4.24.18 Carcar

Hello people good week here in the carcar. Not too much happening we had a solid week and I love working with my little Dude Elder Ejera. So Friday we had a normal work day, but when i woke up i smelt something really sweet and Elder Whitmore was already out of bed(which isnt normal hahhaha). I walked out and on the table were pounds of cinnamon french toast and he had also made home made pioneer syrup which was soooo good. hahhah so we chowed down on that it was soooo niceee hahah love Elder Whitmore and then for lunch after an appointment we came back and Elder Fernandez had made his specialty for us for lunch called sinigong, which is like a soup kinda thing hahahha. But then we went out to work until the night and there was a little suprise when i got home hahahah. We walked by the church which is next to our house and there was a group huddled with candles burning which scared me a little bit but it was actualy 15 members waiting there with candles and a sign and cake hahahahha love the members here so yea we had a little celebration but yea they are too good to me. we ate some cake and pizza and yea that was the day. But yea the week was really good I had a really cool personal study yesterday about the spirit and yea i jstu really love reading the book of mormon I look forward to it every day. Thank you for all of your words and emails and bday shoutouts i love you all so much. Also shout out to my boy Briones its his B day this may 4th I think.... yea i think thats about it oh waitttttttt its my favorite little guy(i guess he isnt little anymore) Coletos Birthday!!! the big man is turning 16 and getting a new car hahahha psych sorry cole good luck with the pilot hahah. Love you buddy you my fav sorry i cant be there to beat you in tennis. Anyway love you all and dont forget to press forward in faith!

-Elder Smith

oi i forgot shoutout to the best dad in the world for these sandles rockin them err day! Jazz Nation Take Note!!!!1 hahahah love you all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.17.18 Carcar

Hello people good to be coming back to you this week and it was a really good week hahahah. Pretty normal not a ton of crazy stuff but we werent able to work for two days last week as we helped the sisters move apartments and we were in charge of cleaning two houses out, and hauling it all to another house hahahah so the muscles are coming back dont worry hahahah. Yea we got back to work gud saturday kay we had zone con on friday so i saw all my homies! shout out to the batch and also to my former comps that i saw there hahahah. the conference was good learned a lot about teaching better and yea there are these things called "shining moments" so for every meeting we have a couple missionaries share good things that their companions did. hahahha I dont know why but Elder ejera was called to do it in front of everyone for zone conference and he got up there and said uhm for a couple minutes and then said i was kind hahhahahah and then sat down it was so funny everyone was dying. But yea the rest of the week was good we had a lot of really good lessons and im learning a lot as i help elder ejera to learn gihapon hahhha. but yea i love this place and never want to leave! thank you so much for all of you and your support, i know that this work is true and i love going out every day to share the message. i have been so blessed and just hope to help other receive these blessings as well in their lives. love you all and press forward in faith!

 

yo there are some pictures in here hahahah, one video of my crazy comp hahahhahaha hes so funny but dont worry that thing was already on the window (couldn't get video to upload - maybe that is a good thing), and then some more of him and then me and Elder Afele and K at zone conference and then my anak(son) with the APs! wow he is famous gettign picture with aps oh and me and elder Juan who was my first Zone leader and is going home now hahah.

 

-elder Smith

oh and Elder Ejera made this thing at mac do yesterday hahahahahah hes crazy my goodness. some other pictures as well try and figure out what is happening hahhaah

hahahah the pictures from the chair incident and also i caught up with D Will in Cebu you know. 

3.20.18 Carcar

Hello people good to be getting back to you this week we had a good week here in Carcar and still pushing forward. We had some good days this week and bad days but the bad days are still good and the good days are still gooder hahahhaah. Not a ton of stuff happened but we have noticed a pattern in our work that is really cool. We have many investigators this week that have told us that they have tried to pray and have still not yet received an answer. The people here are so awesome and the fact that they are willing to ask God for the answer speaks alot about the people here. But yea we still doin good hahah Elder Morty still pressin forward and i would like to confess that he did swat me a couple times in basketball this morning. but after a week of trash talk and hype for ball i came out with the W after a banked-three from the corner hahahahah. So E Morty will be calling Elder Whitmore 'mammasita" for the rest of the day hahaha. But yea still love the work and everything here and want yall to read Hebrews 5:9 and let me know what you think. Thanks for all the suppport and love you guys!

-Elder Smith

oh and we had a birthday party for our investigator Bro Felix and we got him a cake and yea and all green for my bed hahahh you know i made it just for the pictureeee

4.10.18 Carcar - Training

Hello people sorry I missed a week I think but this one was one for the books hahahh wow bad sign im already laughing hahahah. But yea last P day I had to get my new comp from the city because he is a brand new missionary! hahah this is his third week after being in the mtc for two and yea hes here with me in Carcar. We are doing okay and it was awesome to be able to watch General Conference Saturday and Sunday. Lots of good things were said and i learned a lot and wowww about all the new things introduced from the church. some very amazing ideas and its clear that the Church is headed straight up. I loved so many talks but the one that hit me the most was given Sunday afternoon i think from a seventy as he described sitting next to his dying mother. His mother, instead of asking for help or guidance from him in her time of pain, asked him to teach her how to pray. But not just that, she wanted to know how so she could pray for her son. I am so grateful for you all and your support and i have learned that service and love really is a lot more than two words, but it all started with your examples beforehand. But yea hahahah my comp is tagalog and its so funny hahahahah hes super quiet but everything he says is so funny hahahah and the subject of this is ano ba because he literally says that 10 times over before he says the word he wants to say hahahahha. because thats like "uhmmm" in tagalog so hes always saying it hahah and by the way in bisaya its "quan" hahahhaha so funny. yea we broke a little record this week with 20 investigators to general conference which was pretty cool. thank you so much for your support and love you all so much, stay on the covenant path! press forward in faith.

-elder Smith

3.27.18 Carcar

Hello people hahah coming to you again and sorry i dont think i can send pics again but i will give yall a small update. im good. hahah but yea of course im good other than i lost my first game of ball in awhile earlier this morning so that is sad. but yea we had a good week hahahah one of the funniest stories of my mish and this is how it went down. so it was thursday and we had to grab the keys to the church from bishop before we went out to work. we went up the mountain to tell our investigator that his interview was in a couple hours so he changed and we went down with all of his kids. we waited for President for awhile at the church and taught brother Felix in the ac of the bishops office. after an hour we heardthat president Pajaro was close and i went back in to the offive to grab something and it wouldnt open. i looked thorugh the window and there were the keys hahahah. we didnt know what to do so we called like every person ever and there were no other sets of keys to be found, especially that could open the bishop's office. So president showed up and we explained to him that is was locked along with everything inside: our bags and all the paperwork, and Felix's stuff and of course the keys. it was okay so he did it in another room and then he was on his way and we were still trying to figure out what to do. We thought for awhile and then we came up with an idea. we put a table in front of the door. then a stack of 20 or so chairs and then that was where i sat. Elder Fernandez climbed up on might shoulders and climbed trhough the ceiling. he was up there fora while and pulled him self up then sometime like dropped to the floor on the other side and the door was open hahhahah. we sat in the ac for a couple minutres laughing but yea that is the story. but other than that still love the work and so grateful for Jesus Christ who doesn't just fill the gaps in our lives, he covers it all and all he asks is that we come unto him love you all and take care! happy easter! and april fools april fools none of that even happened! jokes hahahah love you all