The Underwood Family

Missionaries to Argentina

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December 2020 Prayer Letter

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I cannot express just how much God has blessed our family throughout the month of November! November is a month of Thanksgivings, gratitude, and reflecting on God’s goodness. He certainly has given me more than what I deserve and I want to praise Him!

We were privileged to be in several churches in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The Lord brought in several new supporters that have committed to help us reach Argentina with the gospel of Christ. Several extremely gracious and generous love offerings were given to help meet travel expenses, and cover some of our set up fund costs.

One of the highlights of the month for me was our Unity Men’s Retreat! We had the opportunity to spend a few days hearing from Pastor Austin Gardner, and Missionary Jim Roberts III on several topics like; team work, forgiveness, expectations, and bearing one another’s burdens. My heart was stirred to be a better friend to our co-laborers taking the gospel to the world.

I do have a few special prayer requests that I’d like to ask you to join me in prayer with:

1) David Gates and family. (Church planter to Muslims) David’s mother passed away recently. Ask God to comfort them during this time of loss.

2) Keith Shumaker and family. (Church planter in Burkina Faso) Keith’s dad passed away after a long fought battle with cancer. Pray for comfort for them as well.

3) Lori Holt and her family. (Church planters in Chile) Lori’s mom is undergoing cancer treatment and is trusting God during her battle. Pray for her, pray for Lori as she tries to care for her mom, pray for Jason as he tries to lead and encourage his wife during this trial.

4) Blake and Bridgette Young. (Church planters in Colombia) This young couple suffered a miscarriage. Pray for their hearts to be comforted during this time.

Thank you all for your faithful prayers for us! Knowing how faithful you pray for us encourages me that you will also lift up our friends in their time of need!

God bless you all,
Stephen, Ashlee, Peyton, Eli, and Neyland Acts 20:24
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November 2020 Prayer Letter

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We can see the light at the end of the tunnel! News reports and reports from our missionary friends on the field suggest that Argentina is making steps toward opening up for tourism and travel! We are praying this happens very soon and quickly, as our hearts’ desire is to be on the mission field.

I am greatly looking forward to several meetings coming up this month, and praying that they will be the last of our meetings here in the United States. We will be in Florida. North Carolina, and Georgia presenting our ministry and our plans for planting churches and training men in Argentina.

Last month, I mentioned our need to raise an additional $10,000 for our set up costs. Praise the Lord, $2800 has been provided so far and we are trusting the Lord to supply the remainder before our departure! These funds will go to initial expenses, a second vehicle, and the remainder of the furniture we will need to set up our home in Argentina.

If you would like to give toward our set up fund needs, please feel free to send your gift to:

Vision Baptist Missions
Attn: Underwood Set up Fund
P.O. Box 442 Alpharetta, GA 30009

As promised, I will also send you a free copy of my free book, that I will send to anyone, anyway! (Great incentive, huh?!)

I want to be careful to show our gratitude to each of you for your generosity and love toward our family. We cannot accomplish what God has put in our hearts without the involvement of His people in the Great Commission! We are thankful for you all!

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

Stephen, Ashlee, Peyton, Eli, and Neyland
The Underwood Family
Acts 20:24
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Maybe an exciting update?!

I just wanted to send out a quick update on some possibly exciting, maybe pretty important, has the potential to be great, news!

Today, after talking with Patrick and Leslie Henry while heading down to Florida for meetings, planning out a few next steps, and researching some potential departure dates; we learned that Delta is scheduling their first international flights to Argentina on December 31st!

Our current tickets that were purchased in January have been on hold since the lockdown in March. We have until December 2022 to use them, however we must pay an additional fee for changing the dates. We booked December 31st to possibly fly out! We only had to pay an additional $241, but if I’m honest…totally worth every penny to get to our mission field!

Best and worst case scenarios:

Best case, we get on the plane New Year’s Eve and arrive in Buenos Aires January 1, 2021 with no hiccups! (And all our luggage!)

Worst case, Delta cancels the flight due to COVID restrictions, and we qualify for a full refund. We then look at other airlines that are flying into the country and book the earliest one we can!

Basically, a win win!

Please pray with us about this situation! Needless to say, our hopes are up and we are experiencing that excitement we had at the beginning of March! Also, pray with us as we will need to redo our FBI background checks and apostiles (that special and expensive stamp) for our visa paperwork. This process will cost us another $700 – $1000 before it is all said and done.

Thank you for always being so kind to pray with us and for us! We are beyond excited and hopeful for an open door to get to the field and get to work!

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

Stephen, Ashlee, Peyton, Eli, and Neyland
The Underwood Family
Acts 20:24
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