Author: nsmith

Nannette here. Directing boys’ camp is the highlight of our summers! As of 2016, we have directed Camp Liahona eight times for our church. This camp is for boys in grades 4-7. We’ve got the process of preparing and planning for camp down pretty well by now, but the hardest part of directing camp is finding people to volunteer to come and serve on staff. Since we started directing camp, the number os campers has increased significantly. Our first year we had about 20 boys come,…Continue Reading “The Camp Counselor” →

Nannette here. One day, when Emily was about a year and a half old, she playing with a little fold-up step stool. Suddenly she started to cry. She had caught the tip of her middle finger in the stool when it had begun to fold up on her. She was stuck, and it was not easy for me to free her finger. Once she was free, I immediately pulled my crying baby to myself and held her. I looked at her finger. The skin was not broken,…Continue Reading “Emily’s First Miracle” →

Nannette here. One day, as Brett was getting ready to mail a package, he realized that his wedding ring was missing. He looked everywhere, of course, but it was no where to be found. We prayed. We looked. We prayed some more. Then, Brett got the idea that he should open the package he was going to mail and just check in there. Lo, and behold, there was his wedding ring, tucked into the pocket of the video camera bag for the video camera we…Continue Reading “The Wedding Ring” →

Brett here. One night, when we lived in our little apartment Independence, a big storm knocked out our internet modem. It was plugged into our surge protector and everything, but somehow it got fried anyway–even though everything else that was plugged in there was fine. I called AT&T, our internet provider, and they informed us that our warranty had run out 5 days ago. They said we would have have to buy another modem for $75. Unfortunately, we couldn’t afford to drop that much for a new…Continue Reading “The Modem” →

The testimony of how God gave us our first home.