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July 25, 2016 By Stephen Underwood 1 Comment

One Week From Tomorrow!

This is just a short update to let you all know… We are in the single digit countdown for our departure for South Africa! Yesterday, I was honored to preach for a dear friend and influence in my life, Pastor Chad Gordon! Lighthouse Baptist Church was such an encouragement and blessing to our family yesterday! We are honored to be a part of their missionary family!

This week, we will be meeting with several friends and family for different get-togethers and saying some final goodbye’s for a while. (We probably should have started this last week so we could fit everyone in! 🙂  ) I’m so humbled by the love that so many display toward our family.

Deputation has been a wonderful growing area in my life personally and spiritually! God has used this time to teach me lessons that will certainly be needed in the days ahead. I hope to share some of these lessons within the next few updates.

I want to thank you all for your continued love, prayers, and support of our family!

Your Missionaries to South Africa,

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

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June 30, 2016 By Stephen Underwood Leave a Comment

Our Last Month!

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It has been an amazing journey the last 2 years and 6 months while on deputation raising our support to reach South Africa! We have been honored to be in some of the most wonderful churches in the world and meet some of the most loving people in the world! I wish that I could explain the excitement and joy that our family is experiencing as we watch God’s calling on our life become more and more a reality!

The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy and productive as we finalize our steps to leave for the field:

June 22: We purchased our plane tickets! This was certainly a milestone for us and we are praising the Lord for Him supplying the funds needed to purchase them!

June 23: Vision Baptist Church, the home of our mission board, Vision Baptist Missions, held a special send-off service for our family and two other families leaving for the mission field! They are truly an encouragement and blessing to us!

June 24 and 27: Ashlee and I completed our physicals and chest x-rays, and sent off for our FBI background checks! I have confirmed that by the end of the day Saturday, that we will have all of the paperwork needed in order to receive our 3 year visas!

June 26: We secured a house in Port Elizabeth, South Africa!!! It will be waiting on us to arrive, and then we can begin making our house a home!

Lastly, this Sunday, July 3rd will be a very special day for our family at our home church; Newton Baptist Church! During the morning service, my oldest son, Peyton will follow the Lord in believer’s baptism! Neyland, our newborn will be dedicated to the Lord! Then, during the evening service, a dream I have had since I was a 15 year old brat teenager will finally be a reality! I will be ordained into the Gospel Ministry by three of my heroes and mentors; Pastor Wayne Cofield, Pastor Austin Gardner, and my Pastor, Tony Howeth!!!

I would ask you to continue praying with us for a smooth departure and traveling mercies to South Africa on August 2nd! Also, pray with us for the last bit of our needed support to come in before August 1st! I am asking God to touch the hearts of the churches that we have been in, that have not yet taken us on for support, to be moved to do so and help us see our dream become a reality!

Thank you all for your continued love, prayers, and support of our family!

Your Missionaries to South Africa,

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

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June 13, 2016 By Stephen Underwood 2 Comments

Neyland’s Passport is here!

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Neyland’s passport came in the mail today!

If his birth certificate comes back this week, then Monday we will head up to Washington DC and turn in our visa application to the South African Embassy!

Please be praying that everything works out smoothly! We will purchase tickets while in the office at the embassy and hopefully be allowed to purchase one way! This will save us nearly $4000 in airfare!

Thank you all for your continued love, prayers and support of our family!

Your Missionaries to South Africa,

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

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