Well everything is pretty amazing this time of year. Just a little rainy right now ha but nothing bad. I actually got a different number for you guys to call they do numbers weird here you can have one phone but like three different numbers because of the chip you buy. You can call the one I gave you or this one, it is 0704395577. I hear its makes it a little cheaper for the parents at least I hope it is. Either will work, my best time to be called is 7 or 8 ish and maybe Ill call you first to give you the number I will be using.
So some good news is that family is still progressing, Rose and Samuel, and hopefully through the Lords will they will be ready on New Years. They have been so patient they have wanted to be baptized so long, but the only hard thing is that they have a hard time meeting with us because they are always so busy. They should be good to go though on New Years all according to the Lord we know it is all according to his time. Also Billy, this one kid we have met, has such a strong interest in serving a mission he has been taking the lessons and reading everything before we see him and has enjoyed meeting with us. He has been making friends at church right off the bat too, which is great, and he has a good attitude and is always very happy. One thing he told us was that the first day he met us he said he felt super tired and that he had no energy, but he said he knew that was the adversary trying to pull him down and he is a really good kid. We have also got the chance to meet with one of Rodger Balyjusa referral and his name is Jimmy and he is really powerful also and he really understands all we are teaching him. Also Charles wasn't able to come to church, which was sad, but when we met with him we could tell he was a little down and was really sorry to miss out on church because something bad happened to his bike he rides and he lives pretty far away so he had to go get his bike fixed and we could tell he was super sorry. Ronnie was able to talk with the Bishop about his marriage situation and most of the people we have now they are going to wait on their wives to see what happens because the ward is doing a lot but there is only so much they can do. Now it is up to the person to talk to their step parents their parents and their wives to see if they can be married. We are waiting on a few people like Brian Enock and Ronnie, they are the main ones that are struggling right now, but they continue to come to church and show their desire to be baptized. So it is good they are looking at the positive and they know it is all by the Lords time that it can all happen. We have been meeting with some great people and these people here in Entebbe Uganda are still as amazing as ever and I have been blessed so much to serve here right now. I love the mission life it is truly a blessing to be here and there isn't anything better anyone could do it's just an awesome experience! I am so grateful to be here now.
So Ryan is now home that is so crazy I can't believe how fast time goes by. I have yet to get the other packages, but they should be getting to me today at least I hope so. We will see. I cant wait to hear from you guys and talk with you. I love you guys thanks for all you do!!
Love Elder Hildreth
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Hey! 12-12-11
Everything is going great and I guess the second package is at the office now. My week went super well I enjoyed it very much. This week we have been working hard on progressing the people we have and even have been finding some more great people. We met a guy named Billy a few weeks ago and he was just a guy contacted but he decided to just give us a call and hear our message and man that kid is super powerful I think he is about 20 or so but he was just so nice and as we read through the Book of Mormon he was like this book is super simple and he loved it so much it was really awesome. I also got to work with one of our Zone leaders in Kabowa again ha. So it was supper cool to work with him and learn many new things on how we can improve and continue our progress as missionaries and it was really cool. Also at the apartment we were all related mission wise it was cool there were four of us and we were all led back to Elder Rennie(our Trainer) and it was pretty cool. So That's a little about that. Also Emmanuel wasn't able to make it to church because of work, but Charles was there so were Samuel and his wife Rose and their five kids also Billy and Ronna a lady we met last week that just showed up to church so it was really cool. I wasn't at church, but Elder Shinga told me about it and they are all ready now which is great so hopefully next week we get some more good reports. Ronnie I guess wasn't there which is really sad I thought he would come. So this week was another fast and great week full of lots of great experiences. A few days ago we were bounced by this one guy so we decided to go in this one direction and we were able to find this great family they were both teachers and they both were just awesome and their kids were really cool. I guess they didn't come to church, but I am not giving up on them yet. We will go back and see why they didn't show. I hope all goes well. As for Charles and Emmanuel and those guys they are doing awesome and it is just great being able to talk with them and be with them and they love hearing the gospel and learning more and more things which is great! Rose and their family have just been prepared through our Heavenly Father to be ready they came to Esther really wanting to change, so she told them and now they are happy and you can see it on their faces that they love this gospel and it is just so awesome! Geofry and Kennedy are still doing great and so is John they continue to progress and are doing awesome. I am enjoying it very much here in Entebbe and this area which many people have had troubles with is such a great area and full of people that are interested in the gospel.
