5.29.18 Carcar Toe Trauma

Hello people ye. good week ba. period. is that joke old enough yet i think i can stop using it now hahahha. we had a good week tho f real sad moments really with some sad stuff happening butttttt we all happy becauseeeee we know that this is true! i know it, and i could not deny it!!! but yea good week hahhah we headed to the city yesterday and doc told me my toe was messed up so we slept in the city and on tuesday i had surgery!!! yea while you were sleeping 7 filipinos were gathered around my huge stinky feet poking and prodding it hahahhaha. but it was aesome my toe made it hard to work for a while now but now i cant walk at all, but after a week i think ill be good, but dont wrorry we still working!!! so we got home way late last night but in the city i dont really know my way around and so much is happening at once so once we found the hospital we watied like 10 min for an elevator and so i was kinda mad but we got on and then got off on the floor above where we need to go. then i hopped on a elevator going down and ejera was trying to tell me it was the wrong one but how could it be??? it was going down??? but after that we were back at square one hahahha ground floor because i guess that elevator only stops on certain floors. k what the freak is taht that is the worst engineering i have ever heard of ever. hahha so i was mad and then we waited another 10 min and barely made it in this one and i thought we could make it through the door because it was completely open when i made the approuch. i was cruising at a full speed limp, but upon arrival at the portal into this moving room, the portal suddenly collapsed on me, leaving me in the middle of it hahahhahahah taht was such a funny thing but yea this girl pressed the close door button on me and i got smashed and ejera is still laughing right now from that hahahhaha. but yea im all good now peeps dont worry!!!! check romans 1:16 and see what you find. love you all and i know the church is true, no problem too big, no solution too difficult for the gospel of Jesus Christ. press forward in faith!!

 

this is my toe rap for the shower cuz i cant get wet right now and then my toe nail!!! they gave me it in this bottle and i opened it yesterday holy cow, like cow really it smelled so bad like so baddddd. but yea 

-elder Smith

5.29.18 Carcar - District Letter Assignment Letter

PHILIPPINES CEBU MISSION
Temple Complex CJCLDS
Gorordo St. Lahug
6000 Cebu City


May 29, 2018


Richard Markland Smith
Natalie Carol Smith
1045 E Fairclough Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
United States
richmsmith@yahoo.com
Dear Brother and Sister Smith,


You will be pleased to know that your son, Elder Parker Oswald Smith, has been called as a District Leader in Carcar Zone, you can be proud of this fine young man.  He is working hard and has shown a maturity that makes him worthy of this responsibility.


Being a District Leader requires your son to teach, lead, guide and direct the missionaries in his district. It is an invaluable opportunity for him to learn to build firm relationships and to learn to serve others as he sets the example to his fellow missionaries. I know that he will perform his duties well. Sister Pajaro and I will be praying for his success.


Warmest regards,

Abenir V. Pajaro
Philippines Cebu Mission

5.22.18 Carcar

Hello people good to be getting back to you alls this week hahah it was a good one! one for the books!! i dont know what books! hahahah basta yea good week so lots of stuff happened but yea working into this new transfer, probably my last in carcar, along with a new aussie in the house(pictured below), i am still alive. Saturday was an awesome day, as brother Harry finally made it to his baptism!! it was a wonderful experience after the program i made on a chalk board after it was supposed to start, but i run on filipino time now hahah. but after the baptism i had the opportunity to interview another investigator to be baptized in another area! it was awesome and it was very cool to see what people are willing to do to follow Jesus Christ through the waters of baptism!! and she passed as well as another canidate from another area! what a week!! but yea on saturday gihapon we had a little CSP at Sis Lan's house. She wasnt there when we got there so we started doing random stuff but yea it took two hours to clear out an area of bushes picture below gihapon. i was helping my boy e ejera out because it was a little new for him but shout out to Gramps!!! pretty much knew how to use a huge sword knife to get that stuff out of there hahah. but yea the rest of the week was good we got some zone shirts with a picutre of everyone and even tho i requested round neck i was stuck with a V that went down to my belt buckle so we modeling the shirt in one of those pics. but yea really felt the spirit strong in a lot situations this week, when i was down i was comforted, when we were teaching a last lesson to a long-time investigator, i felt love instead of sadness gihapon. but yea sorry this was super long im relaly good and still pressing forward in faith! love you all!!! amping kanunay!!

 

-Elder Smith

 

