6-25-12

Hey,   

I am doing great today. Had a good preparation day we went and played some tennis which was pretty awesome. My companion is awesome he is a hard worker and I am very blessed to have yet another great companion.  This is his first time in the city he has mainly been in the villages and now for the first time is in the city and a new Zone Leader so it has been really great to be with him. He is about 11 months on mission so he is almost as old as me. So everything I know is going well. The Zone is doing good there are a few places that need extra encouragement and I know that those things happen. I have had a total of three south African companions so it is I guess something that I am good working with ha I don't know. We found a lot of new people this last week which was pretty great we really went out and worked hard. We have a lot in our teaching pool Last transfer we didn't have so many and so this first week we really wanted to focus on finding lots of people. We have Eric and James which were pretty awesome they came to church this Sunday. Sister Vicky gave us a referral family of four which was nice the mom named Lucy came to church and she said she liked it and she accepted to be baptized. Also brother Poggy came to church and I am hoping that his wife has the desire to get married then be baptized. We also have a few other like Christopher and Ronnie. Gerald also has a baptismal date and is willing to be baptized and he even came to church which was great. We met a guy named Patrick yesterday he was a Catholic, but as me and my companion both agree it was a very spiritual lesson and that guy was very willing to be baptized we found him yesterday after knocking many doors. It shows that if we are willing to do all we can that we can find those that are ready or even do what is required of us.  Truly the Lord helps us in any tasks we go through.We do have more but those are the ones that are doing well right now. We have four people in the apartment it is pretty good.  We have my companion, and Elder Stewart who is one of my brothers from the MTC and  Elder Blades and they are all great missionaries and they have a great excitement for the work. I haven't tried any new foods lately yet I don't think they are unusual to me anymore, they are all pretty normal now ha. It is pretty cool over here we live right next to the lake which is pretty nice and it is nice and cool in the mornings I like it a ton. It is a wonderful area. Everything is going good and I am loving being here and loving to serve the people around me the missionaries and the people of Uganda. I know that this is his work and that he helps us through what we all go through and he loves us so much each and every single one of us.

It sounds like it is a busy summer and that they are all doing good thanks so much for the updates and I am glad for your continued support and love. Love you

Love
Elder Hildreth

6-19-2012

Hey,
Before I say anything Dad I wish you a Happy Fathers day! I hope it was awesome and I hope you enjoyed it very much this past Sunday.  I hope you  know how much I love you and am grateful for all that you have done for me and strengthened me in my life I am grateful to have such a great Father who has taught me so much.
  Everything is going great this week we have been working hard this week was very interesting. It was transfer news week my companion got the news early that he was called to be Assistant to the President which is really exciting he is a great worker and was really great to be around he will do a great job.  One of the missionaries in our District went home so Elder Blades, a District Leader, and I worked in two areas also while I did my best to make sure the Zone was doing good, we had several baptismal interviews it was really a busy week. We got transfer news and I am staying of course and I am with Elder Ngqoyiya, he is from South Africa, he is an awesome missionary and I am excited to be with him. We also have a few changes with the District Leaders and within the Zone. My brother Elder Anderson is now in the Zone he was my companion at the MTC. I am really excited to get to know all of the new elders in the Zone it is going to be such a great time. I am grateful for the ones that have stayed we had three stay and they are all really good and have a great spirit about them and seem to be ready to work hard. We had three baptisms this last Saturday and a wedding which was awesome. The three baptized were brother Moffatt, Sister Vicky, and Sister Annet who was also married which was great I am so excited for them they are all really awesome and have great spirits. I am loving the people I am serving, also the missionaries  have been an inspiration to me each one are so amazing in their own ways and have such great attributes and strengths. It will be a great experience and I know that it will be a great transfer. Sorry I didn't email yesterday once again we had the Zone Leadership Council so we are having Prep day today. Thanks for the patience and love. Everything is going so great and I love being here so much The people are truly humble and just so friendly except when driving it can be pretty crazy. I know that this is the work and that God has given me the talents to do what I need to do to strengthen those around me. This is such a wonderful experience and it is going by really fast I really can't believe it.
I love you all so much and am grateful for the love you have shown.
Love Elder Hildreth

