The Smiths
Missionaries to Londrina, Brazil
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Current Prayer Letters . . .
March 7, 2005
S. David & Geri Smith
Your Church Planting Missionaries Serving
With Baptist Mid-Missions In Londrina Brazil
Dear Praying Amigos,
Ebenezer Sunday 2005 - 2nd Anniversary
On March 6, 2005 we commemorated our church’s 2nd anniversary. We called it Ebenezer Sunday. The Lord gave us 12 visitors for that service. Many gave testimonies thanking God for the way God has used this church to help them through spiritual problems and to grow in the Lord.
Easter Play Practices
This year our church will be presenting the Easter Play called the “Cross Angel.” There are 25 to 28 people involved in the play and the practices are going well. We will be presenting this play four times over Easter weekend. We will present it twice at our church: once on Good Friday and then on Easter. We will also be taking this play on the road and presenting it at two other churches about 1½ hours away on Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening.
New Pastor for Next Church in Londrina
Last weekend a young couple from our last church that just graduated from Bible College came and talked with us about their decision to come and work with us. Our church does not have the income to officially call them and pay their salary, but they feel led of the Lord to raise their own monthly support and then come and help us. His goals are to raise support in 2005 and then move to Londrina. During 2006 he will help our church while we are home on furlough. During that same time he will began to hold Evangelistic Bible studies in the area near our new church property. In 2007, after our return, we will help him start our second church here in Londrina, Brazil.
Pray for Guto and Márcia
Last year the Lord provided land in Londrina for our second church when we did not expect it. Now the Lord is giving us a Brazilian missionary and his wife to help us get that work started. In 7 to 10 years, this couple wants to go to Uruguay as missionaries sent by their Brazilian churches.. Pray for Guto and Marcia as they raise support to come help us here in Londrina. God is good.
Bus Ministry Started
Three weeks ago we started our “Bus Ministry” here in Londrina. It is run just like a bus ministry in the USA; the only major difference is that we walk them in to church. Our Brazilian missionary co-worker is heading this up and is doing a good job. This ministry is opening up homes to us that have just been closed doors in the past.
Children’s Choir Started
In February, Geri started a choir on Wednesday evenings to train our church members’ children how to sing. They have been practicing for a month now and sang for their first time last Sunday evening. Pray for Geri as she invests our church’s musical future.
Japutá, Paraná
In January a Brazilian pastor and I started helping a small congregation 3½ hours away. Their church is a new church plant that has about 20 in attendance. They have two couples that were deacons in their last Baptist church before they moved to Japutá. Both have their own businesses and are faithful tithers. Pray for us as we help to keep this church going forward.
Construction Update
During the next 6 months we will be raising US$ 8,350.00 to help us enlarge our current fellowship hall so that it will be able to hold 150 to 175. We want to enlarge this building before we go home so that our current work will have the room to continue growing for the next few years. When we return from furlough in 2007, we want to put up a church building for 100 people [4 walls one roof and two restrooms] on the new property]. Pray with us as we raise the funds now so we can get this done before we return home in 2006.
Your Missionaries With A Vision
S. David Smith
Mission Address
P.O. Box 308011
Cleveland, OH 44130-8011
E-Mail Address
Field Address
Rua Augusto Balalai 174
Milton Gavette
86078-030 Londrina, PR -Brazil