Mar 25, 2013

Hey Family,

Today I am using the Senior couples cumputer because the Internet is down here. I have been transfered to Kagugu branch to finish my mission and I will be a normal missionary. I will miss the people in Kishushu they were awesome and we had a good time and they are such awesome people. Now the Lord needs me in Kagugu so thats were I will go. Elder Terry is the new Zone Leader and I was super excited for him he will do great. My new companion is from Zimbabwe and his name is Elder Mushonga he lives next to Elder Shinga. I will also live in a four man apartment with Elder Steffenhagen, and Elder Mwetu. Elder Cardon was sent back to Uganda to finish his mission. It was sad to see him go and the Kagugu branch will miss him. Also Elder Bitter is now Elder Terry's new companion. So this week was pretty intresting I said goodbye to some of the recent converts and most of the members I will see them around though until I go to Uganda. Also I was able to learn some of the area in Kagugu and some of the people here they are all great we have a pretty great family called Ernest and Pauline they have been married traditionally and he is going for CPA in accounting so he is a pretty smart guy and he has been coming to church regurally with his family. Also we had four baptisms this Sunday with Robert, Valance, Oliver, and Emmy I don't know them too well I was just transfered to the area, but it is still great that they were baptized. I will also be able to work with the Branch which is somehow struggling because it is still young their Branch President Jean Paul isn't married and he is still young in the church himself so it doesn't have much right now so we are striving to find those who will make a more imediate impact on the Branch and even still it will take some time for them to receive the Melchezedeck priesthood so I still have work to get done. We have a good number of investigators coming to church some we will be meeting with this next week and helping them progress towards baptism some seem really great so I am excited to see how they progress. So for the first few days this week I will be back in Kishushu because Elder Terry needs to go to Uganda for a Zone Leaders Training so I will be working with Elder Bitter until Elder Terry comes back which will be Wednesday night. It will be great to go back to my old area and see some of the people. Anyways it will be a great week the new apartment is wonderful it's clean and pretty big. I will show you pictures of it next week. It will also be great because we will have many people to teach and share the gospel with. I will be praying that we find a family to bring into the gospel to really help the church grow here. Well I am grateful to be in Rwanda and I know it is such a wonderful blessing to be here with these humble people. They look at the name tag and just stare the church is new here when it gets recognized it will grow we just need to find the right people to help it grow. Anyways love you all hope you had a great week!

Love, Elder Hildreth

Mar 18, 2013

Hey,

This last week went really great we had a wonderful Sabbath day yesterday I would guess mainly because the people baptized were confirmed this Sunday their were six of them. Yesterday was really interesting we had six confirmations and that took up most of the first hour of church then in priesthood we had four people receive the Priesthood and three more receive the Melchizedek Priesthood and then two more people were set apart for their callings. So yesterday we were super busy getting all of those ordinances done so it was really great just to see the priesthood in action yesterday. Also we had a most powerful baptism their is that family of Christophe, Claire, and Claudia. Christophe founded the church because of Mitt Romney and the spirit guiding him and he is a farm businessman. Claire was pretty hard but now she knows the church is true she has worked for Parliament and now owns her own lawyer business so they are a great family and as they were being baptized you could really feel a wonderful spirit about them and they are going to bring a huge impact on the church here in Rwanda. So yesterday was really great plus we had a women from Uganda named Tracy she is a member and she brought a few of her family members to church which was awesome. Yesterday went really great we felt a wonderful spirit about all of those being baptized and those who were confirmed. The ones who were confirmed are ready to serve missions and to help they all received callings as Branch missionaries at least the male ones so that was awesome. Well this week is transfer week and I will find out if I stay in this area or not I guess it is the last transfer sad, but wherever I go I will work to the best I can and work as hard as I can. Yeah we are teaching a few more people now hopefully we will have some great baptisms this next transfer and we hope that we get recognized by the government so we can go and find more of the elect. Next week we could have a few baptisms with Joseph and Martin they are friends of Isaac and are really great people they have been coming and one even lost his job so now he can be a church member. Actually that is pretty sad, but he is excited and really has a strong desire to follow Christ. This week has been great and I am looking forward to many more great weeks. I love this gospel I know it is true and I know that priesthood truly has been restored on the Earth and all of the principles and doctrines and what a blessing it is to know that in these time. Well It was a great week and I am looking forward to another great week.

  It is great to hear everyone is doing so well and having a great time I am blessed to have such a wonderful family. Have a great week love you all
Love Elder Hildreth  

Mar 11, 2013

Mar 4, 2013

Hey,

I am doing great this week we did pretty well we had a few people progressing. A few of the people we were going to baptize we pushed so next week is going to be a big day for the Zone potentially 20 people on our side we have about 6 or 7 hopefully. Nelson, Oliver, and Clementine were all confirmed this Sunday so that was good. We had a pretty decent week we really learned that through trials or tribulation if we take it the right way it can make us stronger and more qualified to become more like our Heavenly Father I know that sometimes he puts us through these experiences to help us grow and become better and I am grateful for trials that make us stronger as we work hard and are obedient he will be there to help us every step of the way. Our Investigators are doing well Lavine who is preparing to be baptized next week has been coming for awhile we actually contacted him and he has been coming ever since he is a body guard pretty cool guy. Also we have Deo Dohny, Jackie, and Chantel a family they are also preparing to be baptized this week really great. So our investigators are doing well we have seen a little drop in attendance this past week and I know that there is more work for us to continue to build Heavenly Fathers Kingdom. This Sunday we were able to see a few less actives come to church they have been lost for a some time and it was really good to see them actually these were people that I met in Uganda who were really great people and strong in the church. So things are moving forward and we are excited for this next week. We are just hoping everything runs as smoothly as it needs too. Well I am doing great I have a great companion and a wonderful Zone it is great to be a missionary at this time declaring the gospel to everyone and I know that we are blessed as we bring souls to Christ and our Joy wit h our Heavenly Father is full. I am grateful to serve here I love the people they have been so kind and wonderful and I will continue to push forward and do the best I can tell they say it's over. 

  I am glad to hear everyone is doing well I am so grateful for all of you and I hope you have a great week.

Love 

Elder Hildreth