For Christmas they really don't do too much that I have seen so far no songs no trees really I guess one house that I saw, but everyone does love Christmas here they probably don't start until around the 20th I guess that's how it is most across Africa. It is really weird but its all good. It is also weird not having snow it just seems kind of similar to any other day of the year ha. Thank you so much for those stories they were really cool I enjoyed them. Do you think you could send some of those things you do for Christmas eve? I hope all is well and I thank you for all you guys do! I love you cant wait to hear from you!
Love Elder Hildreth
Monday, December 5, 2011
Hey
I am doing great just another week in paradise. Yeah actually the grasshopper isn't half as bad as you may think it to be but it is weird not going to lie ha. We were unable to see the Christmas Devotional. It isn't something they watch here I guess, but maybe someday I'll see it. It is not a white Christmas here but a green one and maybe rainy ha but nothing to bad. I am definitely looking forward to a Christmas in Uganda it will be really cool to see what it is like here. I am truly enjoying the work and the people here they are so amazing. Thank you very much for the inspiring quote from Elder Henery B Eyring that is a great one a truly does help you want to serve the Lord to the best of our abilities. I will pray for grandpa and I know it will all be OK. Well this week was another good week I got the chance to go on splits with a missionary who is about to go home his name is Elder Stevens and he is leaving this transfer and when I first got here he was pretty cool and I got to go on splits with him while Elder Shinga went with one of the Assistants Elder Lee and it was very good to be with Elder Stevens you could tell how much he cared for the people and how much desire he had. One thing he told me was even though it seems like it may be forever away tell you go home it isn't he said it truly goes by super fast and he told me to continue to work diligently and to do the best I could so that I wont have any regrets. I know I want to be able to do the best I can so that when I stand in front of my Heavenly Father he will be proud of me. So it was pretty good to be with him and learn from him I could tell he was a great missionary and truly did his best. So this week went good. So this Sunday we had a few People come to church we had a guy named Samuel who me and Elder Stevens met in Bita and he came and he even bore his testimony saying that he liked this church so it was pretty cool for his first time being there to bear his testimony. Also Samuel his wife Rose came, but we were unable to teach them because they were busy after church so it is kind of hard because Sundays are the only days that he is free and Esther wasn't there to translate for us their language because they speak K Swahili. Which wasn't the language I learned at the MTC at all haha. They are great people though and still have a strong desire to come unto Christ. Also Emmanuel came to church only for an hour but Charles was very far away so he missed which was sad but he had work he had to do. I was just glad to see Emmanuel he came for a short hour because he knew it was something he needed to do. He also had to leave to work so I was grateful he came the little he could. Also Ronnie man that guy is awesome and he said he knows what we are saying is true and that he is willing to do whatever he can to be baptized and I can see his desire. Even though he had to go to Kampala to help his brother he understood that he needed to come to church so he came and he is just such an amazing guy and he knows how important our message is. It is hard though because he can't be baptized which is sad well not until he gets married to his wife so I hope that everything works out. I know I probably wont be here when he get baptized, but the day he does I will rejoice because he is such a great guy and wants to do everything he can to follow the Savior. The same goes for Brian who is trying so hard and wants so badly to be baptized but is waiting to be married. I will be so happy the day I get the email from him saying he has been baptized these guys are truly amazing people and I am grateful and blessed to serve here with these wonderful children of our Heavenly Father. I know that there is nothing better than what I am doing now the gospel must go forth and be spread to the world. I know that this church is true and is run by a loving all knowing Heavenly Father. I am enjoying mission because I am bringing joy to these wonderful people here in Africa who are willing to listen to the message we have for them.
So I got a package from home this week it was awesome I loved it so much! The pictures were awesome! the presents I have opened two but one not yet. Elder Shinga was so excited to get that memory card you should have seen his face. Also he loved the presents. Thank you so much and Moms candy was as great as ever! Thank you so very much. I loved getting the letters from you guys it was so awesome! I also gave some of moms candy to some of the people here and they said thanks you very much and that it was awesome.
So in the Family Home Evening with the Balyjusa family brother Dan Balyjusa was giving a talk on how instead of going to all these members houses to eat that his mission president told him to be with the less fortunate and be with them. One thing came to my mind I remembered that one time we did that 12 days of Christmas and how we went to this one families house yes I remember the name just not mentioning it ha. I remember how at first I was not really wanting to do it and even wondering why and then after the 12 day were over and it was fast Sunday I will always remember the testimony he gave and how much it touched me and how grateful I was then for doing what we did. I know that giving is so much better then receiving and how on every Christmas we should be willing to give even the little we have. We must remember as king Benjamin says it is not ours in the first place it is all the Lords. I am so grateful I get a chance to be doing the best thing I can this Christmas and that is to serve these people and give them the greatest of Gods gifts which is eternal life to all those who accept this gospel.
