The Underwood Family

Missionaries to Argentina

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Special Prayer Request

I would like to ask each of you to pray with me for a young man named Nicolas Looney. He is 16 years old and lives in Florida. He recently had a kidney transplant that his body is rejecting and has been in the hospital for quite some time! I have been communicating with his grandfather, David Looney, in Mobile, AL and receiving updates on his condition.

The Lord’s hand is in this situation and we know that He is The Great Physician, and is still in complete control! I ask that you pray with us for Nicolas to have strength and comfort. I ask that you pray with me for his family. I couldn’t imagine what they are dealing with at the present time. I ask that they have a sweet awareness of the Holy Spirit of God during these trying days and that more than anything, Christ’s name be magnified!

Thank you all for your faithful prayers!

Your Missionaries to South Africa,

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

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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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Happy Father’s Day


Today is bittersweet for me and has been for the last two years. It’s bitter in that this is my second Father’s Day without my dad being here. It’s sweet in that I now share this day with three wonderful sons!

The memories I have of my dad flood my mind throughout the day, and new memories are made with my own boys.

I remember one Father’s Day, I was about 8 or 9 years old. I wasn’t able to buy anything for dad because 8 year olds don’t have any money. But I made Dad a wooden chicken (I think at VBS), painted it white with red dots, and said it had chicken pox. Dad thought that was the greatest gift he’d ever received. I remember that being the first time I’d ever seen him cry.

I miss him today, but I can’t help but few blessed by God’s grace in allowing me to now know how he felt that day as my sons do similar projects for me.

I’m also reminded just how close and loving our Heavenly Father is to us! May I always know that my Loving Father is with me each and every step in my life! Thank you Lord for loving me!