Tomorrow: Bates in Texas

Trace Bates and Chaney

An all-new episode of Bringing Up Bates is coming your way in exactly 24 hours (as of 9pm ET on Wednesday).

Gil, Kelly, and Trace take a trip to Texas to visit Chaney. In addition to sampling Tex-Mex food, spending time at the batting cages, and going go-karting with Chaney's family, Trace has an important question to ask his leading lady. He wants to know if Chaney will be his official girlfriend! Find out what her answer is tomorrow at 9pm ET/8pm CT, only on UPtv.

Gil Bates, Kelly Bates, Trace Bates, Chaney

At the batting cages

Trace and Chaney

Thursday, April 2
6:30am: The Purity Ring
8:30pm: Happy News and Health Concerns
9pm: Texas Or Bust? NEW!
Trace, Gil, and Kelly Jo are headed to Texas, where Trace is planning to ask Chaney to be his girlfriend, and the pressure is on to make it a memorable moment.They spend quality time in the Lone Star State with Chaney’s family enjoying Tex-Mex and some friendly competition. First stop is go-kart racing, where it appears Trace has met his match! But later at the batting cages, will Trace get the green light from Chaney’s dad to date his daughter? Meanwhile, Kelly Jo and Chaney’s mom put Trace’s courting plan in motion when the two families come together for a picnic. Trace takes Chaney aside for the perfect moment alone to ask her if she will be his girlfriend; will she say yes?

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Update: Lawson and Nathan in TX

 Lawson and Nathan make rescues in Port Arthur, Texas

We know you all are eager to hear how Lawson and Nathan Bates' trip to Texas went. The brothers traveled down to an area near Houston to do rescue work with their boat. In just a couple days, they were able to save more than 100 people, including a mother and her three-month-old baby.

As you can imagine, the work was physically and emotionally draining. There are thousands of people facing seemingly hopeless situations.

Lawson shares the perspective that he gained while down in Texas:

Simply put, the devastation is mind-boggling, but the heart of Texas and the tens of thousands of volunteers pouring in from all over the U.S., is nothing short of amazing! Lately, the news has shown a country inundated with divisiveness, hate, controversy and unrest; but in these past few days (at a time when we absolutely needed unity the most) all I've seen here is Americans working together, giving of themselves, jumping in whenever and wherever needed, and literally putting their lives on the line for complete strangers. A tragedy on a horrific scale has truly brought out the best in so many. In Romans 12, Paul reminds us not to be overcome by evil, but instead to overcome it with good! 

Please continue to pray for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey.

Photo courtesy of lawsonbates.com