Greetings mon, I am not sure if any picture will do justice as to the joy and sense of accomplishment our team and New Generations camp are feeling today (especially Lemon). Just before the evening rain hit we completed our main work project the ‘go deh’ pit! Tomorrow morning will [...]

Tuesday – Day 2 Greetings from Jamaica! First thank you for your continued prayers! On Tuesday, we woke up at 7:30, breakfast by 8 and work started at 8:30. Our first task was to finish painting the boards & mix concrete (we didn’t have a mixer and the wheelbarrow is [...]

Building roofs, preparing meals, delivering deep freezers, all in the name of Christ in Moore, Oklahoma!   Tara and Ryan Smith are braving the heat with their team from Tyler to serve tornado victims this week. We plan to have a more complete report when they return home but we [...]

Wah gwaan (Jamaican for “hello”), Our team woke up at 3:30 AM to catch our flight from DFW to Montego Bay. We arrived in Montego Bay right on schedule at 10:10 (Jamaica is on Central Time) and made it through customs w/out a hitch! At the airport we were greeted [...]

How can you help? Tara and Ryan Smith will be returning to Moore, Oklahoma next week leaving Tyler at 6am the morning of Monday, June 10th. If you would like to go, contact them ASAP at rtsmith903@gmail.com. Please be praying for God to continue to work in these small areas. [...]

“For everything there is a season…. a time to tear down and a time to build up.” -Ecclesiastes 3 – “When tying to describe the area, the word ‘chaos’ is an understatement. The amount of trash and goods just torn up and scattered everywhere was unreal. Metal buildings just shredded, [...]

Bethel is collecting items and funds to send with the advance team leaving this weekend. Ryan and Tara Smith are leaving early Saturday morning with a trailer of supplies. The trailer is waiting at the Brookshire’s in Whitehouse or you can drop off items at the Bethel offices. They are [...]

The spiritual growth of our congregation is of vital importance to us at Bethel Bible Church. Whether you’re just starting to explore the Christian faith, or you’re a long-time Christ Follower, we want to do everything we can to help you on your spiritual journey. That’s why we need your [...]

Friday in Sierra Leone Much of the day with Rob again at BEE for Zach, Matt, Lee, and Chad in the village near Waterloo. BEE is an amazing organization and it was awesome to hear some of their meeting with the local pastors today. They started with a prayer that [...]

Thursday in Sierra Leone I want to title this blog post “What the Shiny Missions Brochures Don’t Tell You.” Today was pretty good. We hung around Rob today as be taught “Biblical Education by Extension” (BEE) to a group of local pastors in one of the local villages today. It [...]