Dear Friends:
We are thankful to the Lord for each and every one of you - churches
that support us and pastors who encourage us. We felt so welcome and
well received by all of you. We are thankful for the time you spent with
us fellowshipping and eating together. We also thank those of you who
took the time to take us to see sights like apple orchards, the Amish
country, wood shops, etc ... We appreciate the hospitality you afforded
us, the generous love offerings you gave us, and the gifts you gave us -
the beautiful handmade quilt, the books, the gospel tracts and New
Testaments,the Sunday School materials, etc ... Our video has been well
received. Remember, it shows what the Lord has allowed us all to do
together and we praise His name!
Our daughter, Stephanie, came through her surgery just fme and with
Martha's help is back on her feet fulfilling her duties as mother and
wife.
Our son, Bryan, has received his orders and will be deployed to
Kandahar, Afghanistan, March 11, 2010. (We have not yet informed
either of our parents, so please keep this to yourselves.) We pray for
our president, our country, and our leaders as God's Word instructs us
all to do. We covet your prayers for our son's safety and for his wife
and two little ones who will be without him in Missouri.
We are in
the process of packing our belongings to return to Guadalajara. By the
time most of you receive this letter, we will be back on the field
getting ready for all the Christmas activities in the churches there.
Once again, we are thankful for all of you and we wish you a Christ
centered Christmas and a new year blessed by our wonderful Saviour!
'Til Jesus Comes,
Lonnie C. Smith, Jr.