September Update

Dear Friends,
As you can see this update is a little late. We began the first weekend of August with a mission conference at our home church, Dacula First Baptist. Then on Monday, August 7, we drove to Birmingham, AL where we had lunch with dear friends, IJ and Faye Fontenot. We spent the night with Steve and Michelle Smith and enjoyed our visit with their family. Steve is Jerry’s nephew and is starting a church in Birmingham. On Tuesday we drove to Dallas, TX and stayed until Friday morning with friends, Carl and Phyllis Miller. Thursday Jerry had a meeting with some of the leaders at Evantell. We drove to Baytown, TX on Friday morning and Jerry played golf with Tim Hill, pastor of Baytown Community Church. We had a good evening there with Tim and Debbie and a couple he is mentoring for ministry. On Saturday we visited with Jerry’s brother in Houston and then drove to Camp Pearl in Reeves, LA.
Sunday morning, August 13 Jerry taught SS and preached at Lake Charles Bible Church. It was good to renew friendship with many in Lake Charles, LA. Sunday evening we spoke at Broadlands Bible Church near DeRidder, LA. Monday, Jerry met with 6 pastors in Baton Rouge to draw up a constitution for the new Gulf Coast Regional for the IFCA. That week we visited friends, Jerry played golf with several men, and Amy caught up on some reading. On Friday we drove to Baton Rouge and had lunch with Larry and Marcella Miller, then we drove most of the way home. We arrived home about noon on Saturday, August 19.
Sunday night, August 20, we participated in the commissioning service for Gary and Chela Armstrong. This couple will be working in church planting here in the Southeast. Please check out the information on this at our website: www.biblicalministries.org On Tuesday, August 22, Jerry had a lunch with pastors at a restaurant in the area.
August 27 we celebrated 20 years of ministry for Mark and Patti Chandler at our church, Dacula First Baptist. This was a special time. We have been in this church for 16 1/2 years. We drove to Lawrence, MI on Friday and Saturday, (August 31 and September 1) and attended the 25th year celebration for our friends Glen and Ruth Cowles in their ministry at East Arlington Baptist Church. An added blessing was having our daughter, Susan, drive over from Flint and spent the weekend with us. We drove home on Monday and Tuesday.
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Jerry and Amy Smith

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