April 2019 || Ministry Update

Dear Family and Friends,

We are rejoicing over a wonderful April! Thank you for your faithful prayers, love and support. God is using you and your

prayers, and we want to let you know a few of those ways within this letter.

REJOICE POINTS:

  1. God greatly blessed our meetings in Pana, IL and Benton Harbor, MI! We were extremely blessed to meet each church family and are looking forward to our next meetings with them! Another Pastor that attended the MI meeting scheduled a 2020 meeting with us. That’s always encouraging! (I wish there were room to share all the blessings of these meetings.)

  2. God gave us 1 more supporter! This brings us to 10 total supporters and 20% of our current prayer goal! It has truly been exciting to watch God answer specific prayers for support. The monthly support we receive will allow us to do more for each local church without being a financial burden to them. (Learn about our idea of “Momentum Revivals” online.)

  3. God gave us 10 more meetings! 4 in 2019 taking the total meeting count for 2019 to 35, and 6 in 2020 taking the 2020 meeting count to 9! Praise the Lord!

  4. Rhoda (our 2005 Toyota Prius w/343,000+ miles) had her first major mechanical issue due to age, but we were amazed at how the Lord provided in April to take care of each need!!!

  5. God blessed our Revival Night with Princeville Baptist. We hope you can join us for our next one on 9.6.19!

  6. I was honored with the official title as “Staff Evangelist” with Camp Joy. It’s a simple partnership with each promoting

    the other as we serve the Lord in our individual ministries. We are excited to partner with this dynamic camp ministry for the

    glory of God! You can watch the announcement and explanation video online.

  7. Rachel was honored to speak for Princeville Baptist’s Ladies Tea last Saturday.

  8. We are working on a platform to host our chapel and discipleship videos. Please pray for wisdom, financial backing (as

    we look to make this platform free to all users), and spiritual guidance for each topic as we record “ahead of the game.”

PICTURES: 1. Preaching in Pana, IL. 


2. Pastor, his family and our family in Benton Harbor, MI. 


3. Rachel singing, “We Have Seen The Risen Lord” in Benton, MI. 


4. Lydia enjoying various nurseries. 


5. Grammy, Lydia and Rachel at the Ladies Tea.


Please pray for these requests in MAY:

1. May 12th - Crossroads Baptist Church - Mother’s Day Sunday - Peoria, IL 

2. May 19th-22nd - First Baptist Church - Creve Coeur, IL

3. May 24th-25th - Father/Son Retreat - Camp Joy - Whitewater, WI

4. May 26th - Princeville Baptist Church - Pulpit Supply - Princeville, IL

5. God blesses with more monthly support and future meetings- according to His will.

6. We accomplish everything at home necessary before our BIG summer trip away from home.

AS ALWAYS please continue to pray for souls to be saved and revival to be stirred wherever the Lord leads us ... WE LOVE YOU!

The Smith Family

Proverbs 3:5-6

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