Year End Report 2023

Austin Gardner • January 21, 2024

Dear friends,



God blessed last year. Thank you for your prayers and financial support.


Travel


Betty and I traveled to Colombia, Peru, twice, and South Africa and God worked in each place. I accompanied our son, Chris, to hear him make his TED talk in Wales. 


God allowed me to preach in English and Spanish in several places across the United States in Send Off services, mission’s conferences, and regularly scheduled services. I got to preach several hundred times.


Health


We seem to have my health under control. The medicines they gave me were really messing with everything. Not having adrenal glands affects everything in your body. I take steroids everyday just to stay alive. If I miss two days, my doctor says I will be dead. 


I went on the carnivore diet and that seems to have majorly helped with so much. 


Mission Work Supported


Thanks to your generous giving, you have made a difference in the USA, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Kenya, Peru, and the Ukraine. None of that would be possible without your prayerful sacrifice. Thank you.


The future


"From Pain to Praise," a new book on forgiveness, will soon hit the shelves. Got more work to do than ever. 

I mainly want you to know that you have made a difference.

Betty and I were very blessed to have the entire family together to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. 4 wonderful children and their spouses, 20 grandkids, 2 married, and 1 great grandbaby.

Thank you. God bless you.


Your friends,


Austin and Betty


By Austin Gardner July 10, 2026
The Jewish Diaspora Prepared the Way Long Before Paul Arrived
Illustration showing the four common missionary mistakes—leaving too soon, staying too long, giving
By Austin Gardner July 10, 2026
Discover the four common mistakes that keep indigenous churches from maturing and learn how biblical wisdom, patience, and grace build lasting national leadership.
Missionary mentoring and publicly honoring a national church leader, illustrating how modeling, resp
By Austin Gardner July 9, 2026
Learn how missionaries multiply lasting ministry by modeling Christlike leadership, respecting national leaders, and entrusting them with real responsibility.
Missionary handing responsibility to national church leaders through planned absences, business meet
By Austin Gardner July 8, 2026
Learn how planned absences, shared leadership, and biblical responsibility help build self-governing indigenous churches that thrive for generations.
National believers learning biblical habits through local church leadership, generosity, faithful se
By Austin Gardner July 7, 2026
Teach new believers the biblical habits that build healthy indigenous churches through stewardship, leadership, responsibility, and grace from the very beginning.
Missionaries planting a self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propagating indigenous church as l
By Austin Gardner July 6, 2026
Discover the two biblical principles that build self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propagating indigenous churches that thrive without missionary dependence.
By Austin Gardner July 5, 2026
A Work That Outlives the Worker
An American missionary shares the gospel with a family in the Andes, illustrating how God has used A
By Austin Gardner July 4, 2026
Discover why the greatest gift America has shared with the world is the gospel and how God has used ordinary believers to reach the nations.
A church sends believers into the world to carry the gospel, illustrating that the church exists to
By Austin Gardner July 3, 2026
Discover why the church exists to send laborers, not just fill seats, and how every believer can help fulfill Christ's mission to reach the world.
By Austin Gardner July 2, 2026
How to Really Pray for Missionaries: A Six-Part Series Part 6 — Pray for the Word to Run Freely