Journals
Favoring Mercy, Favoring Love

Hear my sermon on Mercy, given at Brewster Baptist Church, October 25, 2015

Smalley’s Update Fall ’15

Wow, we can’t believe it has been so long since we posted anything! Please accept our apologies. We had a flurry of events happen and departed the states a week after we received our needed funding.

A time to embrace, and a time to refrain… a time to keep, and a time to cast away

We were reluctant sojourners when we returned home to the United States this past summer to start a year of home assignment, our first since 2005-2006.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I would like to extend warm greetings and blessings to all of you who are reading these words of thanksgiving. Another year has passed and we have experienced God’s mercies and faithfulness through you, all along the way.

Prayers for Haiti

American Baptist mission in Haiti first began in 1823, and IM personnel have been serving alongside Haitian brothers and sisters continuously since 1919.  IM personnel and Haitian Baptist leaders together call for prayer that God will lead Haitians into a just and peaceful resolution to the current conflicts, and the long term needs they reflect.

New University

A new day has dawned at Kikongo! For those of you who have followed our lives during the past three years, you know that this has been our most difficult term as missionaries in the Congo.