The entire Smith family was baptised together in Spring of 2003. The whole family is so happy. Josef is jumping and giving big hugs; this is a delightful family rejoicing together.
Category: Meet the Smith Family in 2003
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Summer Camp 2003
August 1st – 5th, 2003: The Smith family attended Remnant Fellowship’s fun family camp along with 500+ other attendees.
As stated many times, the accusations that this church would ever endorse child abuse in any form are emphatically denied. Along with all the families, adults, and children attending this camp with the Smith family, camp was also attended by many trained professionals, including paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, school counselors, lifeguards, public school teachers, etc. – all of whom would be required by law to report any suspected child abuse at the risk of losing their licenses and professional positions. At NO time has any professional person indicted they have ever witnessed any child abuse.
As you see in the video, little Josef is active and energetic, and he has good behavior – nothing out of the ordinary for an 8-year-old boy. He is outgoing, active, and happy as he can be playing ball and dancing. Although he periodically scratches at his eczema, he is participating fully with no signs of pain or discomfort. Whether having fun in the swimming pool or jumping on the camp beds with the other boys, little Josef was active and confident, showing NO signs at any time of being an abused child.
September 6th and 10th, 2003: The Smiths open up their home for a two-day photo shoot on Friday the 6th from 10:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. and Tuesday the 10th in the evening from 4:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. for FOX NEWS Atlanta. They are filming a segment featuring Sonya Smith and her weekly weight-loss support group and Bible study. A full camera crew, many weight loss testimonies and class members, and many support people are in the home on these days. Little Josef was filmed reading the Bible. The Smith family is seen eating pizza, French fries, and chicken wings, and you see a neat home and a loving family. If these had been the abusive parents that the Prosecution tried to present, they would never have let a film crew in the home in this manner! The Smith family was an evangelistic family, and they had nothing to hide!
On October 4-6, 2003, just days before little Josef’s untimely death, Dr. Jayne Dubois, PhD. in Clinical Psychology with a specialty in domestic violence and abuse with families, directed a booth for weight loss at the Southern Women’s Show in Birmingham, AL. The Smith family attended the show and helped work this weight loss booth, and they stayed in the same hotel as Dr. Dubois in Birmingham. Long-time friends with the Smiths, Dr. Dubois also helped to organize the Fox News media shoot in the Smiths’ home in September (mentioned in a previous article). Dr. Dubois saw the eczema on Josef’s elbows and ankles during their time together, and she saw Sonya putting lotion on each child. The Smiths and Dr. Dubois were together for 10 long hours working at this booth at the Woman’s Show — and Josef was there as well. Dr. Dubois recalls Josef was so outgoing – he would walk around and visit, talking to everyone at the other booths. He was a happy child with no signs of pain…no signs of timidness…and no signs of any other pattern of abused children. Josef was doing better than ever with his behavior during this time. Thousands of people saw this child at the Southern Women’s Show, and no one saw marks on the body or an “abused child.”Dr. Dubois has known the Smiths for years and has even been an overnight guest in their home on occasion. Neglect, child abuse, and murder are the last words she would ever think to describe these loving, caring, outreaching parents who were always in the public eye, with up to 40 people in their home weekly for classes and often attending weekend church functions outside Nashville, TN.