um hi i guess

this was the most common phrase i heard this week because that is exactly what i did we where tracting going door to door trying to find new people to teach and once again the weatherman lied but this time i was prepared for it so i wasnt burnt too bad. but yea the new news is i have a new companion his name is elder King he is from australia and comes from a big family like me he is the second youngest though of 7 so he has the other end of the sibling spectrum but yea things are good and yes mom he is expecting your questionaire but yea. funny moment. my comp has had a bad toe and it is soo funny because he is nursing it like a baby but as soon as he turns his head away from it for 2 seconds it bumps into something else so yea i guess it fits the description of any baby firstly there is nothing faster than a baby once it has been asked what is in its mouth. learned that one out here when a ma chased her baby for like 4 or 5 min before it came running over to me and just spat the toy into my lap. and two as soon as you look away they are plotting some way to get into trouble my mother can probably testify that one after raising me. but yea on a spiritual note i had an incredible experience this week we walked into pick and pay (the local store) and while we where in there we where approached  by not one not 2 not even 3 but 5 people that had moved into the area and didnt know where the church was and because of that whent less active. as our mission president says "nothing happens by accident" i belive that now anyway that is it for this week i will see what i can do picture wise but until then Saligahle.

Elder Whiting,

buzzzzzzz

so only one really interesting thing happened this week and that was i got chased around the boarding by a wasp but then i reached in to my inner ninja grabbed a pencil from my desk and took one swing landed full contact and the wasp was sent careening twards the wall with a kinda sickening crunch fell to the floor dead i felt like a boss!!! i am untouchable. the other thing that happened was there was a guy that came up to me i dint recognise him but he said that he recognised me then he told me a story that brought it back... he told me about how when i was in umlazi i was the guy that was willing to help him i was walking along after buying dinner some fries and bread and this guy was sitting at the corner of the mall. i felt bad for him and gave him the fries and a copy of the book of mormon on account that he read it... he said that he had. and he said that he belived that that was the reason that he was doing well he had got a job an appartment and his life turned around. i felt good that day planting seeds really does help even if it seems helpless...

1. photo opportunity with some sugar cane

2. i got boarding skills (aka me boarding to an appointment with a member to do some service)

3. the number one gardening and roof painting service

Elder Whiting,

the weatherman tells lies!

so i whent on exchanges with the elders in my district. for those of you who dont know there are 4 of us in my district and i need to go on an exchange with each  companionship to evaluate how things are going and to see how i can help. anyway i checked the weather the day before i left and it said that it would be low to mid 20's for those using Fahrenheit that is about 68 to 75 so not too hot.. and it was supposed to be clowdy so i left the sunscrean in my boarding and traveled to the other companionship... well that was the first mistake it turned out to be 38 ish degrees which is about 100 degrees Fahrenheit and there wasnt a cloud in the sky🌞 and i got cooked pretty bad it hurt😭 and for the next 3 days i didnt sleep all that well. i am recovered enough now and yea things arent too bad... i have enjoyed being out here this week we found 2 of my investigators that i lost contact with when i was treansfered out of here the first time... that was about 15 months ago for those keeping track. but the people said that they had prayed that they would still find the truth. i didnt see either of them until now because they where with their families for the holidays but this last sunday they came back and when they came to church i was startled to find that they had been baptized and i didnt even know. so remember even if it seems that you dont make a difference in someones life one little ripple is all it takes even if that ripple is a card miraculusly thrown through an open window from 6 meters away

1.my amazing burn... fair warning shirtless elder whiting

2. me and my comp garden work day

3. my favorite go to on the go lunch schwarma!!!! only 35 rand for 2 that is less than 3 bucks

Elder Whiting,

What is up is the sky

so things have been kinda slowing down for me i wish they hadent it made the new year kinda boring made christmass seem like a drag... but that is whatever cause that isnt my pourpose for being out here... i am here for the crocodiles!!! no just kidding but yea this week i was able to go to a place called crocodile creek and there i was able to hatch a baby crocodile... sorry no photos of that... but i do have a picture of me wearing a crocodile as a hat the guy snuck up behind me while i was pulling the baby out of the egg and placed another small crocodile on my head it grabbed my head with its legs at which point the guy told me to reach back and grab the tail and then the croc whent into sky diving mode. legs out head up kinda thing. that was fun.

Elder Whiting,