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  Story by David Smith:
  
  When my childhood farm had to be sold to pay Ohio State University Medical bills, I changed vocational goals. As a Sophomore in High School, I began to prepare for Bible College. I married my church camp sweetheart, and took five years to earn my BS Degree. After my college ministry in Henderson, Michigan, our family moved to Kenton, Ohio. We built a four hundred seat auditorium. We were there seventeen years.
  
  In December 1985, I met with the Elders. "I think God may be calling me our family to New England," I said. After our fact-finding visit in April 1986, The Manchester, New Hampshire Christian Church called us to serve near Rochester, New Hampshire. the Kenton Elders agreed that we should plan to move to New England. They gave us Wednesday and Sunday evenings off to travel throughout Ohio, Indiana and Michigan to raise support. It was two years before our Ohio home sold and we could build a thirty by forty log home in Lebanon, Maine. Many people have prayed and provided support so we can serve here. Being bi-vocational missionaries allows us to influence people in the Rochester, Somersworth, and Dover New Hampshire as well as Lebanon and Berwick Maine communities.
  
  We love being in this rural area where hard working people are a real challenge to reach for Christ. We have been favored with Christian spouses for two of our children. We have a church of several families that meet s in our home each Lord's Day. We live in the American Mission field of over one hundred thousand primarily unchurched, broken people. God has cause every circumstance to work out for good. (Romans 8:28) David Smith
  

Details of David's family with Christine L Nichelson