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tsmith on Dec 26th, 2008A Chinese Christmas…Eve

Well as most of you all know I spent Christmas Eve with Craig and his Chinese friend E-Fay, and it was a really amazing night. When I asked Craig if his E-Fay would like to come over for dinner he really didn’t think he would be into it because I had never even met him [...]

tsmith on Dec 20th, 2008History’s so strong

So I’m sitting on the couch in the apartment, trying to do laundry, and had the most amazing revelation.
The magnitude of persecution that the youth of this fellowships is huge. I was sitting there and asking myself why lord? I have been struggling a lot this why this is all happening. Then I started to [...]

tsmith on Dec 15th, 2008“The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”

In eighth grade my friend Jeff and I were invited, by my fiend Kyle, to go to a bible study him and his dad were having at there home. At the time I was attending PSR classes at Holy Family Catholic Parish and I didn’t really enjoy it. So I asked my parents if I [...]

tsmith on Nov 27th, 2008Thanks

This morning when I stumbled out of bed, I went and sat in the chair in our living room, and cried for a good 20 minutes. Not because I was sad and lonely but because I was loved. What triggered my cry fest you may ask?

“Happy Thanksgiving Tom! I’m thankful for you! Have fun!” Elli [...]

tsmith on Nov 19th, 2008Bold Freedom in Christ

As children, when we fall down and scrape our knee, what do we do? We cry for our parents.  In school when we can’t figure out a math problem, what do we do? Well, we don’t cry like babies anymore, but we still ask for help, in this case the math teacher.  As a ceramic [...]

tsmith on Nov 17th, 2008Salvation to the Blind

I have been trying to write a blog for almost 3 days now. However I cant find the words. Nothing I write seems to make sense.  I will finish it eventually but for now I must let the pictures tell the tale.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If that is true I [...]