Our New Home

The Move

We officially moved to Utah on July 3rd, and we are so thankful to be here and to be making Utah our home. God has gone ahead of us every step of the way and made this a smooth transition, and we praise Him for that.
A couple of days ahead of our flight, Bro. Donis Smead and his son Curtis headed to Utah with our truck. On their way, they met Bro. Brian Brock and Bro. Lucas Bartlett from my sending church, Landmark MBC in Bedford, IN, in Kansas City, Missouri, to pick up a trailer with many of our things. We are so thankful for their willingness to drive our truck and trailer out here and to the brethren from Landmark for driving eight hours to meet them and bring them the trailer. It is a long drive from Arkansas to Utah! Their help allowed us to have a smooth flight with our toddler and arrive in Utah without being too exhausted. We also had a great time of fellowship with them once we arrived.
Because we didn’t have our truck, Bro. Dale Hamilton, who has been a huge support during our time in Arkansas, drove us to the airport.

About a week after our arrival in Utah, Bro. Lloyd Breaux, Bro. Greg Harper, and Bro. Darrell Shinolt from Grace Baptist Church in Hope, IN, drove a U-Haul trailer out for us. While we slept, these men drove through the night each way to deliver our beds, couch, clothes, etc., so they would be here the day we gained access to our new townhome. Thank you also to Bro. Scott Bourland for coordinating the trip, picking up the trailer, and helping load it along with other members of Grace. We are thankful to Grace for their ongoing support. We are also thankful for my parents and Bro. Josh Sumpter from Hebron Baptist Church in Bloomington, IN, who both let us store things at their properties for the last several months and helped load the trailer as well.
Finally, a big thank you to Grace Baptist Church in Orem, who let us park our trailers on their property while we waited for access to the townhome, as well as Will and Ashley Reynolds, who are planting a church in neighboring Vineyard, Utah. After connecting on Facebook, they offered to help us unload our trailers and even brought us dinner on the day we got access to the house.

The month ended with a trip to Indiana to get our final things and to share in a special send-off service with our sending church. What was originally supposed to be five hours of travel time took over 75 hours due to weather delays and cancellations! Through it all, we are thankful for God’s protection over us on this trip and for getting us to Indiana safely.

Our First Home Service
In July, we had a first that we did not expect this early on—we had a home service! We expected to move this summer and begin getting settled, then try to start up some Bible studies in the fall as we meet people and begin building a core group to eventually start public services. God’s timeline has moved us a bit ahead, and we thank Him for what He has been working out in the background for months.
During the ABA, Bro. Chris Cates, pastor of Hughes Springs MBC (one of our supporting churches), shared with me that a family from his church would be moving to Utah for work the following week and would be looking for a church. They arrived here about a week before we did!
After texting back and forth for a few weeks, we met with the Escobar family on the last Sunday of July in our home. We sang together, prayed together, and opened God’s Word together. The kids colored and played together, and then we shared a meal. It was a great time of fellowship and getting to know each other, and it was such an encouragement.
We hope to continue meeting with them on a regular basis leading up to and into having public services. Pray for this family as they get settled into life in Utah. Pray for the kids to make new and healthy friendships as the older two start school this month. It amazes me how God works things out behind the scenes for our good and for His glory.

VBS Offerings
Last month, I shared about several churches that gave their VBS offerings to us. In July, First Baptist Church of Cave City, AR, was added to that list as well. We are thankful for their partnership with us in ministry.

Serving the Lord with Gladness - Daniel Teague


How to get involved

If you would like to know more about the burden God has placed on our hearts, or would like for us to share the need and the plan at your church let us know. We’d love to schedule a time to visit.

Daniel Teague

jdt1229@gmail.com | (812) 675-2140

Contributions can be sent to:

Landmark Missionary Baptist Church
C/O Daniel Teague 1302 13th street Bedford, IN 47421

Mission Treasurer

Derek Waldrep

dwaldrep@gmail.com | (765) 722 - 0734


Online Giving

Many  have asked if we have a way to give online and I am glad to share that we  have online giving set up, you can scan the QR Code below and it will take you to our giving page where you can give a number of ways, and set up recurring gifts if you’d like.

https://utah-mission-of-landmark-mbc-bedford-indiana.churchcenter.com/giving


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