Friday, October 4, 2024

Recent Email Newsletters from Alfred & Leonie Smith - Read the latest one 09/26/2024

 Recent Email Newsletters 

from Alfred & Leonie Smith in McLeod Ganj (India)

Look underneath for the latest one...end September

A Quick Summary for Our Busy Friends

First of all, we want to thank everyone that responded to our call for help earlier this month. We were surprised and humbled by the number and the passion of the responses that we received.

Please do not forget us in your prayers and giving -- we need your continued support to keep going.

September was a month where so much happened, so we have a lot of news items. It was not a photogenic month, though, so there are fewer photos than usual.

1. We Want to see You (and we MEAN it)
We REALLY want to meet everyone on this visit. We have booked out three months dedicated to meeting as many people as we can. We have lots of exciting things to say. We want to speak to you, your family and your friends. We want to speak to your home group and your church. Do not be shy - contact us to make an appointment TODAY. Our dates in the country are in the section below.

2. Visiting Prayer Team
A prayer team from Taiwan came to bless us. What a challenge!

3. Security Incident
The Intelligence Bureau came to our house for an investigation. All's good now, but it gave us quite a scare.

4. Uganda
Leonie has been training church planters in Uganda with exciting results. READ READ READ

5. Alfred's New Teeth
Alfred's dental treatment continued. Check out the before and after pictures.

6. Hindi Bible Video Series
Great news on the Hindi Bible Video Series - the complete materials have been published. Read this to find out why we are so happy.

7. Video
A video about a typical moment in Ludhiana

8. Gerhard - a Retrospective
Alfred speaks of the things he has learned following the passing of Leonie's brother

9. Praise Reports and 10. Prayer Requests
Thank you for your prayers.

About...  We Want to See you! And we MEAN it!

We are very busy preparing for our trip to North India, Uganda, South Africa and Lesotho.
In South Africa, the provisional plan is as follows:
28 September to 6 October - Rest & Time with the grandchildren
7 October to 17 October - Pretoria
18 October to 23 October - East Rand
23 October to 31 October - Pretoria
1 November to 4 November - East Rand
5 November - 29 November - Pretoria
1 December to 9 December - Lesotho
10 December to 11 January - Family time
14 January to 18 January - Blocked out
19 January to mid-February - Cape Town and Garden Route to Jeffreys Bay (and maybe Grahamstown)
Please contact us to make an appointment. We'd love to see you.

We are preparing an exciting presentation with the theme "Stories from the Field" We want to make everyone we know excited about bringing the love of Jesus to all people. So please introduce us to your family, home small group and church service so that we can share this with your special friends too.
Check this Video from their world...

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