Our New Home: Part 2

The Final Trailer Load
The first week of August was spent away from Utah, beginning in Indiana. One of the first things we accomplished was meeting up with brethren from White Oak Baptist Church in Nancy, Kentucky, to load the final U-Haul trailer with our remaining belongings. They then drove the trailer to Utah to deliver our things before making the long trip back to Kentucky. We are so thankful for all the people God has brought together to help make this move possible. A special thank you to Brothers Josh McLendon, Steve Tarter, Casey Mansfield, and Carter Bredberg for their help in this way. White Oak Baptist has been a great support to our family and ministry, and they are always such an encouragement to us.

Send-Off Service
The first Sunday of August was spent with our sending church, Landmark MBC, and my family. I had the privilege of preaching that morning from Psalm 1, where we looked at being “like a tree planted by the rivers of water.” That Sunday was also my mom’s birthday, so we were especially thankful to be able to spend the day with her and celebrate her birthday together. That evening, we had our send-off service. It was a wonderful time of rejoicing in all that God has already done and praying for what He will continue to do in and through us as we seek to serve Him in Utah. We were also thankful to have many brethren from Grace Baptist Church in Hope, Indiana, present to celebrate with us. Thank you to everyone who came, participated, prayed, and fellowshipped with us.

Associational Meetings
Later that week, we visited the EBA (Eastern Baptist Association) meeting at Grace Baptist Church in Hope, Indiana. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed sweet fellowship with many old friends. Since we were just a week away from our daughter’s birthday, they graciously allowed us to bring a cake. She has several friends among the churches of the association, and it was a special blessing to have everyone join us in singing “Happy Birthday” to her. After the EBA meeting, we flew to Colorado to attend the RMMBA (Rocky Mountain Missionary Baptist Association) meeting, which was held at Bradley Road Missionary Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We had another great time of fellowship with fellow laborers and friends before returning home to Utah. We are thankful for the opportunity to connect with so many friends and churches who have encouraged and supported our family throughout this journey. God has been so good to us, and we are excited to see what He will continue to do as we serve Him in Utah.

Meetings in the Park
Throughout the month of August, we continued meeting with the Escobar family on Sundays for a time of worship. We have been gathering in different parks throughout the Valley. We start with prayer, then sing a song together. After that, Lourdes takes the kids for story time and a lesson while the rest of us have a lesson. Afterwards, the kids play while we continue fellowshipping.These meetings have been a highlight of our week and an encouragement to us, knowing that before we even got here, God had a plan for us to bring another family to minister to and with in this Valley. At our first meeting in the park, they showed up wearing “Hope of the Gospel to the Utah Valley” T-shirts that we had given them when we met in our home. It was such an encouragement to watch them walk up wearing those shirts.

Visitor on the Field
Bro. Mike Cockroft of Landmark MBC in Mt. Enterprise, TX, visited us in August, and it was such a blessing. Bro. Mike has been a great encourager to us over the last year. When I learned that he traveled to SLC a few times a year for work, I began looking forward to his visits during those times. This was his first visit, and we are looking forward to future visits.

VBS Offerings
Over the last two months, I have shared about several churches that gave their VBS offerings to us. We are happy to add Flippo Chapel Landmark MBC and Union Grove MBC of Pleasant Plains, AR, to that list. I am humbled by the number of churches that have chosen us as recipients of their VBS offerings, and I give God the glory for it all!


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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