Colby in Kampala: Now there are Three......One from the US and two from Ethiopia

Hello!

Yep, another week has passed in Ethiopia. It was another week just like yours. I could almost copy and paste my email from last week and you would be pretty filled in on what is going on here. My weekly emails home are just gonna be super lame until we get work permits cause we have not that much to tell you guys. There has been no new news on work permits. We are still just waiting and for now are just visiting members that are willing to see us. So the work is a little slow. But we are enjoying as always and filling our free time with extra studies and language study. It is a good time.

Hahahaha Djibouti, Ethiopia! That one made me laugh. To be honest I have heard almost nothing on Tillerson's visit. I did hear that he said they would have much less fighting if they had more freedom in their everyday lives. Also that they should lift up the state of emergency. Other than that i don't really know much.

(Except from Tim's letter to Colby)

I was listening to a radio show this week on my drive home and the announcer on a national news show was talking about how our Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson was in Djibouti, Ethiopia this week. Haha. The announcer later had to correct himself and point out that Djibouti was a country adjacent to Ethiopia, not a city in Ethiopia. Oops! Did you hear anything about Tillerson’s visit. As Ethiopia is a key U.S. ally in the region, the U.S. really wants things to be stable there. I’m sure all of the state department members of your wards were on their toes this week, as well as the CIA members of your wards too!

Our investigators are all doing the same right now. We werent able to visit or see a lot of people this week. We had exchanges where I went to Beklobet area and worked with Elder Adu-Mensah. We were able to see some members there. It was nice to go back to the old area. Other than that we just visit some members. We also had a nice dinner at Sister Atsede's house. We ate some local food of course and had some soda.

On Sunday we went to Sister Atsede's house for her daughter's birthday dinner. Her daughter is at BYU-I so we were there with her other friends and family. They fed us some great food and we laughed and had a good time. That is the major highlight of the week.

Transfer news came on Saturday. So I am staying in Megenagna and I am still with Elder Chandler. The only difference is I am also with Elder Munsey. I was with him in Beklobet. He is originally from Ethiopia too! Wild. But I am happy to stay here!!! I like that. Now 3 Elders, one from US and two from Ethiopia. Yep. It will help me blend in better and avoid people calling out and yelling and saying things so much.

Amharic is coming along good. Just studying and working on it. My comprehension is pretty good right now.

That is about all I have on the week. Let's hope the work permits come soon. If not I will just have to return back to Ethiopia on my own time and do some good work to make up for this time period. Haha.

Other than that I am just hangin around. I look forward to my next package! Thanks!!!!

Well, that is it for the week. Thanks for everything and I love you all so much!

Have a great week!

Love,

Elder McLain