First week on Abaiang

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Wow it's my second week in Abaiang now and it is pretty great! I have
a new comp named Elder Davis and we kill it out here! The Island is
huge which means a lot of biking. We also visited a small islet on the
north of this place called RIbono, we have to take a boat to get
there! The church has just been introduced up there since it is a
little remote... well a little bit more remote, but it was great we
held the first two baptisms up there to ever happen there! It is great
you can also walk to it if the tides are right but boating is faster
plus there is tons of bwabwai or arrowroot i think thats what it is in
english just like Marakei so it's all great to me! I love working here
and this next week or so i am going to be showing some locals how to
make rice crispie treats so it should be a pretty sweet experience!
  It has built my testimony to see and help the church grow out here
and to help and see others grow as well. I love spreading the gospel
and working hard. I feel our Father in HEaven's love and our Savior's
love each and everyday. I know that they love every one of us. We are
given strength enough to pass through anything that comes our way if
we will simply "look to God and live" keep pressing forward and just
like it was said in conference "Latter day saints keep on trying" but
that goes for everyone. I love all of you and hope you all remember
the perfect love that is always there for us.
Love Elder Scot Carrington

                              I Nangi Nako Ngai

  Kam na bane ni mauri! Life on Tarawa has been pretty sweet and man it has been fast I just caught word that i am moving to Abaiang on Wednesday haha. I love you all! I think they got email on Abaiang so we will find out but i am excited and sad at the same time Betio is a great area and there are a lot of investigators and members i will miss. I know that this church is true i have seen and felt miracles. The Lord has his hand in the work and is always beside us to uplift us. I know He lives and I hope all of you will always remember that as well. It is the most amazing thing to feel his love for his children. Ilove you all again sorry it is short this week.

   TIa bo ao tekeraoi ngkami!

 Love, Elder Scot Carrington

one of the WWII Bunkers

so i found out that kiribati really is sinking kind of fast the wells are getting salting and trees are dying and there are a lot of researchers here from all over the world checking stuff and theres actually a huge us ship that came in for a few weeks we call it the ark. Things are going prettys sweet here salgoods. Tell the Walls i say hello haha it is funny to kind of listen to people talk sometimes to my comp they will ask if i am good at the language or try to speak english and then i will finally start talking haha it gets them every time i love doing it. Love yous thanks for everything and take care this week sounds like things are crazy fun back home but its funner here. Love Elder Carrington

Photos

More Photos  Of Elder Carrington's adventure in the Mission field

These photos cover Tarawa, Beru and Marakei. Sorry I was late posting

some of these.

 

                                                             It has been awhile


 How is the rest of the world doing? man it is good and sad to be back i miss my little island with no phone signal, stamps or internet haha. It was definitely my favorite area so far it was a great time and i learned so much. I can't quite speak fluent yet but i can pretty much hear fluent and i have had my testimony on hard work and obedience built up so much! There is one experience i want to share when we met with an investigator on this island. Solid investigator started out not wanting to listen and now everything is so different but it is just a experience when we were talking with her after a lesson and she saw a picture of the mountains in Elder Buhler's Bible and she asked about them. She goes how tall are mountains? "Oh theyre huge soo tall cant even think of anything to explain well" and she goes "So theyre as tall as that maneaba (a big meeting hut probably about 25-30 feet tall. and we tell her no no no it is waaay bigger and she persists with so it's like 3 of those maneabas stacked on top of eachother? "haha no no no it is soo much bigger and she refused to believe us as we all kind of had a good time about it and laughed. but we realted that to our vision in this life and the life hereafter. yes we know that there are mountains in america, yes we know that there is eternal life and rich blessings in store in the life after but do we really know how big? We can feel so joyful right now for what we can see but there is so much more that we can't see. It's bigger that we think we know it's better than we think we know and it's been promised to us by our father in heaven. I know that the plan he has for each and everyone of us is bigger than we think it fits us perfectly and we cant fully comprehend how much we are loved. Our Father in Heaven loves us and He knows the joy and happiness that awaits us if we will follow His plan. In the name of Jesus Christ amen.
 Love, Elder Scot Carrington

                                                                  Just Keep Swimming

So this week I had an experience that kind of reminded me
of Finding Nemo haha! I still dont understand the language awesome so
when people wpeak different or fast it makes it hard for me to get it.
Having said that this little girl at one of our member's houses this
week who I usually play a card game with or talk with when we visit
usualy Mondays keppt trying to say something to me and I just wasn't
getting it and then i remembered when marlin and dory were riding the
EAC and squirt was prepping them for the release and Marlin says
"listen kid you're really cute but I don't understand what you're
saying" it made me laugh and kind of brightened the whole language
barrier a bit. On the way back to our house while we were in Taboiiaki
which is almost an hour bike ride from our house we were riding
throught the forest and heard in the distance what was sort of like
rustling trees but to a more trained ear you can hear the slight
difference between wind rustling trees and a flash flood of rain and
we very quickly figured out that it was certainly the rain we got
drenched in a matter of seconds and couldnt see infront of us, it is
the most cold weather we have had here and it was still probably only
in the 70's haha it felt real nice though! We  are progressing with
our investigators we have and picked up an older lady as well through
tracting and it was one of my favorite lessons we spoke of the plan of
salvation and the spirit was felt and it brought tears to everyone's
eyes. She's a wonderful investigator and i enjoy seeing all of my
investigators progress it is an amazing feeling you dont get anywhere
else.
  I know that the gospel has gone and is going out among all lands and
nations and prophecies are being fulfilled as that beautiful day comes
ever so quickly forward. I love this gospel and the peace and
knowledge it offers and brings into the homes of all who accept it,
families can be together forever.  In the name of Jesus Christ amen.
love, Elder Scot Carrington