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,

Hi Hi Hi Happy New Year

sorry about not emailing yall for a while i have been so caught up this festive season seeing people round the clock. it is impressive we did a flood the world activity where we wrapped book of mormons nicely i even learned how to tie a bow!!! and we gave those to people who where working on christmas security guards the people working at a pizza place even to two police officers. that was an interesting story we walked up to them and one of them whent for his gun but i put out my hand to shake his and he relaxed a little we asked if we could talk to them and they said that they had to be somewhere. so we walked with them explaining about the book of mormon and how it changed our lives and we wanted to give it a chance to change other peoples lives. they both accepted one and the next day we got calls from both of them as well as 2 other people that we had given book of mormons the day before... it was an incredible experience... sorry i wont be sending pics till next year as i cant figure out what is happening with this computer and my memory card i bought another one but i think that it is just the computer port isnt working so i am going to get a usb converter see if that works next week till then merry late Christmas if i didnt get a chance to tell it to you yet and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! make this year a good one!!!!

Elder Whiting,

update

so yea stanger round 2 i am shocked... there has been so much change and apparently i am included in said change people say that i am taller now people say that i talk more maby a little too much ugh some people well here is the thoughts. life is like a deck of cards individually each card is worthless nothing but a piece of paper. but as soon as you bring them all together you have something great that you  can do countless things with. and on a spiritual side we each have something unique about us now we might not  e able to see it now and we might not be able to see it alone but it is there and when we find it we need to use it  because what i have found is every gift that we can get from God dosent really benefit ourselves rather it benefits others so yea spread your gift and get ready for this christmas it is going to be fun

Elder Whiting,

happy birthday to me happy birthday to me happy birthday to me ee happy birthday to me

so exciting news for those of you who either a didnt know of b didnt read the sub title its my birthday today yay meee i am so importiant but i get to celebrate with someone else not far from me there is a little girl member if you remember from a cupple o weeks back her birthday is tomorrow her name is tatum and we will be celebrating together it is so exciting i am so pumped. and more exciting news try to guess..................................................................................................... ok you have had long enough i am going back to an old area i am going back to stanger my second area from what is it now almost 15 months ago!!! that is cool in my mind i will get to see all the people i was teaching i am excited and i dont have to leave this culture of indians i have a new soft spot for indians they are dope and my companion makes some pretty good curry anyway my new companion will be a brazillian i think his name is elder andrade so fun anyway still working out the picture situation will be pics next week though promise!!! love you all in different ways depending on who you are but remember you are all importiant in both my eyes and the eyes of God

Elder Whiting,