The Smith Connection

"pray without ceasing;" 1 Thess. 5:17

Dear praying friends,

We praise God for you and your prayers for us! Here are a few brief prayer items for November:

We praise God for:
~ a great time at the Moody Bible Institute missions conference as we represented CAM International, our mission.
~ a wonderful start to a biblical parenting study in the month of October. Their is much interest and openness to learning.
~ the salvation of Mauricio and Mariana, the children of Margarita who trusted in Christ over a year ago. It is exciting to see these two young adults grow in their new faith. They are both very hungry for God's Word. Pray for continued growth for the whole family, the salvation of one other daughter, Mary, and for a situation they are facing with a possibility of loosing their house. (Margarita is a widow as of two years ago)

Please pray for:
~ our Meixco field fellowship conference coming up Nov. 22-25. Our region is responsible for the planning and preperation for this conference, so we have been extra busy. Pray that all the details would come together. Pray that God would use this time to refresh all of us as a mission field - that it would bring much unity and spiritual growth.
~ our transition from our ministry in Mexico to our home assignment (July 2006 - June 2007). Pray that our responsibilities in the church here would be taken up by the believers, and that the leadership would continue to grow and develop. Pray that we might find the housing we need in PA for our year there.
~ Elba, a member of our church who is strugling with her health. She is supposed to have back surgery on Nov. 14 if her health improves by then. Pray for her emotional and spiritual health as well.

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Thanks for your prayers,
Bryan, Lori, Kendra, Tara, and Ben