Dominica Dispatch May, 2017

Dear Jason Smith,

Family Reunion
We enjoyed almost a full reunion with our kids. TJ is pictured with fiance, Anna Vincent, Stephanie came with Ethan Holmes, and Kimberly came alone this time. Jamie, Taylor, and Nathan Fleury, who were missing, were expecting their second son Ethan at the time. I am pleased to announce that he was born May 24. Martha arrived just the day before his delivery by C-section and is enjoying her duties as grandma and mother. The kids still living at home are Emily, David, Daniel, and Eric.

Independent Baptist Fellowship
Our church joined in the first ever Independent Baptist Fellowship Crusade held in Portsmouth, Dominica. Our fellowship with the believers was sweet and we made some very valuable ministry connections especially for our young Kalinago church.

Baptism
We praise the Lord for growing the church with the baptism of four new believers, Vernicia, Ann, Narisa, and her mother Clarina. In the video you will see the natural "baptismal" we found in a stream near the Kalinago church between the villages of St. Cyr and Gaulette River. This is our first baptism in the Kalinago Territory.
Click on the picture to view a video of this baptism.

Bible Study

While our weekly evening Bible Study continues, we are adding a morning Bible Institute class. With the help of Faith Ministries and others, we will be providing a more academic class with material to take home for study. Pray especially for Jean-Luc Bruney. He told me he feels the desire to be a pastor. Jean-Luc came to Christ and was baptized about a year ago. There are a number of obstacles he will need to overcome but if this is God's calling, He will bring it to fruition.
Furlough
We will see many of you next year for our furlough which presently is scheduled to run from December 2017 to about June or July 2018. If you would like to have us in your church, please let us know.
Thank you for your faithfulness as partners in the Gospel.
By God’s Grace and for His Glory,
Tony & Martha
Proverbs 3:5-6

Dominica Address:
PO Box 701 Roseau
Commonwealth of Dominica
USA Address
419 Bright Water Ln
Greenville SC 29609
Dominica Phone Contact
(864) 248-6169 - Internet Phone
(767) 316-5252 - Tony Cell
(767) 316-6262 - Martha Cell
USA Phone Contact
(864) 350-5868 Tony Cell
(864) 430-3730 Martha Cell
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