Wow it was a fun crazy week for us in Masaka! It was also REALLY busy. We had sooooo much going on. Just a 90 mile an hour week from the start. We had to go to Kampala twice, a 2 hour drive each way. Then we went to a wedding on Saturday. So our only full days of proselyting were Wednesday and Friday. I'm glad its over. This transfer is flying!! We only have two weeks left before transfers. Chances are I stay in Masaka. I really hope I do!!! I love this place.
Not a lot of missionary work was done this week. On Tuesday we drove 2 hours to Kampala and 2 hours back. The drive is always worse than in the US though because they have police everywhere that try to arrest you for breathing pretty much. We went there for a new missionary training. Since I am the driver I had to go. While I was there I ran some errands like distribution and a few other things. Wednesday was a normal day but really powerful. I'll explain that in a minute. Thursday was BACK to Kampala for Zone Conference. That was a great time. Then Friday was normal and Saturday we were invited to a wedding!!!!! Weddings are so different here. They do an introduction which is pretty much where the husband brings thousands of dollars in gifts and buys the wife from the parents. Its called dowry. Retarded.... But it's fun to watch! The wife and sisters dress up nice and dance and the husband and family bring things like food and alcohol and cows and all that stuff. This wedding was fun and lasted all day. With Presidents permission we went and enjoyed big. We ate a lot too! I sent pictures. That was the highlight of the week!
Here's what happened on Wednesday. We received a call from a member named Prossy. She had a referral for us. We didn't have a ton of plans so we went and picked her up then went to the referrals house. It actually turned out to be a members daughter who had been at boarding school for a long time and never had time to join the church. She has finished her schooling now and so Prossy helped us in finding her. Teddy, the referral, is 17 years old and ready as ever for the gospel. During our first lesson she was asking very inspired questions and really showing us that she was understanding what we were saying. That can be uncommon in a lot of lessons. Most of the time we teach our best and we hope they get it all. But we could tell she really understood. That being said we gave her a baptismal date of July 2nd and she was so happy to accept! She is great.
Our next investigator is one I have told you about, Goreth. She's the one with the brother on the mission. She is progressing really well and continuing to learn. She had a baptismal date for the 25th of June. We changed it to a later date and I will explain why. She gave us a referral of a friend named Ayub. It is her cousin I think. We went and taught him on Friday and he blew us away. He was so so so happy to accept us and even listen to our message. Like Teddy, he was insanely comprehensive. He just understood everything and was asking questions far beyond a normal Ugandans ability. It was so neat. He had been to church once and so we extended a baptismal date of July 2nd to him too. We thought it would be good for him and Goreth to be baptized together since they know each other well so we pushed her to the 2nd of July too. We then have Emmanuel. He was a referral from an RM named Joan. She is powerful and loves to help us missionaries. Emmanuel is a younger guy, maybe 18 or 19. He is super nice but also quiet. He is one of those investigators that is just almost too easy for us. He is accepting everything with no concern and coming to church every Sunday. Like the others, he has a baptismal date of July 2nd. The next are Roberts children. They are the part member family. His kids are Kato (meaning twin) and Shanita. They are great. It is different to teach kids and actually a lot harder. You have to change a lot in the way you teach so it can be a challenge for me. They are still just coming to church every week too. They were supposed to be baptized yesterday but because of our crazy week we again weren't able to teach everything and they are going to be baptized next Sunday, the 25th of June, if all goes to plan. SO... that is our crazy teaching pool. The satisfying thing is only Kato and Shanita were being taught before I came and all others were found and taught since I came. We are super lucky. I think part of it is because both me and my companion have such a positive attitude and love the area and people and work hard. It makes the work a lot more fun and easy.
I feel too blessed to be here. It is quite the experience. I love my mission so much. It is the best ever. I hope you all have a good week. Expect MANY baptisms soon!!! We are doing really good work here. I love you all!
Love,
Elder McLain
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