Well to start. I have decided to go to Byu Idaho, so send out whatever needs to be taken care of, and thankyou so much for doing so.


This week has really been a challange. So the day of transfers i arrived there early to meet my new trainee. His name is Elder Dawson from Pinegree Idaho. Hes way cool hes a farm boy from Idaho. Then i found out where i was going. Its called Ypsilanti area. Its right by Ann Arbor, and if you remember Ann Arbor is where i started my mission out. So the first day was way stressful. I had no idea where i was going, what i was doing, or where i was. White washing means they take out both missionarys from the area, and they put me and elder Dawson into it. So we dont know where the church is, where we are, it took us a little bit to even find our apartment haha. Then we had to find the church because we had an appointment i guess at 3:00. So a lot of getting lost and meeting new people. Also on top of that i get the opportunity to teach and train elder Dawson, and also to be steward over the district and help them grow. So thats kind of how the first few day were. Alot of stress, and you know me i dont get stressed, actually i wouldnt call it stress i would call it heavenly father stretching me passed where im usually comfortable at. I know he does this to make me stronger though and to bless others so more than willing. Its just been a tough week haha. On the other hand though, the lord is richly blessing us. We found around 17 potential investigators this week, and even had a guy named Jonathon who we talked to while he was biking show up to church. So God's having mercy on us in our situation which I am thankful for. I guess the reason why the missionarys got whitewashed is because this area has been known for Disobedient missionarys hanging out with missionarys, and the last missionarys wernt working as hard as they should be. So we dont have many investigators, but with the lords blessings we found 4 new investigators this week. So things are rolling forth. Elder Dawson is really getting the hang of things, and is going to be a great missionary. But as for my week, thats kind of how it went.
I'm grateful for this opportunity that i have, because i have to be a perfect example for this new missionary, its really helping me work and finish strong. So great things are going to happen. Its funny also about this ward. All they talk about is how they are the best ward in the mission, and that we are priveldged to be here. That we better be the best missionarys in the mission to have been sent here. Which is Hogwash, these members are so full of pride its hillarious. Its almost like a highschool football team, bragging about how good they are. Well I wont doubt them, but im not going to believe it untill i see it :-)
So otherwise summerized its a interesting ward.

Heres my new adress: 225 south Grove Apt D-212 Ypsilanti, MI 48198

Oh guess what else- It SNOWED YESTERDAY! Man, I thought i was done with winter. Crazy Michigan its so unpredictable, it may be 70 degrees outside, then drop in an hour and snow. Hopefully the real spring is just around the corner.

Other than all that not to much new here. Oh also I cant wait for General Conference, im so excited. Its like missionary Super Bowl! It should be a good one. I hope you all will be able to watch it. Well i love you all and will talk to you next week.
Love- Elder Whipple

Hello

Im sorry to hear about your tooshy. I hope its not broke i could only imagine how bad it hurts. Yes i do still have the disney dollars as well.

So about college, i really still dont know which one i want to go to. When does the fall semester start? I wonder if I'm even going to have time to come home and adjust haha, or if I will have to leave a few weeks after i get home. Which brings in what car Im going to use, where im going to live, etc. Hmm seems like a lot to plan for, and if I only have a few weeks before the fall semester starts, that might be kind of crazy.

I guess from this end over here, i just dont have enough information maybe to make a choice/plan of action. So i was wondering if maybe you can find out when the fall semester starts, and some other details.

Well other than that... Yea crazy 9 days and i have only 4 months left.
Wow! Thats nutz. Time is really flying. To answer your questions about the weather its been around 32-46 degrees here. Which is funny because i consider that warm now haha. We have been on bike for a couple of days now because we had to take the car in to get some work on it. So we have been biking around and i kind of know how you feel, i have had saddle bum lately ( meaning my butt hurts too haha) I havent ridden bike in a while i guess. Well update from last week is that we receieved a sweet referral from the missionarys just below us in Gross Pointe, her name is Shantel and she has been meeting with missionarys sice December. She believes the church is true. So the first appointment we had with her, we set a baptismal date with her for April 26th. She was excited and is going to prepare herself for that. So its amazing we dunk one and another is placed in our path. Also our investigator Jalil (the one that dropped us then picked us back up a couple times) well he woke up sunday morning, and i guess what tired of everything. Hes sick of saying hes going to change and not aplying any action, so he woke up that yesterday morning and threw away all his cigaretts, lighters, ash trays, and came to church saying hes never going to smoke again. So great things are happening. We found 12 potential investigators this past week, and 2 pretty cool investigators, so lots of good things are happening. Hopefully the lord will continue to richly bless us.

