Hey 9-26-11

Everything is going great here. It's been a good week we have found some really strong potential investigators. This Sunday one guy I just contacted came and throughout the week he was calling me and was like church on Sunday right and I was like yeah! He is a awesome and he really wanted to learn more about the Book of Mormon which is awesome so I gave him a Book of Mormon and some things to read and he seems really excited! I was way excited when he came to church because he was one out of the few investigators we had there and I know if we can get him baptized he will be a strong member. Also another cool thing that happened this Sunday isdo you remember Kennedy and Geofry, well they got the Aaronic Priesthood and Kennedy ordained Geofry and Geofry ordained this one guy named Rodgers! It was a really good day. We also did lots of work on Sunday we went on splits so I could visit some people and so Elder Cook could visit a pastor from another church and I guess the pastor is a pretty nice guy so we are going to take the Bishop to see him next Sunday. I visited this guy named Robert again and he is still is a little cautious on whether or not he should leave his other church because he has just joined one and he is praying to find out if our church is true. This week we also met a powerful guy his name was Micheal and he is super cool and he asks so many questions. He didn't make it to church though which was sad. I expected him to come so I will have to see what happened there. He seems really interested in the church though and learning more. Steven still hasn't come back to church yet. I was able to talk with him Saturday and he said he would be coming but has yet to come which is sad I was hoping he would come back to church and enjoy. We still go visit the less actives and recent converts so we can strengthen them. Kennedy, Geofry and Esther and her son Morro are still staying super strong in the church which is great and I think Esther finally got a calling and as I told you Kennedy and Geofry just received the Priesthood. We are still trying to find families now that would love to hear about the church and I know we can. We are looking for the ones that are honest and faithful and I know that through much prayer and fasting we will be able to teach and find those that are ready to hear the gospel!
Before I left McDonald's burnt down so that is cool that it is opened up again and it's crazy to think that the road is almost finished in Butte boy how time flies. Sounds like everything is going great and canning sounds like its going to be a blast. Sounds like everything is going good back home and I am glad to hear that I hope it continues to go well.
Uganda is still doing great nothing really crazy going on I guess some elections are coming up but nothing much more than that. I guess things here are just normal to me now so I don't know exactly what to say except it's amazing and beautiful and the people are great yes the street people do try to rip Mazunguz (whites) off but we usually have another African there to help us. It is such a blessing to be here at this time the field is truly white and ready to harvest and we will find those that are willing. The rain comes and when it comes it pours. This Saturday it poured and Elder Cooks shoes were filled my shoes are pretty torn up so they just went through the holes. Speaking of shoes the ones I have well I have Two pairs the one we bought at Herbergers are fine but the other pair is pretty torn up so I may need some money to buy new ones so I can throw these ones away. All the walking took a toll on them ha. Everything is going great and I love it so much. I know there is nothing better I could be doing and that the Lord will bless those that are willing to follow him and do their best. If there is anything else you would like to know please ask. Oh and by the way there is this one guy that makes some really cool African wood statues. I'll take a picture of the one I have and I was wondering if you would like one too. I met this guy at Stake Conference in Kololo last week and he makes a really cool wood engraving its like Africa then you put the name and he puts some cool animals on it anywho. I really love mission and am so excited to be here and I don't want to miss a minuet of it. I love you guys and I miss you. Thanks for all you do Love ya
Love Elder Hildreth

Hey 9-19-11

So super mouse has disappeared so that’s good. The filter for our water tap is still out of the picture as of now but we should be getting one soon so we are still boiling water. Here in Uganda there are only two seasons; dry season and wet season. Wet season is during the time when there is a lot rain and dry season is during the time when there is no rain. It stays around the same temperature most of the time. It is so beautiful here I bet if you saw it you would love it so much. It is always green I do miss the fall season and feeling of the change of the season though but it's all good I can see that again in a few years. I may not come back here to Uganda so I will enjoy this while I can and do the best I can and just take the time to enjoy what God has given me to enjoy. I haven’t really seen any interesting animals oh except this one snake thing! It had two heads and it was going in one direction and then we scared it and the other head took off it was so weird I don’t really know how to describe it. We saw it when we were helping build someones house which was also an experience in itself haha.

  This week has been a good week, Elder Cook wants me to take over so I can become a great missionary. He is going to pretend to be an extreme greenie and help me grow. I know I need this because sometimes I depend on him too much. Through this I know I will be able to grow more than ever before. It was super irritating at first, but I must be humble and ready to grow and be my best. This last week we have been helping a family build a house. We spent two hours for two days and it's really weird how they build houses here in Uganda. They get some bricks and then they get two types of dirt and mix it with water and then they build. We have been helping by tossing bricks so they are closer and also by getting the sand closer and ready to mix we also get water in a cool way I will send you some pictures Habib took. It was a fun experience we will be going there again tomorrow.

