hi guys and gals

i dont know what to say since i dont have long internet cafes are expensive over here. but here is the week in a nutshel i was told that i mignt have torn the cartalage in my anlke and that things are going to be rough for the next few weeks. i think that i am fine i can actually kinda hobble around with a crutch to ballance. my companion laughs at me when i do

since it is a popular demand i will write about thanksgiving. we sadly do not celebrate it over here in south africa however i baked a turky for the heck of it you know for the spirit of it. we whent on a hike, or as i would say a hobble. but it was nice.

things are going pretty well we have a potential baptism coming up on the 10th my birthday. yay!

i havent been hurt any more since the last incident and hope that it stays that way well i have about 30 seconds left so i love you guys in an agape kinda a way take care of one another and remember to #Light the world if you dont know what that means ask my family

Elder Whiting,

catch up

so far so well ok... i have had some blessings in disquise wander into my field of vision. i managed to sevierly sprain my ankle possible tearing of muscles and tendons so i havbe been limping/ hobbling around on crutches for like a week. but hey a plus i have massive arms now.. haha. i think that i can beat anyone in the mission to an arm wrestling challenge. no not really some of the africans are pretty muscular. on top of that i have had to hobble away from some dogs the little african children thought that it was really funny. i am glad that it made someones day.

i am gratefull for the support that everyone gives me it keeps me going. in the words of Cortés i am going to "burn the boats" i know that i have sufficent support behind me to keep me going and i am gratefull thanks to all who are sharing the load i love you all.

Elder Whiting,

aka Manqoba,

weekly

i dont know what to say... i miss all of you i guess. this last week has been pretty hard. for many reasons, but i guess what you need to know is, i am ok and am pressing forward with all of my might. so here is the weekly update i guess. this week i was transfered to a new area the i work in two areas because one of them is too dangerous for elders to stay at so we stay elsewhere and go there from time to time. the safer one the town that i am staying in is called ilovu. it is a big town about an hour south of durban. the other area that i work in is called umlazi which is a massive township township meaning a porer area. full of what are called locust houses or houses provided by the government. the standard of living in townships is low and people are struggling but that is when they are more easily turned to the lord. the townships are where we find most of our sucess. now umlazi is massive so it is devided into sections so if you want to look up the area we work in it is umlazi w and umlazi bb. i havent been robbed since i last emailed so i guess that that is a plus but i havent quite adjusted to the new area concidering i was kinda just thrown into it. but i will get back to you next week concening wither i have gotten used to it but as for now. i love and miss you all. salagahle  which means "stay well"

Elder Whiting,

i don't know what happened

here we go part 2 i guess...

other than gettinig to meat elder hamilton i got transfered to yet another area. i know it is in the middle of the transfer but things happened so i had to be shifted. i am now with an elder from zimbabwe. his name is elder sibanda. he is pretty cool i just met him last night so i dont know too mutch about him but more to come next week about that. i got robbed. yes you read that right the first time i got robbed. someone snuck into our boarding and stole my camera. so if you are wondering why i am not sending pictures this week when i promised them last week. that is why. well that is all for now if you guys want me to include more if you have any questions that you want answered just shoot me an email. peace out

Elder Whiting

what is up my family from multiple other mothers?

hey so there is a lot that has happened i will try to remember everything but i dont know how well i will remember. first off i got to meet one of the quarem of the seventy. Elder Hamilton. he came for our zone confrence to kinda see how we as elders are doing in south africa. me and him got to talk in kinda an interview. and he apparently liked one of the things i said. the classic "by faith you can move a mountian. but dont be surprised if you are handed a shovel.." in fact he even quoted me during our stake confrence and said he would quote me during his next general confrence talk. something to look forward to something to keep you awake...