I love you guys and I miss you! Cant wait to hear from you all. Well tell next week have a great week!
Love Elder Hildreth
I am doing great just another week in paradise. Yeah actually the grasshopper isn't half as bad as you may think it to be but it is weird not going to lie ha. We were unable to see the Christmas Devotional. It isn't something they watch here I guess, but maybe someday I'll see it. It is not a white Christmas here but a green one and maybe rainy ha but nothing to bad. I am definitely looking forward to a Christmas in Uganda it will be really cool to see what it is like here. I am truly enjoying the work and the people here they are so amazing. Thank you very much for the inspiring quote from Elder Henery B Eyring that is a great one a truly does help you want to serve the Lord to the best of our abilities. I will pray for grandpa and I know it will all be OK. Well this week was another good week I got the chance to go on splits with a missionary who is about to go home his name is Elder Stevens and he is leaving this transfer and when I first got here he was pretty cool and I got to go on splits with him while Elder Shinga went with one of the Assistants Elder Lee and it was very good to be with Elder Stevens you could tell how much he cared for the people and how much desire he had. One thing he told me was even though it seems like it may be forever away tell you go home it isn't he said it truly goes by super fast and he told me to continue to work diligently and to do the best I could so that I wont have any regrets. I know I want to be able to do the best I can so that when I stand in front of my Heavenly Father he will be proud of me. So it was pretty good to be with him and learn from him I could tell he was a great missionary and truly did his best. So this week went good. So this Sunday we had a few People come to church we had a guy named Samuel who me and Elder Stevens met in Bita and he came and he even bore his testimony saying that he liked this church so it was pretty cool for his first time being there to bear his testimony. Also Samuel his wife Rose came, but we were unable to teach them because they were busy after church so it is kind of hard because Sundays are the only days that he is free and Esther wasn't there to translate for us their language because they speak K Swahili. Which wasn't the language I learned at the MTC at all haha. They are great people though and still have a strong desire to come unto Christ. Also Emmanuel came to church only for an hour but Charles was very far away so he missed which was sad but he had work he had to do. I was just glad to see Emmanuel he came for a short hour because he knew it was something he needed to do. He also had to leave to work so I was grateful he came the little he could. Also Ronnie man that guy is awesome and he said he knows what we are saying is true and that he is willing to do whatever he can to be baptized and I can see his desire. Even though he had to go to Kampala to help his brother he understood that he needed to come to church so he came and he is just such an amazing guy and he knows how important our message is. It is hard though because he can't be baptized which is sad well not until he gets married to his wife so I hope that everything works out. I know I probably wont be here when he get baptized, but the day he does I will rejoice because he is such a great guy and wants to do everything he can to follow the Savior. The same goes for Brian who is trying so hard and wants so badly to be baptized but is waiting to be married. I will be so happy the day I get the email from him saying he has been baptized these guys are truly amazing people and I am grateful and blessed to serve here with these wonderful children of our Heavenly Father. I know that there is nothing better than what I am doing now the gospel must go forth and be spread to the world. I know that this church is true and is run by a loving all knowing Heavenly Father. I am enjoying mission because I am bringing joy to these wonderful people here in Africa who are willing to listen to the message we have for them.
So I got a package from home this week it was awesome I loved it so much! The pictures were awesome! the presents I have opened two but one not yet. Elder Shinga was so excited to get that memory card you should have seen his face. Also he loved the presents. Thank you so much and Moms candy was as great as ever! Thank you so very much. I loved getting the letters from you guys it was so awesome! I also gave some of moms candy to some of the people here and they said thanks you very much and that it was awesome.
So in the Family Home Evening with the Balyjusa family brother Dan Balyjusa was giving a talk on how instead of going to all these members houses to eat that his mission president told him to be with the less fortunate and be with them. One thing came to my mind I remembered that one time we did that 12 days of Christmas and how we went to this one families house yes I remember the name just not mentioning it ha. I remember how at first I was not really wanting to do it and even wondering why and then after the 12 day were over and it was fast Sunday I will always remember the testimony he gave and how much it touched me and how grateful I was then for doing what we did. I know that giving is so much better then receiving and how on every Christmas we should be willing to give even the little we have. We must remember as king Benjamin says it is not ours in the first place it is all the Lords. I am so grateful I get a chance to be doing the best thing I can this Christmas and that is to serve these people and give them the greatest of Gods gifts which is eternal life to all those who accept this gospel.
I love you guys and I miss you! Cant wait to hear from you all. Well tell next week have a great week!
Love Elder Hildreth
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