well this week kinda whent by way to fast... it started with
a surprise trip to durban to attend their zone confrence instead of ours. so
that was our tuesday kinda washed away then on Wednesday we whent to help a
lady with her yard you know service type stuff picking grass leaving weeds you
know not all that complicated then i saw in the corner of the yard a wall that
was down and asked about it she told me that there was a tree next to the wall
that cracked it so they took it down before it could fall on anybody... i said
well what do plan to do she said that they will rebuild it so i whent out to
take a look and most of the bricks looked salvagable so that was the rest of
the day picking up bricks and stacking them for another time when we will go
back with a hammer and chisel to chip off the moarter so they can re use the
bricks. thursday was simple we trackted most of the day. then friday was
exciting we where walking up to see a member who we where supposed to see on
tuesday but rescheduled to friday and as we where walking up her hill i saw a
guy walking with a tv on his head. now this wasnt a small tv it was a large
flatscreen and something didnt seem right then i heard an alarm and the guy
took off running about 2 min later the security came and we told him which way
the guy whent and he loaded his gun and took off after him it was intense soo
cool... sat was a normal day sadly i was hoping for something cool and sunday
was interesting we had 3 people show up that i didnt know i thought that they
where investigators but it turned out that they where just memebers from around
that had just gone less active in the branch so that was exciting well till
next week..........
Monday, March 25, 2019
Monday, March 18, 2019
this is weird
things have been weird this week i dont know how to put it
but it was just strange. but my week other than that was great i saw that
investigator that i ran into a coupple of weeks ago the one that moved back
here and we where able to teach him he is incredible and loves the idea of
missionary work and asked us how it worked and he said that some day he hopes
to have the same opportunity best of luck to him. well not too much happened
this week. nothing exciting like getting handed lunch for free or anything so
yea not too much happened but we will see how the week goes love you all in
your own special ways stay safe and stay out of trouble...
Monday, February 25, 2019
Hey yalll
i ran into some people tis week that asked me just to speak
for them cause they wanted to hear my accent and apparently they thought that
my accent sounded texan i thought they where crazy. my comp thinks that they
are right so i dont know apparently wyoming shares a similar accent to texas
that isnt as harsh maby i dont know. anyway we had a powerfull moment this
week. we where sitting in our boarding eating lunch after church and we got a
text from a guy that neither of us knew saying he wanted to hear the good
word... so we told him to meet us at the chapel so we did and apparently he was
a long lost investigator. one that hadent been taught since last year and still
mannaged to remember our number it was cool verry spiritual lesson and cool
moment well till next week... Whiting out.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
hey hey hey
so this has been a crazy week but yea things have kind of
settled down thankfully. this week me and my companion where talking to members
that way we can find some new people to teach because the investigators that we
had all moved or are in areas now declared as unsafe thankfully we got that
figured out some of them said that we would be able to teach them at the chapel
so yea. there is always a way. my thought that i shared this week is a lesson
where i tear up a pece of paper in a certian way to reviel a cross as well as
the peaces to show the death of the savior and by taking them i can spell love
benieth the cross the ultimate reason that he paid the price for us.. so
remember who you all are... love you all
Monday, February 11, 2019
so sorry about last week
last week we had some issues with power last week. and this
week we had the same problems. that is why this is coming out so late. but yea
apologies and as for this week we had zone confrence and we learned one
importiant thing and that was what your motivations are is very importiant.
there are 3 motives in this world that sum them all up
1. fear, doing what you need to do because of the fact that
you fear what will happen otherwise
2. duty, doing what you are supposed to do because it is
your responsibility. because it is something that gives you a pourpose and this
ties to number
3. love, in my opinion the most powerfull of all the motives
due to the fact of if you love doing something or you are doing something out
of love there is nothing that can stop you there is nothing that can stand in
your way.
taking that to a spiritual side i would say is how are we in
following God and Christ? are we doing it because we fear what will happen if
we dont just because we know it is what we are supposed to do or because we
love doing it keep that in mind this week as you evaluate the decisions that
you make i tried this and my week changed i felt more involved in what i was
doing and i know that you can feel the same so that is my challange figure out
what motivates you and try to make it your love... love you all in so many
different ways varying on who you are because some of you dont need the same
love my mother does...
saligahle. and or hambagahle
Elder Whiting,
Monday, January 28, 2019
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,
Monday, January 21, 2019
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,
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