{"id":3178,"date":"2019-12-07T16:29:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T21:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2019-12-07T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T21:29:05","slug":"martin-smith-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=3178","title":{"rendered":"Martin Smith, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>

I wrote the following post earlier this week (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)\u00a0on Facebook:<\/p>\n

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I received a call from a nurse at Vibra Hospital in Detroit this morning<\/p>\n

just after 9:00 am alerting me that my brother, Martin Smith, passed away at<\/p>\n

8:50 am on Wednesday, December 4, 2019. He had been hospitalized since late<\/p>\n

August in intensive care at Harper then Vibra Hospital.<\/p>\n

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I am very grateful to all who have visited Martin (“Mark”) during this time.<\/p>\n

I am especially thankful to those who have extended extra care and<\/p>\n

assistance to help Mark and me during this time.<\/p>\n

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I believe Mark suffered from the consequences of his long battle with<\/p>\n

prostate cancer. Mark was operated on for a neck tumor in early September.<\/p>\n

After the operation, he had no use of his tongue so he could not swallow or<\/p>\n

talk.<\/p>\n

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I know Mark is in a far better place now, for he had a very firm and<\/p>\n

knowledgeable faith in the Bible and our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

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I have been absolutely amazed at the number of individuals Mark’s life\u00a0touched in Southwest Detroit where he lived. I will miss him for a short\u00a0while, but I am thankful for his witness for Christ.<\/p>\n

Shortly after I began teaching in Detroit, I moved to an apartment in Southwest Detroit. It was in walking distance from where I taught at Neinas Junior High School and then Amelia Earhart Middle School. It was not far from where I next taught at Cass Technical High School.<\/p>\n

When Mark needed a place to live, I agreed to have him move in with me. By splitting the apartment rent, it made our housing expense very manageable–just $35 a month. That let me increase my book budget. I still have all the good Bible reference books (5000) and literature, history, mathematics, and electronics books (2000) from that time.<\/p>\n

When Mark began having difficulties with his administrators (Mark was a teacher too) I wrote many letters in his defense. But eventually Mark had to leave public school teaching and took jobs in the electrical industry. He has had a very hard life, materially speaking. But spiritually speaking, he has always maintained a good witness for Christ. He last worked at the Salvation Army as a GED instructor. Mark was always good at helping students learn mathematics and science. I suspect that this skill was not at all appreciated by his public school administrators. I think the administrators at the Salvation Army very much appreciated what he was able to do for the adult education students he worked with there.<\/p>\n

I understand that Mark was involved with helping students in a local home school group learn mathematics and other subjects and was much appreciated by both the students and the parents.<\/p>\n

I am thankful to have had the opportunity to be an encouragement to my brother Mark in various ways, but most especially, spiritually.<\/p>\n

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