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hows it going im elder Whiting here in teh studio with Elder whiting and we are here to day to talk about Elder whitings past week so Elder whiting how are things

Well elder Whiting things are going pretty well there has been some ups and downs but in the end things seem to be going fairly well. i have been able to have some great experiences ranging from a baptism of a friend to a marrage purposal. 

that sounds great Elder whiting and we will get back to that but first here is the weather. it has been rainy for the past week which once again i am sure that Elder whiting is gratefull for. and we will just have to wait and see what tomorrow has to bring but it prommises to be interesting. back to Elder whiting SO Elder whiting can you elaborate on your previous statement

I sure can elder Whiting. about 2 weeks back me and my companion whent on exchanges which for those who dont under stand that is where we swap companions for a day. but i whent with Elder Manyaka. and anyway we had a referal from a member about a little girl named lulu. she was incredible she loved the lesson and promised me that one day i would see her be baptized. it was an incredible experience. we also whent on splits with the AP's which stands for the assistants to president. they help the president with his dirty work. no just kidding they are just an extra pair of hands for the mission president so that he can get more stuff done with the time that he has. but that time i was with elder lehue. and i was told about a man that they where teaching. he  is a pastor for another church and dosent want to leave. he has read the book of mormon and elder lehue was telling me that his problem was the priesthood authority. well we got to a point in the lesson where we where going to extend an invitation to go to church. we did and the man said no so we started toing through the standard questions. "do you belive i the book of mormon" "do you belive that H=Joseph Smith was a prophet of god" both answers where yes. then out of the blue elder lehue asked "you know that this is the only true church right?" i thought that he was about to blow it with this investigator. but he just remained silent and we moved on awkwerdly. later in the lesson we asked them again to come to church and about the priesthood. the wife told us that he had to go to his church to preach that he was the pricher for another church. but the guy put up his hand to stop his wife from starting an argument and he turned to her and said a simple but powerfull phrase. "I do not have the authority that i can feel that these guys here have" it blew me away it goes to show that we need to remain worthy of the holy ghost and if we are worthy of it it can make some megasaurus changes in a persons life

oh wait we have a person on the line hello? hello 

oh hi im --------- and i have a question for Elder whiting.

i am here with him right now what is your question?

ok here it is Elder whiting what is your favorite thing about the culture there?

hmm let me think about that... ok here it is there are a few things that i have found interesting but they circulate around one thing and that is labola. for those of you who dont know what that is that is the payment for the wifes hand in marrage. you know mohanna and the 8 cows thing. just learning how the labola works is an interesting thing. and it is no wonder marrage rates are low here see you have to go through this lengthy process of negotiating with the wifes unkle and father on a price then you have to save up for that price then you pay and you get wed there are a lot more steps than that but i havent really delved that deep into it.

i also got to see a cow slaughtered at a traditional wedding that was pretty cool they tied the cows head to a post and then drove a knife into the back of its head. i will not send a video or pictures due to children viewing but yea

thanks for tuning in and see you next time bye

Elder Whiting,