2.5.12

I just finished my first transfer!!!! It's unbelievable how fast time
flies!!!! I love lewiston so much! So every six weeks we have
"transfer calls" and last night was my first one and the
results........... Elder Chambers and I are...... staying in Lewiston
together! uh-WOO-HOO!!!!! I'm so happy because we have a ton more work
to do here together before we leave.

Yesterday was fast and testimony meeting and the 1st councilor of the
bishopric got up and bore his testimony on missionary work and bore
his testimony on "How blessed the ward is to have Elder Chambers and
Elder Whiting who work hard and follow all the mission rules exactly."
Then two other people mentioned us in their testimonies and said that
"it's easy to send these missionaries to your friends and family
because you can trust them."

Man I was so happy because the members are beginning to trust us more
and more so the work is moving forward!!! It made me feel like Ammon,
Aaron, Omner and Himni (sons of Mosiah) when the King of the Lamanites
converts to the church then he sends a decree to all the land and
basically says "Nobody harm the missionaries and listen to every word
they say" So then the sons of Mosiah go in and baptize thousands. Now
Elder Chambers and I aren't going to go out and baptize thousands (as
much as we'd like to) but when the 1st cousilor in the bishopric said
that everyone should refer their friends to us, it opened up a lot of
doors for us just like The king of the lamanites did for the sons of
Mosiah!

There were just so many miracles this week. We have two more people on
date for baptism for March 10th!!!! We also have 2 baptisms this
saturday! I'm so excited!!!! We have 3 students from the college that we are
teaching that are the elect!!! One girl is on fir,  she fasted
yesterday to help get an answer on the Book of Mormon. We had a lesson
saturday at 1 and she started her fast at 2 while working 8 hours at
Subway making subs, on her break she read 3 chapters of the Book of
Mormon and then she came to church and broke her fast at 2 on sunday!
She fasted for 24 hours!!! She keeps saying during our lessons, "I can
feel the answer coming!" She said that she can feel the Lord softening
her heart to this church.

As much as I love everyone outside of the Spokane Mission I never want
to come home. This is the best thing in the world being on a mission!

Loves,
Elder Whiting

Family,

You guys would be such incredible members to go on lessons with the
missionaries and you would be the best fellowshippers. The best thing
for spreading the gospel is to be a friend to the people the
missionaries are teaching. Go out with the missionaries as much as you
can! And really be friends with the people you teach with them. Don't
think of them as people you're teaching but rather friends that you
are bringing into the gospel. Life long friends.

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