Round 4

so before i get into that i am going to appologize today is a buizy day so time once again is not on my side however i got an email from my awesome mom about how some people are wondering when i am moving again i am here to say not for at least another 6 weeks we got transfer news juyst this last saturday and i am staying and my comp is leaving..😢 but hey it was going to happen sometime if any other questins are needed to be answered just send me an email here is your quote of the day

confidence never comes from having all the answers it comes from being open to all of the questions

then the next one i asked a sangoma or a zulu witch basically hot to have sucess just because and she said that we have to ask ourselves 4 questions here they are why? why not? why not me? and why not now? what do you think of these? and how do they apply to your lives?

love you all sorry no photos but i will keep trying.

i am so excited time to prepare the shirt to burn!!!! fire!!!!! hahahaha!!!!!

shout out to my people

hows it my brus and gals things are good here in the durban south africa mission i dont have long because the data is low again this week yes that is why you didnt here from me this last week because before i could send this the data ran out however here is a rundown 1 i did missionary work 2 i whent to a lion park and played with baby lions no joke and then 3 i got two quotes to share this week that is what i want to do is start a quote thing sending yall the quotes that made me think. so both of them this week are from investigators. the first is from someone named mapaseka." we rely too mutch on others for our own happyness." but what i thought of to add is "and not enough on god" she agreed what do you think? are you relying on others for your happyness that will last till an hour later or are you seeking eternal happyness?

quote 2 made me think about mission and i am not going to tell you my thoughts about it but this quote is for those of you preparing to serve but still applys to others.

it is from someone named winnie she said "how do you know when your conversion is strong enough to make that type of commitment?" talking about after we described 2 years on mission she was astounded so you tell me how do YOU know when your conversion is strong enough?

Elder Whiting,

a picture of the lion park will come either this week or next week

if you are curious and cant wait you can google it it is templehof game farm. in ficksburg.

what up

not mutch new happened no accidents life missionary work. but hey on the bright side things are looking up we now have snow it snowed on wendsday but it melted right off so yay i saw snow in south africa and boy i am excited for what we are dong this week will update you on it but it might happen next week and it involves lettle lions

time is not on my side

ok prioritys need to be set email then read ok here we go no time this week because that is something that i did not do i will sent the translation next week. dang it sucks to say that but hey story missionarys are really protected. i have been in a hell of a situation i was biking along and hit a pothole and was thrown over the handle bars the helmet that i was wearing split in half and the jacket i was wearing was toorn to shreads but as for me i sustained only one injury to my leg and it was only caused by my pant leg rubbing it friction burn during the whole sinario i felt no fear nothing bad i actually felt like i was being held like when someone picks you up and cradles you. so yea prayers actually work thank you for your prayers i am safe and well and still ready to work warning this photo may be too graphic for some viewers

what is up guys things

so since i dont have too long left in my timer... there was a lot of emails to respond to.. thanks for that it is nice hearing from you guys... but so here is a basic rundown of what happened this week this week i was able to have a baptism her name was nthabiseng she is a powerfull investigator that has been with us for about a month and a half. she was baptized just last sunday.  so gere is what is up here is my testimony in zulu you will probably not be able to pronounce it but next week i will put in the translation

ngiyazi ukuthi leli yilibandla langempela iqinsio lika Jesu Kristu lelisonto lamiswa nguye futhi libuyiselwa ngomprofethi u Joseph Smith ngiyazi ukuthi ngokufunda incwadi ka mormoni sizoqala ukuthula eduze nobaba wethu osezulwini ngengoba sithandazela ukwazi ukuthi incwadi ka mormoni iyiqiniso siyothola uthando, injabala, kanye xolo, ngenxa ka moya ongcwele. noma ubani onguthola lobufakazi ka moya ongcwele. noma ubani onguthola lobufanakazi a moya ongcwele.lapho sizitholela thina esixakwini sovivinyo asifuni ukaqoqa zonke izubusiso umkulunkulu analo ngathi ngiyakuthanda abafwetha nodadewethu futhi ngisho lokho ngameni lika jesu kristu amen.

makeup

sorry i didnt send one of these last week but things have been rough right now i am in maseru which is in lesotho about a 2 hour drive awayfrom my area we just visited the embasy and got straight up rejected at the gait😢 that sucked but hey i am able to send the photos this week so yay here they come.. other things i didnt get stuck this week thankfully but we whent to zone confrence and i read one of the most powerfull scriptures on missionary work and i highly recomend it for anyone preparing or thinking about preparing to serve a mission it is in the doctrine and covenents section123 vs 11 through 17

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​11 And also it is an imperative duty that we owe to all the rising generation, and to all the pure in heart—

12 For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it—

13 Therefore, that we should waste and wear out our lives in bringing to light all the hidden things of darkness, wherein we know them; and they are truly manifest from heaven—

14 These should then be attended to with great earnestness.

15 Let no man count them as small things; for there is much which lieth in futurity, pertaining to the saints, which depends upon these things.

16 You know, brethren, that a very large ship is benefited very much by a very small helm in the time of a storm, by being kept workways with the wind and the waves.

17 Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.

Elder Whiting,

My Companion Says That He Thinks We Are Doing Something Wrong

soo here is my week so far yesterday came out from an apointment  and i managed to burry the baki tire about 8 inches in the mud that sucked the day before i high centered it and we spent about 2 hours digging it out. and that same day the other elders got stuck twice. my companion says that Hevenly Father is trying to teach us something and unless we figure it out we are going to keep getting stuck.

on a more serious note we spent all day saturday picking beans yes dad like the ones that you love to make in the pressure cooker they taste better fresh though... and the member taught us that we shouldent tell The Lord how great our problem is but we should tell the problem how great the lord is. which didnt make sence when i was agitated and mad about how stuck i got the truck and i was mad but now that i look at it it is a great experience the road of life is hard it always will be and when we get stuck a guy came with a pair of yoked oxen and hooked them up and yanked it out like it was nothing but only when the two oxen worked together at the begining one of them didnt want to work and nothing happened but when they worked together it was a brease for them

just to tell you how stuck that baki or truck was we had spent 2 hours trying to pull it out with another baki and no we did not losten it up so moral of the story if we yoke ourselves with christ we can do anything but we have to pull with him otherwise nothing happens..

well that is all i have time for this week but untill next week i love and miss you all stay well and saligahle or in sutu salihanhle.

Elder Whiting,

oh and i am sorry to say that photos might not come for a little bit my camera is looking a little sad there is just so much dust here that my little camera cant handle it i am taking it in to see what i can do but i dont know we shall see i will send the pictures from this last week next week including photo of the oxen but i dont know about after that... we shall see

Elder Whiting,