The Underwood Family

Missionaries to Argentina

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September 2023 Prayer Letter

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We have much to praise the Lord for throughout the month of August! He blessed in so many different ways, and choosing a few to highlight in a letter is quite difficult.

We held our very first service at our new (our own) property! God blessed us with a record attendance of 35 people including 9 first time visitors. We are thankful that one family has continued to attend since we moved to the new building.

On August 26th, we hosted a Kid’s Day event for the neighborhood, and served 140 folks! We were able to collect the contact information of several families from the community, and have already begun working a follow up plan to better reach the community with the gospel.

Construction is still very much a part of the daily work going on and God is using that as an opportunity to invest more into our young men. It has really helped them be more involved in the work, think about the future of the church, and invest themselves into a work that we pray out lives each of us! I am beyond thankful for this!

Please continue praying for the remainder of the funds needed to complete the construction. As of today, we are still in need of $20,000 to complete the second floor, which is classrooms, a nursery,

kitchen/fellowship hall, and a small apartment for the future pastor and his family.

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

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

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

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August 2023 Prayer Letter

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Dear faithful ministry partners,

I am thrilled to announce that we are just one short week away from holding our first service in the new church property! It has been amazing to see how God has worked and continues to work during this process. When we started raising funds to purchase the property, God provided all the funds needed to pay off the building in less than 6 months!

We then continued raising funds to begin construction and finish the shell of a building that we had purchased. I am still in awe of how the Lord has brought in what we needed, at the moment that we needed it. We are roughly half way through the building process but have completed enough to begin holding services!

We plan on having a special service on August 6th with a fellowship lunch to follow. Next, on August 26th, we will be hosting our second annual Kid’s Day! We have rented jump houses, games, will give away prizes and hotdogs to the folks from the community. Each person will also hear the gospel and receive a special invitation to our church. This was a huge opportunity last year with 130 people attending. We are anticipating, by faith, 200 to attend this year! With winter break coming to a close, the kids will be going back to school and many that were out of town will also be joining us again for our services.

Please continue praying for the remainder of the funds needed to complete the construction.

Also, pray for our outreach opportunities and events coming up to be a success and bring folks in to hear the gospel!

Lastly, pray for our faithful young men that continue serving and growing in the Lord. They have really stepped up, taken ownership of our ministry and are
maturing beyond their years!

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

Your Missionaries to Argentina,

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

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Dear Faithful Prayer Partners,

I bring some wonderful news of all that God is doing in our ministry and the exciting opportunities we have to share the gospel in Argentina!

As many are aware, we purchased our own property and paid the last of what we owed last month! A total of $72,500! God was faithful to provide all this in a short amount of time and I am beyond amazed at His goodness.

Now, we have already begun construction on the building, cleaning up the property, preparing the future auditorium for us to prayerfully occupy by July! We estimated that the cost to complete construction will be around $60,000, of which, God has already provided $33,000! I am so thankful for our home church that voted to send $25,000 of that to us in order to help with these construction costs!

In my short absence, Missionary Patrick Henry is filling in and working with our young church! I am thankful for his investment in our folks and helping us reach the next phase of ministry. He and his family have always been such a tremendous blessing to us!

June 11th, our church, Iglesia Bautista Esperanza will celebrate our first anniversary! This is super exciting and our folks are already working to make this a special day as a church family!

Please continue praying that the remainder of the construction funds will come in and that we can begin holding services in our new building by our July goal. We know that this is all in God’s timing, but we are eager to put that property to good use for His glory!

Thank you all for your faithful love, prayers and support for our family! Your Missionaries to Argentina,

Stephen, Ashlee, Peyton, Eli, and Neyland

The Underwood Family
Acts 20:24
argentinamissions.net