ICDM Update - Making A Difference
I first met Phil and Verna Smith more than a dozen years ago, and we quickly became acquainted. While I was visiting in their home one night, Phil told me that he had recently heard a message at his church that affected him deeply. “It’s time to get out of your comfort zone,” his pastor had challenged. “Move out of your comfort zone and make a difference for the sake of the gospel.” That message resonated with Phil, and never left him. As we shared that night, he and Verna decided to go on a mission trip. They recruited other team members and named the team “Hope for Haiti.” Verna became the team coordinator for their first-ever mission trip in 2004. Upon arrival at the ICDM compound in Bayonnais, the whole team immediately got to work. Within hours, the men on the team had wired the dining…