The Smith Connection

Dear Partners in Prayer,

We so appreciate your ministry to us in prayer. Please take a moment to pray for these specific needs:

- Please pray for two legal paperwork processes that are currently under way: our religious worker visas and the official church registration with the Mexican government. Pray that all the paperwork would go through with no further delays if God would so choose.
- Please pray for Margarita, a sister in Christ that we have had the privilege of discipling over the last several years. She is beginning a course in missions, and is very interested in serving the Lord in any way that He would choose for her. Pray that she would continue to be faithful in following God's leading and that she would continue to grow in her faith.
- We praise God for our family. Please continue to pray for Lori as she home-schools Kendra, Tara, and Ben. Please continue to keep our spiritual growth, our health, and our safety in your prayers.
- We praise God for our mission team here in Mexico, and would ask you to pray for our fellow missionary families. I (Bryan) am currently team leader, but will be handing this task off to a fellow team member in January.
- Please continue to pray for God's provision for the Square Meters church property project. We continue to trust God to provide for the full amount needed in His perfect timing. The owner of the property continues to work with us, and is open to giving us an extension of time to pay, for which we are thankful. Please pray for the details of the extension to the contract to be worked out well. If you are interested in more details about the project or how you can contribute toward it please follow this link: http://www.smithconnection.com/2010/10/square_meters_for_christ_prope.html

A SPECIAL NOTE:

The Puebla Bible Seminary is CAM's theological training institution in Mexico. It is also the seminary that I am working on getting my Masters' degree from. I am currently working on my Thesis and hope to finish it by next summer. The seminary would like to communicate with you. Would you like to receive e-updates from the Puebla Bible Seminary? If so, please let me know and I will pass your e-mail address on to them.

Thanks again for you partnership with us!
Bryan & Lori

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Square Meters for Christ

The New Birth Bible Church and Community Center here in Querétaro, Mexico is purchasing the property which we had previously rented for a year and a half. We praise the Lord for His provision for this opportunity. The corner property is 378 m² and includes a large open roofed area which we have been using for the sanctuary. It also includes a house and two apartments. The property is ideal in many ways for the church to continue to grow and reach out into the surrounding communities. We praise God that the church here has been working creatively and giving sacrificially toward this purchase. The owner is a believer, and has given us a very fair price.

The property seen from the corner

So how can you help?

~ Give a gift:

Each square meter has a cost of $350. An account has been set up with CAM International to receive tax deductible gifts toward this project. Would you pray about this and consider helping us with one or more square meters? This is an opportunity to invest in a wonderful gift for Christ’s glory to be proclaimed in Querétaro and around the world!

There are two ways for you to make this gift:

- Make a secure online donation with credit/debit card or paypal:

Go to www.caminternational.org - Click the “Give” tab and select “donate online.” Select “Special Project” and enter the number 063608

- Send a check by mail:

Send your check made out to CAM International and earmarked for “Project #063608 New Birth Bible Church Property”

Send to:
CAM International
8625 La Prada Dr.
Dallas, TX 75228

~ Become a “champion” for this project:

Would you be willing to help us promote this project in your circles of influence? We would be glad to provide you with some brochures which you can use to promote the project. Simply e-mail us and let us know how many you would like, and where to send them.

~ Pray!

Please help us by praying for God’s provision as funds are raised both in the US and here in Mexico. We know that God “is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20).

Thank you!

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