Hello, my name is Gordon Smoak.  I live in Tanzania with my parents Richard and Pam Smoak.  I was born on the 2^nd of February, 1988; we were appointed missionaries in December of that same year, so needless to say I have been an MK all of my life.

Some people feel sorry for me because I live so far away from home, but this is home, I just feel sorry for them because they don’t have the experiences that I do.  The truth is, I wouldn’t trade my life in Africa for anything in the world.  Tanzania, and the things I have learned here, has prepared me for life better than anything else could have.

I have many hobbies and interest.  My main hobby is making miniature models, in the last 8 years I have made over sixty models.  Everything from ships to tanks to planes but my favorite is model cars.  I also collect knifes, my collection currently holds around thirty knifes, two swords and one spear.  One of the highlights is a World War 2 Italian bayonet.  I love to read, any book will do but I especially like big coffee table books, I have read fifteen or twenty cover to cover.  One of my latest interests is digitally modify pictures on my computer.

My future plans include attending Bible School in Johannesburg South Africa, then going to Louisiana Tech University for an engineering degree.  After that only God knows and I pray that he will guide my life decisions.