The Underwood Family

Missionaries to Argentina

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Camp and Building Update

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God truly blessed our first family camp this past weekend! We met with members of Iglesia Bautista Fe and Iglesia Bautista La Gracia. It was a wonderful time of preaching, encouragement, and fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ.

We had 16 from our new church attend, including the mother of one of our young men. She, being a devout Catholic her entire life, was able to hear many messages on true salvation by grace through faith, not of works. Isabel, after one of our services, spoke with Sis Vanessa of Iglesia Bautista La Gracia and placed her faith and trust in Christ alone for salvation. Her son, Antony, who had made a profession of faith a couple of months ago, also received full assurance of his salvation! Needless to say that God is doing a great work in the hearts of our people!

Building update: We will be starting clean up on the property, Lord willing this weekend. There is shoulder high grass to be cut, lots of garbage left because it’s been vacant, and several other things we need to do as quickly as possible.

Lord willing, I will also have the original plans for the building this week to use as we begin construction after the final payment in March is made. We are thankful that another $1500 came in toward our building fund last month! We now need $27,000 by March 15th to pay the building off and begin construction. (5 weeks from today)

Please continue praying with us as we trust God to provide this need!

Thank you for all who have given and helped support our ministry! Know that there is fruit being added to your account regularly!

Your Missionaries to Argentina,
Stephen, Ashlee, Peyton, Eli, and Neyland
The Underwood Family
Acts 20:24
argentinamissions.com

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February 2023 Prayer Letter

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God continues to bless our little church, Iglesia Bautista Esperanza! It is the dead of summer, hot, and people are traveling to visit family all over. However, God has brought visitors, and new families into our church during this time and we are rejoicing!

This past week, we have had at least one visitor per service, and several return for another service! Sunday evening, we had 18 in attendance with one new first time visitor! Please continue praying as we grow numerically, but mature spiritually in the Lord in the process!

We want to give praise to God for the funds that have been given toward our church property! Of the $72,500 needed to purchase the property, $44,000 has come in and been paid! That includes $5,000 in real estate/attorney fees! We lack $28,500 to pay off the building by March 15th! The other $60,000 we are trying to raise after paying for the building will complete construction and purchase a ministry van to run a bus route! It still seems so large a task for me, but the Lord is showing Himself through this endeavor regardless of how small my faith has been!

If you would like to give toward our property fund, please do so by sending a check to:

Vision Baptist Missions
Attn: Stephen Underwood Property P.O. Box 647
Dawsonville, GA 30534

Or you can give online with the following link: https://visionmissions.org/give/ Simply select Stephen Underwood in the drop down menu as the designation!

Thank you again for your love, prayers, and support of our family and ministry!

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

Stephen, Ashlee, Peyton, Eli, and Neyland
The Underwood Family
Acts 20:24
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January 2023 Prayer Letter

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Happy New Year!

The older I get, the more rapidly the year goes by. It literally seems like yesterday that we were “searching” for a place to rent for our church plant, and now we have a church that is 7 months old!

God has done some amazing things throughout the last year. Folks have been saved, several have been baptized, families are joining and attending our services faithfully, and young folks are being discipled each week! I am thrilled to see the spiritual growth in our people in such a short amount of time!

As we look to the new year, God’s plan is certainly bigger than I could have imagined for myself. Its comforting to know that He is in complete control! We have a little over half of the funds needed to purchase our building! This means that by March 20, 2023 we are trusting God to provide another $30,000 to pay off our building before we can begin construction. Construction costs are another $30,000 and we are praying for an additional $20,000 to purchase a ministry van to transport our folks and start a bus route.

Please pray as we seek to accomplish something much larger than any of us, and though my faith may be small, His desire to see people saved will see this through!

If you would like to be a part of this ministry opportunity, please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions! You may give online through https://visionmissions.org/give/ or send an offering through our support address!
Vision Baptist Missions
Attn: Stephen Underwood
P.O. Box 647
Dawsonville, GA 30534

Thank you for your faithful prayers and support over the years! May you know that God is adding fruit to your account through His work in Argentina!

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

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