Our Story Tiger & Renee Smith

Tiger & Renee Smith, Met at Stetson University in 3-D Design Class, married June 2,1990 Daytona Beach, Florida.Honeymoon in Grand Canyon, Havasupai Falls. Tiger is my soulmate! I am so blessed God has brought us together. To come to know the truth that Jesus Christ is Lord at the exact same time in different parts of the world! Tiger in Colorado seeking to know Truth in all the different written books of the world but the Holy Bible being the one that spoke directly to him. He was in Colorado seeking vein glory which we both thought was the pursuit of life. Tiger was trying to be an Olympic skiier after graduating college. Renee taught him to ski over Spring Break! So needless to say he was being passed by kids in helmets on the slope when he got sick and started seeking truth in the world's most known written books, all religions at first until The Holy Bible stood out from the others. Renee in Antigua, Guatemala with a college course in Art when her roommate shared that Jesus Christ is Lord and showed her in the Bible where Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Today you will be with Me in Paradise.". Renee wanted evidence, proof that Jesus is Lord, since this was the first time she heard this news and was an adult. The Art Students met a local who let us ride in the back of his pick up truck to hike the twin peaked volcano. It was high above the clouds on the twin peaked volcano in Guatemala that God gave Renee the evidence she needed that Jesus is Lord, Creator of the Universe and this did not happen by chance. As the sun was setting high above the clouds on the peak of a volcano in Antigua, the pink sunset was the evidence Renee needed, that this did not happen by chance, that God Created it and her and Jesus is Lord! Now she knows the Bible says: "The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky proclaims the work of His hands."-Psalm 19:1. Up high above the clouds as we warmed up by pools of smoking lava hearing the cannon BOOM of the 2nd active volcano shooting up lava and seeing red glowing ski slopes of lava stream down is when the pink sunset and entire scene spoke to Renee's heart like a lightening bolt shaking her saying, "EVIDENCE!"! Renee then knew this did not happed by chance but Jesus IS LORD & THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE & MASTER ARTIST! She got a runners high and running back full of energy was like skiing down rolling black rocks of dried lava! None of the boys could keep up , or the one girl student in shape enough to make the treacherus hike to high altitude. Renee could since she ran in the cross country team & taught aerobics. Yes- it was that high up & hours. Tiger and Renee were in love and both were excited to meet up in USA to tell each other the good news and unbeknownst to one another they met to find out they both came to know Christ as personal Savior at the exact same time in different parts of the world. It was then that God put on Tiger's heart to also ask Renee to marry him. He did so on a blindfold date at night. He gave Renee a piggy back ride to the beach and on one knee had a small fire lit and pointed to dig up in the sand a small giftbox with gold stripes and a gold ribbon. Renee dug it up and Tiger told her he wanted to be with her forever, would she marry him? She was still in college (one year engagement) so she was a bit shocked. He saw her shock and said you do not have to answer me right now. Renee looked up in the sky and saw a light up cross in the sky (from a nearby church) . It was then she knew right away to say , "Yes!" Golden Gate Seminary, Mill Valley, California was one of the many places we lived, moving there with our 5 homeschooled amazing children! We all enjoyed living in California, going to the Headlands and hiking the mountains where we lived in student housing at Golden Gate Seminary (overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge).