Eric and Sarah, Engaged

April, Praise, Prayer and Schedule

Dear Friends,

Amy and I are enjoying a few days in Lancaster, PA. We have had a great time here and spoke three times Sunday at Millersville Bible Church. We head home on Wednesday. The weather today has been very cold, rainy and windy so it will be great to get back to some warmer weather. Please use the following to keep us in your prayers.

PRAISE
We are thrilled that our Grandson, Eric, was engaged just before Easter to Sarah Toliver.
We enjoyed a week long visit from our daughter, Susan.
We are thankful for God’s provision of safety in all our travels.
We praise the Lord for His strength both physically and spiritually in our ministry.
We are greatly encouraged by the responses of churches to the workshops.
Praise the Lord that we have received almost $9,000 toward paying off our van and we now owe about $7,000.

PRAYER
Pray with us for the many opportunities we have to preach and teach in the next few months.
Pray that the information in the workshops will continue to challenge and help the churches.
Pray for the Lord’s provision of the rest of the funds to pay off the van.
Pray for a healthy pregnancy for Jana.
Pray for our granddaughter, Cara, as she is taking a course to learn Korean along with her ministry.


SCHEDULE
APRIL
18 ---- Fly to Atlanta
21 ---- Banquet for BMW Volunteers
22 ---- Community Bible Church, Bethlehem, GA
23-24 ---- Bible Memory Association Reunion, Ridgecrest, NC
24-25 ---- BMW Board Meeting.
30 ---- Men’s Lunch, Lawrenceville, GA

MAY
6 ---- Memorial Service, Golden Valley, NC
22 ---- Drive to Michigan
24 ---- Grandson, Ryan’s, Graduation, Flint, Michigan
26 ---- Drive to Atlanta
30 ---- Drive to Tennessee

June
1-3 ---- Smith Family Reunion, Lambert, TN
3 ---- Homecoming, Lambert Community Church
4 ---- Drive to Little Rock, AR
8 ---- Drive to Tennessee
8-9 ---- Workshop, Lambert Community Church
10 ---- AM Open Door Bible Church, Memphis, TN
10 ---- Drive to Atlanta
11-14 ---- Synergy, BMW, Lawrenceville, GA
15 ---- Drive to Arkansas
17 ---- Morning Star Baptist Church, Marshall, AR
18-20 ---- Bella Vista, AR
21-25 ---- IFCA Board Meeting, Tulsa, OK
25-29 ---- IFAC Convention, Tulsa, OK
29 ---- Drive to Branson, MO

July
1-6 ---- Vacation in Branson
6 ---- Drive to Atlanta

Thanks for all your encouragement and support.

Jerry and Amy Smith

Dear Friends,

March was a great month for us and April has begun with so much going on that we are late again in getting our news letter out. However, some of the news is worth waiting for.

We began March with a trip to Kansas City where we had a great weekend with Pastor Hale and his wife at Sherwood Bible Church. We also spoke that weekend at Grace Bible Church in Stilwell, KS. On Saturday we had lunch with long time friends, Joe and Mary Jane Everett. Then on Saturday evening we went out to eat with our Grandson, Eric, and his then girlfriend, Sarah. On March 5-7 we were in meetings and in classes at Calvary Bible College with the leaders of the IFCA Church Extension Agencies. From Kansas City we flew to Wisconsin. On Thursday night, March 8, we stayed in Mazomanie with Leroy and Barbara Kenney, retired BMW missionaries. Then we were in a Mission Conference at Calvary Bible Church in Marshfield, WI. We had a great weekend there and stayed with a long time friend, Am Amundson. On Monday, March 12 we visited with former students, Don and Beth Wedel. Back home that weekend we played catch up with many details and I spoke on Wednesday, had a church planters network meeting on Friday, taught Sunday School on Sunday and hosted a men’s luncheon on Monday.

