Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Hey Everyone!
Wow, it has been an amazing change this week. I am sooo happy to be in my new area. Masaka really is amazing. I have never seen a more prepared area in our mission. I am blown away! Man, I just love my new area and companion! I feel like it couldn't get anything better!
My area is super great. We live close to the town and work pretty close to our home as well. Just a really humble area. It was nice to come here for the prices too! Everything is cheaper in the village. Like a lot. They don't have all the stuff like Kampala. They only have one real grocery store. So most purchases are just little shops. But its CHEAP! And I love that. Our house is fun. We live in a gated compound and it has two houses in it. My comp and I stay in one and Elder Randall and Elder Adu-Mensah from Ghana stay in the other. We spend a lot of time together as a 4some and I enjoy it a lot. My house is older and has been owned by the church for a long time. Missionaries have been destroying it for years haha. Even back in 2011 and all. Missionaries names are written on the wall. I take bucket baths like in Queen of Katwe. Its a big change from Ntinda! But super fun and I honestly just love it!
Well, I got to the area on Wednesday night and just settled in. Thursday was our first day proselyting. My companion, Elder Kubheka, is from Durban, South Africa. He is on his 3rd transfer and is super powerful. He is a convert of a few years and is just a really calm and hard working missionary. We get along super duper well. I am actually grateful to have another african companion. I look forward to our time together.
Masaka is pretty village. It has a town and it can be pretty populated but we mostly proselyte in the outskirts. We need a truck just because the areas are far from the house. My companion and I actually work closer to our place. We work in Kijjabwemi and Kimaanya. They are really fruitful areas and we have a full teaching pool. Every day so far we have gone lesson to lesson and knocked out a full day without really stopping. Sunday was the best though. Most areas in Uganda have an attendance around 80 people. Masaka hit 143 this Sunday. We meet in an old office building in town near Ambiance Club. You could probably find it on google map. When I got to Sacrament, the building was mostly full. We had a large turn out. They even have a man called just to assign people seats because it gets so packed. I was just amazed. Even to now I really dont know how to describe it. This area is so amazing! It is quite obvious that it is Presidents favorite area in the mission and most missionaries too! My companion and I had 6 investigators at church! There are 8 missionaries in Masaka and between the 8 of us we had 26 investigators yesterday. Can you imagine!??! Branch business took about 20 minutes because they had so many callings to assign and confirmations to do. Sunday was so powerful.
My area is great. So great actually. We have 5 solid investigators ready for baptism. 3 are some younger kids of a member ranging from 9 to 15. The next is Timothy. He is 16 and just so humble. I never really take younger kids seriously but he is for sure different. He is amazing. The next is a woman named Gorette. Her brother is serving a mission and is a member. She loves the church. I actually called her out of the area book and she accepted us, fed us and came to church! She has accepted a baptism date too next month. All in all I can only expect miracles this transfer. My companion and I are hungry for the work. Sadly, Elder Kubhekas trainer was a pretty mean guy. He caused a lot of members and investigators grief... So on the upside when I came and was just a little friendly they were so accepting and love us now!
Well, next week I will know the area and our investigators better and should give a better report. This is all I have so far. I just love this place to absolute death! I cant get over it. The mission is THE BEST!
I really cant think of much more. Let me know if you have questions or concerns and I will answer them. Expect big miracles this transfer! We are gonna do WORK!!!!
I hope you have a good week! Do something fun to spice it up. Eat a good burger for me!
Love you all!
Love,
Elder McLain
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