Austin Gardner

I am very far behind and I have not updated like I should have. Brother Keith has kept us very busy. I am behind on email, blogs, reading, etc. So I ask that you please be patient with me.
On Thursday we left Ouagadougou and headed towards the border of Ghana. Just a few miles short [...]

We stayed up until about 12:30 or past midnight. Got settled in and then got up at 7:30 am. Getting ready to start a day teaching the pastors. It is not as hot as usual but it is warm. The air is stagnant in the house because you keep the doors and windows shut to [...]

In just a few hours I will leave for Burkina Faso with David Lundy and Scott Lance. We will be gone for a total of 8 days. Burkina Faso is a wild place. Very hot, dusty, and millions of needy people.
Burkina Faso is home to one of the greatest missionaries that I know, Keith Shumaker.
I [...]

I thought the following was pretty funny and fairly true. Read and enjoy.

by Jeff Adams
Since this is holiday travel season and there are many people who will be traveling by air, I thought this might be a good time to provide a needed service to society by identifying ten of the worst violators of airplane [...]

The day is finally over. I have preached 4 times in two churches. I just spent a couple of hours in the company of wonderful friends in Limavady. These are some of the most wonderful people in the world. I love preaching, praying, and worshipping with them. The fellowship was great.
It is 11:30. Travis and [...]

Travis and Teri Snode have three wonderful children. They are from left to right, Darci, Cali, and Grant. They have been the most wonderful hosts for this past week. We have really enjoyed our time with them. Teri has worked like crazy trying to meet our every need.
Plus teach a lady’s meeting, be in church [...]

This afternoon between services we traveled down south to the Republic of Ireland. We visited The Grianan of Aileach. You can get more info here.
Prehistoric cashel or ringfort at the entrance to the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, 10 km/6 mi northwest of Londonderry. Situated on a 240 m-/800 ft-high mound above [...]

Last night was our first service here in Derry, Northern Ireland. God is really using the Snode family. These are some of the most wonderful people in the world. If you get the chance you should come and visit.
Last night they had their Master Club Award or Recognition night. It went well. Here is a [...]

Chris Waye and I arrived at a little after 8 am this morning, Northern Ireland time. It is amazing how small the world is. The flight from Newark, New Jersey to Belfast, Northern Ireland is only 5 1/2 hours. Then it is about a 90 drive to the Snode’s home.
Right now I am praying for [...]

Today I have the privilege of traveling to Northern Ireland to be with my friend and our missionary Travis Snode. I will be traveling with Chris Waye from Victory Baptist Church, Loganville, Georgia where Derik Lawrence is the pastor.
We leave Atlanta today at 4:55 pm fly through Newark, New Jersey and arrive in Belfast, Northern [...]