The Smith Connection: June 2007 Archives

Smith Prayer & Praise - June 2007

*Click below for an update and prayer requests. God bless!

Greetings from a hotel in Ohio! Please visit our website for pictures and a further update. We would appreciate your prayers for us this month:

Praise:
~ We praise the Lord that Tara's tonsil and adenoid surgery went well, and has been great for her health
~ We praise the Lord that Kendra and Tara finished their school year - it was a great year for both of them!
~ We praise the Lord that Bryan finished up his last project for his LBC Graduate School classes, completing a total of four
~ We praise the Lord that very close to 100% of our monthly support has been raised

Prayer:
~ June 8-19 we will be traveling to Michigan, Indiana, and Chicago to see family, friends, and supporters, and to speak in three churches. Please pray for safety in our travels and a good time with all those we see.
~ After our current trip we will return to PA briefly in order to pack up and move out of the house we have been renting
~ We plan to begin our trip back to Mexico on July 2, arriving in Mexico around July 13. Please continue to pray for our transition back to Mexico.

*IMPORTANT - please change our e-mail address in your records FROM bsmith@cam-mexico.org TO bryanandlori@gmail.com. Our cam-mexico address will not be working much longer.

Thanks for your involvement in our lives and ministry!
Bryan, Lori, Kendra, Tara, & Ben

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Bryan & Lori Smith
2062 Bossler Rd.
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
(717) 361-8804
E-mail: bryanandlori@gmail.com
Web: http://smithconnection.com

Mission:
CAM International
8625 La Prada Dr.
Dallas, TX 75228
(214) 327-8206

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Photos - June 2007

The kids enjoying the new farm kitten

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FAMILY

The kids enjoyed some time with their friend, Ashtyn Hess, while Bryan and Lori enjoyed a date with her parents, Braden and Kris Hess.

Lori went to a homeschooling convention with her sister, Lisa, who was up from Arizona. Lori got to meet our kids' DVD math teacher, Steve Demme from Math-U-See.

While Lori and her sister went to the homeschool convention the kids spent some time with Daddy. We spent part of one day at Hershey Chocolate World, the sweetest place on earth!

For Mother's Day the kids and Daddy made Mommy and Aunt Lisa a nice breakfast

We thought these "kissing calves" were cute. They actually suck on each others tounges to try to get more milk than what they were just given!

Kendra and Tara being a great help with Emma

We enjoyed a Saturday hike and time together with friends, the Fernald family

Kendra helping with some farm chores. Living on a farm has been great!

Tara had her tonsils and adenoids taken out. We praise the Lord that they were able to schedule her so quickly - we saw the ENT doctor on a Monday, and he did the outpatient surgery on that Wednesday. She is doing great! The surgery really made a difference for her breathing, eating, sleeping, and life in general! She got to eat lots of ice cream which she didn't complain about!

Kendra had two school friends, Emily and Kelsey, over for a sleepover

We had a great time with the McManus family, fellow missionaries from Mexico who are also on a home assignment trip for the summer

Ben loves the little skateboard that we got him at a yard sale

MINISTRY

Kendra with her Pioneer Club class and a campout we had at the farm where we live with the Pioneer Club kids that Bryan and Lori taught

Our Pioneer Club year at church ended with a banquet where they presented us with a new beautiful new guitar, a project that the club kids gave their offerings to all year. Here shown are each of our family memebers with their groups, and Kendra with her sportsmanship award for the pinewood derby.

Ministering at Grace Bible Chapel near Gettysburg, PA. We had an opportunity to minister there a few times over the last few months as they are currently without a pastor.