles. All Betty and I had to pay was the taxes, fees and whatever we do while we are here. Thank you […]

Betty has landed in Atlanta and will be home with in the hour or so. David, our son, is picking her up. I am in Houston and paid $50 to get home with a little buffer to get a shower and still get to church on time. Trent will be picking me up. I will […]

How can I say thank you! Betty and I are in Arequipa, Peru dealing with some family issues. Our daughter, Joy, is hurting and really needs your prayers. The men of our church gathered around the altar and prayed for us. When I got this picture I was so blessed to think of the kindness […]

If anyone ever asks you what kind of sign that I would like to have for Vision Baptist Church here in Alpharetta you will be able to show them! I love this sign. This is the sign for Kevin and Beth White and Jorge and Jenny Montenegro’s ministry there in Cochabamba. Tell me what you […]

I spend quite a bit of time on the road. It is really nice when you have a host like Beth White. She is going to give birth any day and yet she has been careful to check on every detail to make my stay very comfortable. Things like a clean towel and bath cloth […]

God is always so good to us! Things have been busy here as we talk, plan, and pray asking God to do great things in the work here in Cochabamba, Bolivia. God is greatly using the Kevin White family and the Jorge Montenegro family. They work together as a great team. I am very proud […]

We just got home from church at 1:16 AM. We left the house at 4:15 PM. I started teaching the leaders at a little after 5 until 6:30. Then at 7 we started the evening service. God moved and two people made professions of faith. Then we went to Jorge Montenegro’s house to eat supper. […]

If you have been keeping up you know that Sam Paxin and I are in Bolivia with missionary Kevin White and missionary Jorge Montenegro. These men form one of the best teams that I have ever seen. They make me think of Paul and Barnabas. God is blessing their work in a great way. I […]