David Smethurst, Author at Smethurst Ministries

14 02, 2022

Lead someone to Christ ~ An Eternal Legacy

February 14th, 2022|

My dear friends, I trust that this message will be an encouragement and a challenge to you to be the ambassador for Christ that he wants you to be. I hope that you will gain confidence and boldness, and have an unembarrassed freedom to share your relationship with Jesus to others with clarity and accuracy. I pray that God will anoint you and minister through you to nonbelievers and people seeking Him. I also trust that you will share your faith with gentleness and respect that will draw many to follow your example and become ambassadors for Christ as [...]

30 12, 2021

Getting prepared and ready at the House of Hope

December 30th, 2021|

We trust that you are well and that you’ve had a blessed Christmas season. Thank you so much for your very generous gift. We’re running in “emergency mode” at present getting the House of Hope ready for the possible increase of orphans and homeless children coming in over the next few months if the Russian Army breaks through into Eastern Ukraine again. It’s looking more and more dangerous day by day, as the UK and USA set up a NATO base in the Odessa port as threats and warnings go backwards and forwards between Russia and the Western Nations. [...]

27 12, 2021

Christmas Message from the House of Hope

December 27th, 2021|

17 11, 2021

Wonderful Progress at the House of Hope

November 17th, 2021|

We trust that you are well and keeping safe at this time. We want to thank you for your very effective prayers and support for the immense lifesaving and soul-saving projects in which we are involved in Ukraine at this time. We want to thank you for your friendship and bless you for your continued prayers and support for the House of Hope and all the children accommodated there. There will be many more taken care of in the months and years to come. Rescue Missions and Survival Packs The youngsters at the House of Hope have been [...]

28 08, 2021

Exciting Progress at the House of Hope

August 28th, 2021|

Thank you for your wonderful support for the orphans, the homeless children, the destitute families, and the poor elderly people of the Odessa Province of Ukraine.We are so encouraged by your generosity for these needy children and poor people who are coming to Jesus every day as a result of our rescue missions.Rescue MissionsThe Rescue Missions are still forging ahead each day, and our local teams have returned with glowing reports the eight local villages and an “Orphans Boarding School” where 250 survival packs or food, and hygiene products were given needy orphans, needy families, and destitute elderly people. In [...]

12 08, 2021

Great News from Odessa

August 12th, 2021|

We want to thank you for your marvellous gifts, your tremendous generosity and prayer for the House of Hope and all the children it is accommodating and protecting, and the many more it will take care of in the years to come. We are so encouraged by all that you have done/are doing for this project and these precious children. House of Hope Building Work The builders and the team at the House of Hope have smiles on their faces as they are working as speedily and accurately as they can to finish the building – hopefully by October - [...]

3 05, 2021

House of Hope – Extensions – Roof Complete and Windows in – Rescue Missions

May 3rd, 2021|

On Saturday 24th April, our Odessa manager, Peter Emelyanov, sent these amazing photos of the roof of the House of Hope all complete. The beige, smaller section of building in the foreground is the original two storey building. See how much bigger the whole building is now – built over the top of the original building and around it. The original building only covered 72 m² of space. The whole building with the new extensions (four storeys) covers 295 m² of land. Soon, as we finish the interior a section at a time, we’ll be taking in 50 to 70 [...]

6 04, 2021

Looming Crisis in Ukraine

April 6th, 2021|

You may have noticed on the news lately that Russia is openly aiding the Russian Rebel Army in Eastern Ukraine, whereas in the past Russia said that it was not involved. You may remember some years ago I was conducting seminars for the military in Latvia and Ukraine, and many of the Ukrainian soldiers committed their lives to Jesus. Their morale was boosted, and they began to drive the Russian Rebel Army back almost out of the eastern province of Donetsk. This rebel army has been contained in the south-eastern corner of the Donetsk province – a long way from [...]

24 02, 2021

Rescue Mission No. 4 in the Odessa Province January 2021

February 24th, 2021|

We’ve started the Rescue Missions for the fourth time to help the Displaced Orphans and Destitute Families again, as well as reach more unreached people. The youngsters at the House of Hope have been preparing hundreds more Survival Packs with another 2,000 kgs of food supplies, hygiene products and basic medicines. We want you to know that the needy people of the Odessa Province are being greatly helped by your kind support. Over the last two weeks, the orphans, homeless kids, and destitute families in a further 5 outlying villages have been visited by our local teams, and [...]

26 12, 2020

Training Young “Shepherds” to bring people to Jesus

December 26th, 2020|

It's been such a blessing to train and equip many people in personal evangelism, in the Odessa region over the last 3 years. This has paid off with these humble local people leading so many effectively to Christ over the past 10 months. We recorded a Christmas video with an encouraging Christmas message based on how God chooses to use people in His service those who are weak, lonely, broken and discarded, like the youngsters and leaders at the House of Hope. It’s to these valiant young people, and to you as well, that we dedicate this blessing. Please [...]

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