5.16.18 Carcar - Post Motherday Skype

Hello people hahahha im back yeaaaaa still good and elder smith. but yea we had a really good week! lots of really cool lessons and a really cool experience as an investigator of ours tagged a long to tract for new investigators one day last week hahahah. hes is 12 and will be baptized this week and is super smart, he understands everything we have every taught him and as we stopped to talked to three older ladies on the side of the road, he did not shy away from the opportunity to share his testimony. as we talked about the plan of salvation the nanays were asking lots of questions and saying some familiar things but yea. as it went a long bro Harry, our investigator, came in and talked about the godhead and how they are three seperate beings, which is sometimes hard for people here to understand. THe nanays(grandmas) were a little thrown off that a little kid was trying to tell them how it was so nay asked harry a question like whats Heavenly Fathers name??? and i started sweating alittle but they were firing questions at him left and right stuff that i couldnt even answer myself... hahahhaha but after the fact we were able to laugh about it and he will be baptized this week! also,,, awesome talking to the fam couple days ago seems like they are doing okay from the five words that they said to me. It was kinda like talking to some dogs with their ears up and tails wagging but they dont actually understand whats you are saying they are just excited to hear you make noise hahahhaha but that was just when i was speaking bisaya ahahha. but yea love my mom she the best wouldnt be here right now without her!!! like in a lot of ways! gross! hahah but really love you mom and the rest of the fam shout out to them and shout out to cole for ballin out in tennis, hes not takin after me at all i dont know what he thinks he doing ruining my "being terrible" at tennis rep at highland. grateful for you all and sorry if you didnt understand this kay bisaya nako oi! nakalimot ko english kay dugayyyyy na ko diri sa cebu! love you all and faith in forward press./.. its still nice backwards hahah

 

-elder smith

Love this happy boy!!!!

5.9.18 Carcar

Hello people it was a good week not to much happening we are working with our investigators and putting in some good work. The temple session was amazing last week and just earlier we were able to hike up a mountain in some rain and fog which was just as fun as i made it sound in this run on sentence hahahahha. Yea lovin the people here still i know i say that every week and love my companion. Some hard things happening in the area this week as some investigators fall in back to old habits and it seems like our work has been to put to waste, but i know it hasnt. Actually one of the biggest miracles that happened this week didnt even happen here! President Pajaro let me know in my interview last week that two more of carlos's family from Siquijor were baptized last week. sorry i have pictures i will throw them in but shout out to Elder Phippen for keeping the work going it made me happy too see even more additions to a family that started from zero. That day me and Elder Ranon were tracting for what seemed like forever in an area that had probably been tracted over like 100 times right next to Larena. we were about to go another way and not up a small hill, but we followed some inspiration and found this family. we went from hard times to loving the work and im so grateful for Heavenly Father and his hand in our work. Im still doing good if you guys were wondering hahah just still working and trying to help our investigators. I love the people here and i wish i could help them all in teh perfect way, and that is what we told our recent convert yesterday. As she struggled with many trials in her life and problems that makes it seem like she cant do it, we reminded her of the love of the savior and how that a lone is more powerful that what ever satan has to throw at us. I think she felt of that and i would like to testify of the power of his atonement and gospel. I know that there is no another way for us to feel happiness, if not through Him. I love the work and I love you all! Also Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there all the aunts that i Love!!! Especially, Happy Mothers Day for the ones waiting for us in another world right now, because I know they are. I cherish the opportunity i have here to share to people that families are forever, and i know that they are. I love Grammie, and I love my mom. She is a wonderful example to me in everything and cant wait to see her smile this weekend! hahahha love you all and remember to press forward, keep it in gear, never look back! amping!

 

 

-Elder Smith

Excerpt from Parker's companion/trainer Elder Ranon.....

This pictures made me cry earlier as i look closer to the content of the picture most specially to the man who is wearing white. I easily figured it out that he is one of my recent convert @ Siquijor. He is Brother Carlos with his daughter in-law and his grand child.

I remember the day me and my trainee (Elder Smith) found them. That day was a very wonderful day, Me and Elder Smith DECIDED to tract a new area. the day was so tiring and frustrating but after all the NO'S and REJECTIONS from the people we luckily found Tatay Carlos and her daughters Camela with her Baby and Carrie.

That day Tatay was just around doing some chicken stuffs and we just passed by on him as he gave us direction and permission to preach to his house. We found her daughters (Camela and Carrie) @ the house. We taught his daughters while he was busy with his stuffs. We scheduled to visit them the next day to continue teaching them the restored Gospel and to have spiritual time with them also to rejoice.

The next day we went to visit Camela and Carrie and unfortunately they were not around. We learned that they went to visit Camela's Husbands house so Tatay Carlos was just alone. He then just let us come inside their humble house and of course Tatay entertained us and while having some simple chats with him we found out that Tatay was Elect and the one whom the Lord has prepared for me and my companion to teach and nurture that day.

We nurtured Brother Carlos since that day we met him, We patiently taught them. We exert more time visiting them and give our very best work of effort for them and fortunately enough they taught us to develop our Chirst Like attributes and taught us a lot of knowledge even wisdom. Me and Elder Smith were so blessed because of the lives of this Brother and his household.

The day was set and they were ready for baptism. Tatay told me He wants me to baptize him but unfortunately 2 days before their set baptismal day i got transferred. I had a mix emotion that time I was sad and happy knowing that all was prepared even Tatay's will to the will of our Father for him and so I still got transfer to Toledo Cebu.

Tatay is the best.He has now the power and authority to baptise and to do more greater things. He is indeed the Elect that me and my Companion-Elder Smith found through Obedience and Hard Work.

THE DECISION TO BELIEVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHOICE WE MAKE.

SUCCES THROUGH OBEDIENCE :)

 

## after all the hard work and patience son we are  now reaping :D

 

 

 

 


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