ZambiaSmith: Showers of Blessings: A Sigh of Relief

It seems like the Lord is bringing things together in His perfect timing. We've experienced the "Calm After the Storm", and now we're receiving the "Showers of Blessing" which allow us to breath "A Sigh of Relief".

Please let me take a moment to list off these blessing one by one. There are only a few, but they are HUGE

requests that have been heavy on our hearts.

1. WE HAVE RENTERS!! We have a family of NINE who has recently moved into our house.

2. Our insurance company covered the cost of replacing our roof! It should be finished soon.

3. What we had anticipated to be a $3,500 repair on our truck turned out to be $15.00 cap that needed replaced!! Praise the Lord!

4. WE HAVE CHOSEN A MISSION BOARD!

After much prayer, research, discussions, exhausting traveling, prayer, prayer, and prayer we believe God desires us to join the mission family at IBM Global. We will hopefully be finishing up our applications soon so we can continue raising the necessary support to get us to the field.

And as a result of choosing a mission board...

5. We are able to set a departure date based on our current support raised and projected support increases.

We can not thank you enough for all your prayers and encouragement as we have weathered the storm and are now enjoying these showers of blessings. Our biggest prayer was that God would reveal Himself to us more fully through this time and that He would be glorified in our lives. We certainly know and trust Him better! We have confidence in His perfect timing and trust Him to lead us in the way we should go.

At the beginning when EBM first closed our prayer was Psalm 143:7,8

"Answer me quickly, O Lord!

My spirit fails!

Hide not your face from me...

... Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,

for in you I trust.

Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul."

God has answered abundantly. We feel like we can take a huge "Sigh of Relief", and we are excited to see what He has next in our future. We are confident that whether it is a shower of blessing or a storm of circumstances He will help us through, teach us, guide us, and glorify Himself through it.

And we can't close without wishing you all a very