Howdy!
From
everyone's letters I can say I also enjoyed the phone call home! I am not
really sure what to talk about today... I guess I can share a little
about my week. Well the Zone had 9 baptisms! We had 3 for our
companionship! And also a wedding! We just had a great week! I love my
comp! I love my district and I love my Zone! It is a super young Zone!
(There
are 11 zones in the mission. 2 in Ethiopia, and 1 in Rwanda, and 8 in
Uganda) We are over Iganga Zone. One of the 8 in Uganda. With 12
missionaries. We are the youngest Zone in the Mission. Only 2 Elders
are over one year. So just to give you an idea.
A
cool experience this week is a guy came to church yesterday and he
talked to the branch Pres. and the Branch Pres called us into his
office and introduced us to this guy who is a Bishop of 8 Christian
congregations. With over 200 members. So we sat down with him, just
Gacula and I. We asked him what he wanted to get from us teaching him.
And he said his whole life as a Bishop/Pastor, he has always wondered
why there are so many baptisms and why why all of these really famous
pastors who teach the "Gospel of Peter, and John and James" he said,
"Where is the Gospel of Jesus Christ!?", as he said this we pulled out
the pamphlet that says.. The Gospel of Jesus Christ.. He looked at it as
if it was pure gold. We taught him the gospel and he was so excited!
He accepted a baptismal date and he asked if he could teach the gospel
of Jesus Christ in his churches. He asked us if we could teach his
congregations. We said heck yeah! So we told him to gather ALL of his
200 members and meet in one place. And we will go to that location and
speak and teach about the Gospel of JC... He said EVERYONE at that
church was asking the same questions he was. So yeah, this week we will
see how it goes. A huge opportunity has presented itself. The guy was
awesome and so humble. He wants the Priesthood so bad but we will see
how serious he is. He understands the concept of being baptized
correctly. He even asked us if we could go this Sunday and baptize his whole congregation, because he KNOWS we have the priesthood and he does not. WOO!
So
about the wedding. It was Henry and Sarah who were married and
Baptized and a kid named Delousi(De-L-ow-see). Awesome wedding. The
Mpumudde district guys had a wedding also. And three of my recent
converts were there.. I now have a firm testimony on how the gospel
effects people who join the church and live the gospel...
You
remember Florence from Mpumudde. That woman could hardly speak
English. But she was speaking fluently to me! What!!! That was only 4
months ago! She was incredibly shy and now she is the 2nd councilor in
the Relief society. Her SMILING face that beamed when she saw me
instantly brought tears to my eyes... I know we are not suppose to hug
girls but I hugged that 50 year old woman and did not care:)! The Gospel truly changes people! It is amazing the change you see! And I
baptized her and her whole family! WOO!
Lets
see. My comp and I had 6 Baptismal interviews with investigators on
sat. It was a long day. And my comp has had this TERRIBLE cough. I gave him cough
drops and Tylenol and Anti allergy pills because i also think it is
allergies. But he is doing a lot better today!
ZLC was awesome like usual!
I'm gonna send some pics.. I love you all and I love it here so much...
It feels unreal on how fast time is going... But I don't think I will
want to come home after another year.
Till next time,
Elder Lloyd
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