Yesterday was Stake conference my first one in Uganda and it was cool and very good however, I missed a lot because we gave up our seats for some others, so I didn’t hear too much. Saturday we finally saw Steven again! He said he has been super busy and will be coming back to church again which is great! I was very happy to see him. He is doing good and we taught him the power of the Atonement in his life. It was a good lesson. What else was cool was to see Kennedy, Geofry, Esther and Concy at Stake conference which was a great sacrifice for them and it was so great to see them there. I know that they had a spiritual experience. Yesterday we didn’t have the Ballyjusa Family Home Evening so what we did was we went and found some people and I think the spirit 

really led us where we needed to go because the people I wanted to see weren’t there, so we went to this house and there was this lady and she really wanted to know what we taught and especially wanted to learn about prayer. She was a Muslim but is now turning Christian so she wanted to know how to pray so we taught her. Then we saw this man name Aggero and he has three kids and a wife and was super interested in the Book of Mormon. Then we met this guy named Robert and we taught him about the priesthood and He really liked what we said but he said he would need some time to decide if it's what he wanted. Earlier this week Tuesday I think we were bounced by Noah and Ceprian some less actives they told us to come back later. When I was with Elder Call, 

Elder Munkondyas companion, I got a feeling to knock on a house but was to scared to do it because it was a super rich home but I got the feeling to go again and so I did and we found this super awesome family they have 5 kids I think 3 in boarding school one stays home because he isn’t strong enough and needs prayers and the other is a baby. They were so awesome and we talked with them for awhile and told them about the Book of Mormon and about prayer it was great. They want us to keep going back on Saturdays when they are free! It has been a good spiritual week and I am so grateful for prayers and the spirit that will lead us a guide us where we need to go. I am also grateful for the Atonement and that Christ would lay down His life for me if I am willing to follow what he says and do what he asks me to do. I am so grateful for all He has done for me and all that He will do for me! I know He truly died for all of us and wants us to return to live with Him again He lived so we could live He died so we can live again! I know this is true I know this church is true! Habibu our helper is now gone to serve a local mission it was sad but we know the lord needs him and we are grateful for his service.

It is great to hear that you all are doing well and having fun I will miss peeling/eating pears haha I know you guys will have fun. I love you guys very much and miss you but I know that this work is important and it is the most important thing I can be doing!

Love Elder Hildreth

Hey everyone! 9-12-11

Hey everyone! 9-12-11

I am doing so wonderful today! We didn't have the best week last week, but our motto this transfer is do better and no excuses so we will do better and not make excuses for what we do wrong and just try to improve ourselves and continue to grow from our mistakes and become better! We haven’t been able to see Steven in awhile and he hasn’t come to church for at least three weeks which is sad, but I still know he will turn around and want to come back to Christ. I talked with President about him and he said to get the family to help so he can have a firm foundation, We haven’t seen Steven in so long and we try to see him everyday but he is always gone. I know though that he will come back. We didn’t have too many investigators at sacrament we had one guy Damiono and a girl named Concy. Damiono has come before but he just comes every once in awhil. We haven’t really got the chance to teach him because he has no contact number so it is kind of hard. He has a friend that is a member so I talked with him and asked and he knows where he lives so we can talk with him. Also Concy is a referral from a returned missionary girl Sara. Concy seems interested in the gospel which is wonderful. This week we talked with Joesph I think I told you about him and he has stopped progressing and he is scared to leave his church to come to ours. He is also scared to read and pray about the Book of Mormon to find out if it is true. We are planning to take it away and give it to someone who will progress and will actually read and study the Book of Mormon and that will actually want to find out if its true. Our hope also by doing this is that Joesph will want to come back and that he will realize for himself he needs the true church. We are still trying to continue to strengthen our recent converts and also try to talk and bring back the less actives. Something interesting that happened this week is we had this guy come to change our water spout because it was broken and he put in a new spout and now the water filter doesn’t fit so we have to boil our water they are going to try to bring something else so that the filter can fit on it. Another funny thing that’s been happening is we have a pet mouse not on purpose but he just kinda came in one day and he is super quick so we cant kill him and he is just in our apartment and he enjoys some of our food so now we need to be careful with our food ha. This mouse is like superman he can jump super high open cupboards and is super fast so that’s an experience in itself ha. Don’t worry we have protected our food now and he cant do anything. Also the weather has been good not too rainy and its not too hot so that makes it nice. I got the chance to work with a ward missionary named Tom and he is super cool he is a convert and he told me his testimony of the gospel and how it changed his life and how he used to fight all the time and people called him Tyson because he loved to fight and now that he is in the gospel it changed his life and he is trying to help bring others unto Christ which is super cool he is a great guy. It wasn’t the missionaries who found him he decided himself he needed to change so he went to the church one Sunday and wanted to become better what a stud! Habibu is still amazing and he has been trying to put in his mission papers like ten times and the stake president keeps telling him he needs to do more and then the last time he went the Stake President told him he needs to fill out new papers that just came up so that’s been a trial for him yet he still works with the missionaries and he is so great and I am truly thankful that Habibu has been here to help us. This Entebbe ward is so wonderful and I am growing way more appreciation for those in this ward and how they have helped me. I know that this is where Heavenly Father wants me to be at this time and he knows this is where I can do the most good and where I can grow the most. Being a missionary isn’t the easiest thing ever, but I know it has helped me grow and that it will continue to help me become better. I know I will grow to be a better person and more Christlike I love being here and I know I am only here for a short time and I need to do my best and continue to grow and become a better person. If you have questions I will do my best to answer and tell you whats going on. Nothing too crazy its all pretty normal or what I think normal is now ha. I guess my spiritual thought of the week will be on excuses we shouldn’t let ourselves get caught up in giving excuses and telling them about what happened instead just learn from what we did wrong and know that we will do better next time. Excuses aren’t good and they never will be. Instead of giving excuses just know for yourself to do better and grow. I know I need to do better myself at not making silly excuses but to just grow and know I will do better. I really like our motto “Enjoy doing better no excuses”. We need to be humble and learn to grow from what we did wrong and just do our best. I am so grateful for this church which is ran by a true and living prophet and that he leads and guides the church through revelation! I know that Christ lives and that he suffered for all of our sins so that one day we can return to him as long as we do our part and I am so thankful that he would give his life to save me. I know this is the only true church upon the face of the earth.

Love Elder Hildreth