Monday, October 29, 2018

update


i am leaving nooooooo the most blessed area in the mission and i am leaving i am now going to chatsworth back in durban but here is the kicker i will now be around indians like spicy curry indians guess i can start putting the toilet paper in the freezer now better prepare but my companion is elder ruben and sorry mom you will probably not be able to visit his family as they live in fiji so yea sorry for that sad news but yea that is basically what is happening lots of stress but i will figure it out

Elder Whiting,
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Monday, October 22, 2018

hey hey hey


hey guys i finally recovered from last weeks service projects but i am still so tired... anyway we had another baptizm this week that was exciting this one has been in the works for about 3 years on and off and we finally came through exciting. pictures to come no interesting service projects although i felt like a hero on thursday when i was biking along and this lady little old lady was walking a pit bull on the sidewalk well i was in the road and kept biking along greeting her as i whent past but then i realized the dog was snarling on my rear tire and the lady didnt let go so i slamed on my brakes fliped around and grabbed the dog while my coompanion helped the lady get up. we are pretty sure that she dislocated her sholder and probably did some other damage but she brushed it off. what a champ she then got up took the leash from me and said thank you for catching him and i even got a pat on the head before she headed off twards the hospital across the street.. but hey that was my good deed for the day i felt like a true hero. anyway a picture email will be coming shortly after this

Elder Whiting,
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh everything hurts!!!!!


so this week has been a service week for me. yea it involved a bucket a pool a schovel a pick and a bike. here is how it whent i biked about 8 miles out to a place called ficard park (not that that means anything to some of you but hey to others maby) after the bike ride i spent 7 hours draining a 55 thousand liter pool with a tiny 5 liter bucket. then cleaned the pool with a broom and soap and a little low pressure hose. after that we biked back. day 2 we dug a trench for another guy and yea also by hand pick and schovel so the third day i woke up stood up and bent over to tie my shoes and nierly fell over because muscles decided not to support me. after that i tried to sit on the couch and nierly passed out due to pain. but hey it felt good to do all that work... and yea baptisms we had 2 baptisms and 1 more next week i am so excited.
Elder Whiting,
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Elder Whiting,
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here is a link in case any one lost it... and there is extra photos that i will explain now first is my sutu gear, then a cute little girl named aiesha so much energy meat meat and more meat this was my dinner in prep for confrence... then there is ramond ieshas unkle and he passed out during confrence... then there is a bug that i sarinated in the shower. i found out that i aint cut out for merry go rounds anymore. the pool i drained a cool dog that just watched while i drained the pool  and finally a  pic from the baptism sorry there isnt more the others didnt turn out

Elder Whiting,
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Saturday, October 13, 2018

mother this email if mainly for you but to those whom it might concern


Hello fellow humans from earth just to let you all know so you don't freak out when you do not hear from me on Monday our preparation day is being moved temporarily to Tuesday as our zone meeting will be being held on Monday so yea i will be emailing on Tuesday instead of Monday.
Elder Whiting,
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Monday, October 8, 2018

hello hello hello


sorry about my briefness last week i thought i sent an email out at the begining but i recived an email from my mother asking about the grupe note and yea i checked and nothing so yea sorry again but this week i have big news this up coming sunday there will be 3 baptizms followed by another 3 the next week and another 1 later on so yea exciting.

he had one question though and that was how hard is the interview and i told him it was as easy as riding a bike. turns out he didnt know how to ride a bike so yea that didnt work out. but hey they got through it and i taught him how to ride a bike and we had some fun...
love you all

Elder Whiting,
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Monday, October 1, 2018

hi guys


so not too much has changed recently today i mannaged to go to yet another braii at the zoo that was coool i enjoyed the monkeys enjoyed too. yes we where raided but hey my mother said to share so... but hey they also took a plan of salvation pamphlet so good
Elder Whiting,
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Monday, September 24, 2018

doon du ba doon doon du ba doon doon do ba doon doon da doon


so yea song from the past in choir anyone who can guess it kudos but hey life is good my new comp elder miller and i have been having a blast tons of fun it has been hard due to the fact that A we have been working in white neiborhoods and the africaaners dont seem to like us that much and B due to point a we taught 0 lessons for the past 4 days but hey we have a lesson later today so that should be fun but on a more spiritual standpoint here we go.
the previous missionaries that where serving in the university area had an incredibal experience that i learned about and thought that you guys might enjoy they where teaching a guy who is powerfull he was talking about the plan of salvation or in other words Gods plan for us to return to live with him. and anyway he got to the point where man was created and he asked the question "if God created the earth and all of the animals, why didnt he stop there? all the animals and the earth obeyed his every will, so why did he create us?" later in the lesson he got his answer and i think that this is powerfull. the elders asked him his question again and asked how he felt. his responce was as follows. 
"I feel that God had a hole in his heart that he needed to fill. So he created us. a creature that has the potential to become like him. a son if you will" it blew me away this investigator mannaged to answer his own question. he was so stubborn but as soon as he opened his heart the spirit entered and gave him an answer so clear that i dont even think that i could have answered it better. so my challange to you all this week is think about how you can let the spirit in how can you get your answers? and then do it.
love you all,
Elder Whiting,
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Elder Whiting,
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