Our next trip started on Tuesday, March 20, when we drove to Winston Salem, NC. I spoke in Chapel at Piedmont Baptist College on Wednesday and we hosted the IFCA Regional on Thursday and Friday. On Friday and Saturday we drove to Narragansett, RI with a stop in Lanham, MD to spend the night with our friends, Sam and Jackie Martz. Les Lofquist, Executive Director of IFCA also traveled with us on this trip. It was a very fun trip. Les and I spoke at a Bible Conference at Calvary Bible Church in Narragansett on Sunday through Tuesday. On Monday Les and I also spent the day at the Naval Base in Newport, RI. We visited with three IFCA Chaplains and also got to spend some time at the Naval Chaplains School and at the Naval War College where all Navy Officers get training. It was a fantastic day for us and one we will remember for the rest of our lives. On Tuesday we sponsored a pastor’s luncheon at Calvary Bible Church and had about ten people attend. We had a great time and two former students were there. Calvary Bible has been a supporting church for 26 years and we have many friends there.

We then drove to Winsted, CT, where I spoke at Faith Bible Church and we stayed with former students, Joe and Becky McNally. On Thursday we drove to Honesdale, PA where we had a Mentoring for Ministry Workshop on Friday and Saturday at Honesdale Gospel Tabernacle. I spoke three times there on Sunday. On Monday morning, April 2, we drove 3 hours to East Earl, PA where we had a breakfast with about 20 IFCA pastors. That afternoon we drove to Richmond, VA and spent the night with my sister, Pat and, her husband, John. My sister, Laurette, also was there and we watched the NCAA finals with them. On Tuesday, April 3, we drove home.

On Wednesday, our daughter, Susan, arrived to spend her springbreak with us. We are having a great week with all our daughters together with us. Now for the big news. I mentioned having dinner with our grandson, Eric, and his “then” girlfriend in Kansas City. We got a call last night with the announcement that she is now his fiancé. They were engaged last night, April 6. The wedding is planned for May 31, 2008. Sarah is the daughter of our dear friends Rich and Patti Toliver. Rich is pastor of Branson Bible Church, Branson, MO. We are all very excited about Eric and Sarah's engagement and their desire to serve the Lord together.





Thanks again for your support, encouragement and friendship.

Jerry and Amy Smith

Dear Friends,
Amy and I are enjoying a few days at home. We have had some great blessings in our recent travels. It seems that the materials we teach for helping churches is really encouraging many. Please use the following to keep us in your prayers.

PRAISE
We are thankful for God’s provision of safety in all our travels.
We praise the Lord for His strength both physically and spiritually in our ministry.
We are greatly encouraged by the responses of churches to the workshops.
Praise the Lord that we have received almost $8,000 toward paying off our van and we now owe about $8,000.

PRAYER
Pray with us for the many opportunities we have to preach and teach in the next few months.
Pray that the information in the workshops will continue to challenge and help the churches.
Pray for the Lord’s provision of the rest of the funds to pay off the van.
Pray for a healthy pregnancy for Jana.
Pray for our grandson, Eric, as he is on a mission trip to the Philippines.
Pray for our granddaughter, Cara, as she is taking a course to learn Korean along with her ministry.


SCHEDULE
MARCH
20 ---- Drive to North Carolina
21 ---- Chapel, Piedmont Baptist College, Winston Salem, NC
22-23 ---- IFCA Dixie Regional, Piedmont Baptist College, Winston Salem, NC
23-24 ---- Drive to Rhode Island
25-27 ---- Calvary Bible Church, Narragansett, RI
28 ---- Drive to PA.
29-31 ---- Honesdale Gospel Tabernacle, Honesdale, PA.

APRIL
1 ---- Honesdale Gospel Tabernacle, Honesdale, PA
2 ---- Pastors meeting near Lancaster, PA
2-3 ---- Travel to Atlanta
12 ---- Fly to PA.
15 ---- Millersville Bible Church, Millersville, PA
18 ---- Fly to Atlanta
23-25 ---- Bible Memory Association Reunion, Ridgecrest, NC
24-25 ---- BMW Board Meeting.
MAY
6 ---- Memorial Service, Golden Valley, NC

Thanks for all your encouragement and support.

Jerry and Amy Smith