Category: Updates

UK Trip – At the end of July, I was back in the UK with a missions team. We visited Downham Baptist (London), Headgate Baptist (Colchester Mission), Derry Baptist (Northern Ireland) and also did outreach with a church in Sutton.

West Africa Trip – At the start of June, I had the wonderful privilege to take a trip to Nigeria and Burkina Faso to visit with several VBM missionaries. Graham and Olivia Young are doing a great job in Abuja,

OGTC Commencement – On May 12th, eleven young people participated in the 2023 Commencement for the Our Generation Training Center (OGTC). What a blessing to have a small part in helping prepare many of these young people for Christian ministry!

Grant is 18! – April was a big month in the Snode household with our son Grant turning 18! We’re so thankful for him and so proud of the man he has become. Please pray for Grant as he graduates

Colombia Trip – At the end of February, Teri and I traveled to Barranquilla, Colombia to attend the VBM Latin America Regional Conference. Twenty-eight missionaries and three interns from seven countries were in attendance. There were many helpful sessions and

Four New Missionary Families On the Field – Despite travel complications caused by COVID-19, most countries are now quite open to international travel and most Vision Baptist Missions (VBM) missionaries who were delayed have now left for the field. Since

Encouraging Report from Northern Ireland – This year, it will be ten years since we left Northern Ireland. The work there is rewarding but also very challenging. Pastor James Wilson has been serving at Derry Baptist Fellowship in Derry/Londonderry faithfully

China – With 1.4 billion people, China is the world’s most populous country. After several years of having no missionaries in China, Vision Baptist Missions is so excited to have a new missionary family leave for China last week! Please

New York City – Jon & Amber Canavan and the Bloom family are church-planters to New York City with Vision Baptist Missions. They both started churches there this year: Jon among the diverse community of the Bronx, the Blooms among

Transition Time – After our last Sunday in the UK, we were blessed to be able to take a few weeks of vacation, traveling and seeing some places in Europe. We made the trip in a motorhome which was fun