6-11-12

Hey,
Everything is going really good so far. I did get the package sorry I totally thought I told you I received it. I loved the package very much and I thank you so much for those things you sent they were awesome. My week has been good we have been working really hard to find those people who are ready. It has been a really busy week we went on exchanges with the District leader in Kololo which was really awesome. It was with Elder Thabethe he is from South Africa and is a pretty awesome guy.  Later in the week I went with Elder Magada who is from Zimbabwe and they were really awesome to go on exchanges with they have a great attitude about the work both are District Leaders and love to work hard. The Zone has been really blessed with some very hard working District leaders which is awesome I loved it so much and they are great they work hard and get their districts going to. We are doing our best to help them when they need it. So Mutungo is doing very well Ruth and Godfrey received the Gift of the Holy Ghost which was great I was so happy for them and their determination. They also walk a pretty long distance to get to church and are very great. Ausuman and his wife Jackie aren't really very serious anymore. Jackie never came to church and Ausuman didn't come this past Sunday so we will see what happened there. Brother Moffatt is doing great he didn't come to church but he warned us and let us know that he wouldn't be able to come so that was nice of him. Sister Annet will be getting married to her husband George who is a member and she should be able to be baptized this coming Saturday so we are excited for that. Also we have this awesome lady named Sister Vicky who came to church the past few weeks and as we have taught her she has really been inspired by the gospel she has made good friends with the Relief Society already she is 58 and her Husband isn't around anymore which is sad but she does have a son she lives with. Everything is going very well we have been working hard and have been doing our best to find those who are ready. Also Ezekiel, Moses, Hunington, and Scovia didn't come to church we will go and see what happened I hope they still have the desire to be baptized they were some pretty great guys. Met a good family the other day and we are hoping to meet them again Saturday and I am excited to see them again they are married have three kids only two above the age of 8 but they are pretty good the mom seems a little born again but the father is very honest which is a great thing. So things are working great. Elder Flinders has been a great companion I can't believe we have been companions for 6 weeks already it has truly flown by. We have been working hard and we continue to work hard trying to build both the area and the Zone is a great experience and I have truly loved it. The Elders that live in our apartment Elder Blades and Elder Welch have been great and are nice guys, Elder Welch is about to go home he has been working hard to finish his mission strong which is a great blessing.
   Hey it was such exciting news to hear that Boyd and Haley got their patriarchal blessings I am so excited for them to have those! Each time I read mine I come to know more and more about me and I know that Heavenly Father knows me more then I ever even knew myself and that he knows our potential and what we can become it is such an exciting thing to read and know that Heavenly Father knows us all to that personal level. It is also exciting news to hear about Brother Messer I am so excited for him tell him congrats for me! I am glad that he decided to be baptized that was so exciting. Glad everyone is having a good time and that all are safe. I hope you all have a great week I love you!
Love Elder Hildreth

6-4-12

Hey,

Well everything is going great here. My week has been very well we had two baptisms this Sunday which was very good Brother Godfrey and his wife Sister Ruth I guess they have been taught since December or maybe even longer it just took them awhile to just know that it was true many prayers and much reading of the Book of Mormon I believe helped them to change and come unto Christ. We have another brother named Moffatt who is also preparing for his baptism which is coming up next week hopefully so we will be praying that he will be able to work out. Also Ausuman continues to come to church to prepare for his baptism and that is really good he has been taking lessons from us and he understands what we share which is good. Also Ezeckiel, Moses, Hunington, and Scovia didn't make it to church but they will next week Ezeckiel told us in advance that he wouldn't be able to come, but Ezeckiel loves what we share and wants to be baptized along with brother Moses. We have also had this older lady come to church the past three weeks and she loves it a lot so we will be teaching her also and hopefully she has a desire to be baptized also. So those are most of the progressing people even though their are more people we are teaching so we are working hard to continue to find all those who are ready to follow Christs footsteps. The Zone is doing very good right now we have some great District leaders who are willing to work hard and find those people who are ready. They have that never back down attitude which is something I like about each one of them. So things are going well. The reporting isn't so bad anymore so I am getting enough sleep. We just had our Zone Activity and it was awesome! I got to go back to my old are Entebbe and we went to the Zoo which was pretty sweet. I saw a leopard really really close up and it was so Awesome! it even like rubbed itself up against the gate Someone took a video of it hopefully I can get it from him, but it was awesome and it seemed really friendly also. Everyone enjoyed it though so That was a good thing
I had a good time also and It was the first time I have been to Entebbe since I left which has been about 6 months so that was fun. Well everything is going great and I am glad everyone else is doing good man time truly does fly. I am grateful to be on the Lords errand what a blessing it is. I love you thanks for all you do and I hope you have a great week.

Love Elder Hildreth