Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Back in Action!

Hello friends and family,

New Direction is gearing up to hit the road after a long and restful Christmas and New Year's holiday season. We certainly enjoyed our time off to spend with family and friends. It has been a while since I filled you in on our travels and I won't bore you by going back and trying to trace our steps. I will however, try to be better at getting our blog out to you this year. "Mr. I'mnotinternetsavvy" stayed on my case about being on the computer so much so I slacked off! So, if you missed me and my 'dialupconnection' blog, please tell the guys to stop fussing about us keeping you guys up to date. Let them know someone actually reads our 'newsletter' blog. Darren's friend Ronnie showed him a wireless connection in action, so I think he kinda gets the 'slowwww' picture why it takes me so long to 'do my thing' and get off of here.

Enough of that! Our first activity of the New Year was to go to Amazing Grace Church in Cleveland to be with our friends, The Telestials, from Nashville, TN. Moody Community Worship, our home church, had a fish fry fellowship that afternoon and we cleaned up just in time to go join Beth, Jim, Bethany, Caleb, Jerry and Scott as they sang in the New Year. It was a great evening which was closed out by praying in the New Year as we gathered together and each ask the Lord to bless our country, our leadership, our troops and each other.

Maybe not everyone has heard the news of our new additions to the family. Leslie and Miguel Nueves, Teresa and Jim's daughter and husband, were blessed with twin boys on November 9th. Isaac Antonio was born first and weighed 5 lbs. 12 ozs. and Caleb Todd came 21 minutes later and weighed in at 5 lbs. and 8 ozs. Everyone was fine, healthy and blessed of the Lord. If you would like to read the full, quite hilarious version of that story, just email me at dlhsmith01@yahoo.com for the extended, uncut version of that ordeal! Only the Smiths!

Our first service of the New Year was to be with folks at Hardin Baptist Church last Sunday, November 4th. It was a difficult service because there was a tragic accident among their membership. We felt we still needed to proceed with the service and our prayers go out to that family and the church for their loss. I pray that in some way we were a blessing to those in attendance. The Lord's presence was felt and we know that hearts were touched by the Lord.

We are leaving Friday to make our way to Roby, TX out near Sweetwater, TX. We will be with Bro. Jerry Vincent and First Baptist Church leading the music and worship for their annual Bible Conference beginning Sunday, November 11th through Wednesday, November 14th. Please be in prayer regarding these services. We look forward to the spiritual refreshment and ask that the Lord will use New Direction to minister in a very special way as we follow God's leading throughout conference.

We would like to remind you to check your calendars now and schedule New Direction for your next revival, special service or concert early to assure your dates. The new project, OUR JOURNEY HOME, is still in the works. We have some final mixing to be done and at this point, I would hate to give another release/due date. So, please hand in there with us, we haven't forgotten you! Don't forget about the SGM Fanfair coming up March 16-21st, 2009. This is a full week of SGM music, Bible study and fellowship. Contact us now for your tickets. Visit us at http://www.NewDirectionministriesoftexas.com , sign our guest book, and yes, you do have to click on a separate link, but it comes up in a separate window, which is a good thing! We are looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you soon, so, contact us by email dlhsmith01@yahoo.com or tasmith80@yahoo.com or visit us by clicking on the NDM link above!

May the Lord send you His Biggest Blessings! 'Til next time, Donna

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