Ohh i just remembered something i needed to ask you about. My licence expires this May 27th. Remember that lady we asked her if we could renew it and shes like " you dont need to it will still be good". Well i think thats not the case. If there is someway you can go to the dmv some how and figure out i guess how to renew my licence, so i dont have to pay a fee, or take another test or something. I really dont know what happens if you dont renew it, but i know i need a good drivers licence to continue to drive out here. So if you could look into that for me i would greatly appreciate it :-)
Well I think thats it for us. Spring is around the corner, so is Transfers. Its coming up this sunday. It will be interesting because i could leave this transfer and spend my last 4 months in another area, or spend another here then leave. Interesting to see what happens, i will keep you posted.
Well tell everyone i love them and will talk to you next week. THanks again for everything
-Love Elder Whipple

Oh ps. Guess what i found last week in Detroit when i was on exchanges with the assistants ..... A dime bag hahaha. Which in English terms is a bag of either Cocaine, crack, or weed. It was funny He took a picture of it. The powder was still in it. We could have made a quick hundred dollars haha.
Dont worry we hid it under some grass so knowone will be able to smoke it. Just thought you guys might think thats funny. Anyways talk to you next week!

Hello good to hear from you dad!

Congratulations mom on the book! Im excited to hear how everything pans out. ALso to read it when i get home! Maybe you will be the next harry potter author person (i cant remeber her name). That would way sweet!

So it sounds like you all are being very industrius, trying new things and stuff. Thats great to hear! I hope and pray everything continues to work out. Im still curious though, whats a krisper in your fridge? How exactly do they work? Sounds really interesting.
Also im sorry to hear about Billy Brandon, thats really sad to hear. But im sure the funeral service went well, and they couldnt have picked a better speaker. Did you teach the plan of salvation over the speaker? hehe. I wish more people new what we new, they would be alot happier at times of death.

So an update on the baptism. It happened! I didnt do the baptism, which is completley fine by me. Her friend that introduced her to the church and helped along the way baptised her. I was so excited when i heard because we didnt think he was going to be able to come, but last minute notice he was, and she was excited! So it was a great week as well. We found lots of potentials and some new investigaotrs hopefully we will begin to have more baptisms in the future, and be able to see the change come into the lifes of Gods children.
Oh also.... Disneyland huh! Sweet! I hope you guys have a blast, tell Mickey I say hi.... then try and hand him a passalong card for a free book of mormon. Tell him its from me haha. Im excited for you guys. Im also excited because its almost SPRING!!!!!!!
I can hardly wait. We had a 60 degree day this past week and i about ran door to door i was so excited! Its been a bone chilling winter, but i can see spring around the corner. Its funny missionary moral is alot higher in good weather haha.

Oh also i havent heard much from Elder Padeken about his ride status. Buts its ok i think he has it sort out, so dont feel like you need to make your plans around him, im pretty sure he has it figured out by now. It was more of a possibility than a plan set in stone, sorry i should have mentioned that.

Ok now to hop onto another subject. I cant beleive another baby! haha. Its going to be crazy to see them all, I will be honest there has been so many, i dont know if i have all the names memorized. But im excited for everyone and there new little ones.
Have i ever told you guys how many im going to have... I want 7-10 haha all my companions think im nutz!

And to the last subject. Byu. Ya I still dont know what i want to do yet. Mainly because i dont know whats out there. I want to come home and do some research. Since i have been out alone the economy has gone from pretty good to ........ nots so great. Only in 19 months! So i dont know what kind of careers will make money, what wont. Well I do know one and thats Medical, but thats something im not interested at all. So when i get home I'm banking on doing some research and checking into it. Also i ask alot of people out here how they like there job. So hopefully i will decide sometime. Oh also about the prayer thing, i have prayed soooooo much on what im suppose to do where im suppose to go (College wise) Im convinced heavenly father is not going go tell. Hes letting me make this descision. The answer i have gotten is no answer, so untill i get one im going to keep making descisions that feel good :-)

Well Things are going great out here! Sounds like things are going good out there! I'll continue to work hard, you dont have to worry about me getting truncky or given up, I'm in it for the end. Theres a scripture in D&C 58 that says somewhere along the lines
" Behold his mission is given unto him, and it shall never be given again."

Im living day to day by that scripture.
I love you guys tell everyone i say Hi
I will talk to you next week
-Love elder whipple
Again tell mom congratulations and congratulations on starting a new business i hope and pray it will be prosperous!