As we have entered the second quarter of 2025 and are headed into Easter, Holy Week, and Resurrection Sunday, these Smiths have traveled from the far west coast to the east coast to begin their spring speaking events.  We are feeling the longing from being Stateside eight months with no return to the island—we had expected to visit twice by now—and we are starting to feel the pressure build as time ticks down toward our summer 2025 return.

Dear friends and faithful ministry partners,

I hope you are all well and healthy as you read this newsletter.  Praise God, I am doing well.  Thank you for your prayers.  I ended my self-quarantine last Thursday, and I am home now with my parents.  I went home Friday.  Although I “enjoyed” my alone time at my gramma’s house during the 14-days quarantine, it wasn’t home.  As I walked in our house…