2012 Prayer Update

Please follow the link below for our January 2012 Prayer Update:

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Christmas Greetings

Please follow the link below for a December Picture Update:

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Church Property Tour

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We got the keys!

Special Update - Dec. 2, 2011

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Smith Prayer & Praise Update - November 2011

Making Disciples in Central Mexico

Dear Prayer Partner,

We appreciate your prayers for us! Here are a few prayer items for you to
use as you pray:
1. Please pray for the church property purchase. A couple more documents
should be handed in today, and the purchase should be ready to go
through. It has been a long road and we know many have been praying.
Thank you! Please pray for the last few details to be cared for. Also
please pray that the church might be able to pay the 5 year mortgage in
as little time as possible.
2. Please keep our travels and activities in your prayers. Here is part of
our upcoming schedule that you could use to pray for us:

* November 18-21 --> National Leader's Retreat in Amealco, Queretaro
* November 23-26 --> CAM Mexico Fellowship Conference in Fortin, Veracruz
* December 4 --> Speak at the Mexico City area church leader
appreciation dinner
* December 10-11--> Speak at the Michocan Area Bible Church conference
and the Apatzingan Bible Church 55th anniversary
* December 17 --> Our church evangelistic Christmas program and
dinner

We value your partnership in the ministry with us and thank God for you!
Please let us know how we can be praying for you as well.

Happy Thanksgiving! May your time with family and friends be special, and
may we all continue to "be thankful in everything!"

Bryan, Lori, Kendra, Tara, & Ben

Smith Special Prayer Update - October 19, 2011

Thanks so much for your prayers for the Grandparent Conference this past weekend. We praise God that we had a full house with about 120 people in attendance. The topic, Balancing Your Crown - being grandparents biblically from Proverbs 17:6, seemed to hit a sensitive nerve. Many of the grandparents in attendance said that it was such a blessing to have a conference specifically focused for them. We praise God for Bryan's parents, Rolland and Jo Ann Smith, and their burden to reach out to fellow grandparents in this way. They did a great job with the teaching! The conference included two skits, two plenary sessions, a table group discussion time, a split session for the men and women, and a round table Q&A time. We ended the evening with a delicious pozole that Lori prepared with the help of some of the other church ladies. We praise God for a good servant group from the New Birth Bible church who helped that day. Thank you for your prayers!

You can see some photos from the conference here: https://picasaweb.google.com/bryanandlori/GranparentConference?authuser=0&feat=directlink


If you know Spanish and would like to listen to the audio of the conference you can listen to it in two parts here: http://www.iglesiabiblicanuevonacimiento.blogspot.com/


Please continue to pray for the National Leader "Seek Ye First" retreat November 18-21 and the CAM Mexico Conference - November 23-26 that we are involved in planning as well.

Making disciples in Central Mexico,
Bryan & Lori

Smith Prayer & Picture Update - October 2011

We praise God for our faithful prayer team! Please keep praying. God is working here in Mexico.

- We praise God for his work in the hearts of five people who trusted in Christ this past Sunday at the end of a message that Bryan gave on 1 Corinthians 13. One of the couples who trusted in Christ first came to church on our Independence Day celebration September 18. We have begun follow-up with each of these new babies in Christ. Please pray that the seed that was planted would continue to grow and give fruit in each of their lives.

- It was exciting to hear Mario & Anabel say that they really missed our times of Bible study on Saturday afternoons. We had taken a short break from our discipleship time with them, and they were definitely ready to continue. Please continue to pray for those we meet with regularly and are in the process of discipling - Rut, Lupita, Marycarmen, Pedro, Jorge & Teresa, and Mario & Anabel.

- Please continue to pray for the planning and carrying out of the following events, and that they might be used for God's glory in the lives of those involved:

October 15 - Biblical Grandparenting Conference for the churches in our Bajio region

November 18-21 - Church Leader Retreat for 5 families in our Bajio region

November 23-26 - CAM Mexico Fellowship Conference for our fellow CAM missionaries here in Mexico

Follow this link to see some recent family and ministry pictures:

https://picasaweb.google.com/bryanandlori/OctoberUpdate?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Making Disciples in Central Mexico,

Bryan, Lori, Kendra, Tara, & Ben