The Underwood Family

Missionaries to Argentina

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September 2022 Prayer Letter

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Dear Pastors and Faithful Prayer Partners,

We have had a tremendous month of August and are so excited about the future of our church plant in Ezeiza! God has bestowed on us His blessings and with His blessings, the opportunities to serve others for the sake of the gospel.

We recently hosted a Día De Los Niños and were truly encouraged by the turnout! Our final numbers of those that attended were; 86 children, 40 parents, and as a result of the gospel being preached, 4 professions of faith! The follow Sunday morning, we also had a young lady visit from the day before, Malena, who came to know Christ as her Savior!

This month, I’m excited to have my mom visit for a couple of weeks. The boys are super excited to see Nina and we trust this will be a nice time showing her our home on the field! Then, on the 15th, Justin, a young preacher/song leader from Iglesia Bautista Omega in Arequipa, Peru will be staying with us for a month, and helping serve in our young church. This will be a huge blessing to me and our folks as we continue growing, learning music, and ministering to the commuinty.

Please continue praying as we seek to raise the funds to purchase our church property. Lots in our area are roughly $35k – $50k for the size we need to begin building. With the Argentine economy, our dollar goes further, however the inflation rate is outrageous and prices are increasing drastically and quickly. Our goal is to be able to purchase a property before everything skyrockets out of reach.

I’m just so thankful for the work God is doing in our small church plant, and believe that only greater things are ahead in our efforts to reach Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, and all of Argentina with the gospel!

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

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

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

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July 2022 Prayer Letter

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We have began holding services for Iglesia Bautista Esperanza in Ezeiza, Argentina!

God sure has been good to us as we are continuing to remodel and change a garage into our church! We are almost done with the major changes, and will have little things to continue completing along the way.

The most exciting part is that so far, we have had 9 professions of faith, 20 in attendance, and 4 young men that never leave our side if we are at the church. They are hungry to learn and grow in the Lord! Almost everyday, Brian and I spend hours with these young men at the church, teaching them the Bible, showing them how to serve, and pass out invitations to our services within the community.

For Father’s Day, our attendance was much lower as many had other obligations to attend, but we gave out a Bible to a visiting dad, and two other Bibles to young men. So far, we have given out 6 coffee cups to folks that have attended three consecutive services. It is very encouraging to see people coming back to services throughout the week, especially to hear this “yanqui” do a mediocre job preaching in Spanish.

Please be praying with us for:

  1.  Continued growth and outreach in the community for Iglesia Bautista Esperanza!
  2.  The discipleship and training of young men for future ministry!
  3.  Pray that we can find a property to buy for the future church building. We are half full with 20 people, and will need to build within the year. A lot in our area will cost roughly $35,000 and it will cost another $75,000 to build a building.

If you would like to give toward our church property fund, please send any gifts to:

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

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

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

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June 2022 Prayer Letter

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Dear Faithful Ministry Partners,

I am excited to report that we are closing in on holding our first services for Iglesia Bautista Esperanza (Hope Baptist Church)! In just a short amount of time, God brought us from desperately searching for a place to rent, to signing a contract, and beginning remodeling to make a garage a church building. We are so thankful that He is fulfilling the dream and desire He placed within my heart to be a church planter in Argentina!

The following is our plan for starting Iglesia Bautista Esperanza:

  1. Pass out 10,000 invitations in the community by knocking doors
  2. Hold a 6 week course of English classes before our midweek service and invite those in attendance to stay.
  3. Saturate the area businesses, bus stops, and soccer fields with posters and materials about our church.
  4. Hang signs across streets in order to advertise.
  5. Purchase advertisement airtime on a local radio station.
  6. Hold weekly youth meeting and invest our energy in training young men for ministry
  7. Each first time visitor will receive a special gift along with a follow up visit from ourministry team.

Lord willing, I will be preaching a series on salvation, baptism, and church membership, and what it means to be a church throughout the first month of services. I trust that the Lord will bring folks to the saving knowledge of Christ through our efforts
and that He will build His church!

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

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

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