Jebale Banange,
Super powerful week my companion and I had. The Lord has been blessing us with strong numbers and a lot of people to teach. Just yesterday, we had about 16 investigators attend church and they are scheduled for baptism within the next couple of weeks. We are loving the people that we are teaching and we are seeing them grow tremendously. The missionary work in our area is stronger than ever.
Elder de Lisle and I are getting a lot of support from the branch because some time in the fall, the new church building will be finished with construction and if we have enough members in the branch, we will be able to create two branches. Super powerful. I've been eating a lot of the local food, and as I ate, I could distinctly remember the last time I had a burger. The food here will take some getting used to, but the experiences need to keep coming.
The family that we are teaching has a friend that denied our baptism invitation at first and seemed very disinterested in the church. Turns out her father is a pastor at a local church. To our amazement, she came to church and absolutely loved it. We asked her if she will come again and she gave us a definite yes. The Lord is softening the hearts of His children and it's such a blessing to witness. I just love how humble the people are here. Many of the referrals that we get and the people we find have no problem investigating the church. And teaching them about the restored gospel is such a blessing.
Ok Highlight of the Week: We were teaching an old lady and two of her grandkids out in the open one day about the Restoration of the gospel. While we were teaching, a super drunk women started mumbling and treating us poorly saying "ehh... mormons" about 5 times. We know a little bit of Luganda so we would throw her off guard with the little language we know. She left and we kept teaching, and then a man joined in on the lesson and sat down, halfway through the lesson, he said he had a question. Our translator told us that he says that he talked with God and the angel Gabriel and they told him that he is going to be ruler of the world, but they also told him that a man from Namibia will find him and shoot him in the head with an arrow. He then concluded by asking us if we would join forces with him to defeat the "One Eyed god." While this was happening, that drunk lady came back and yelled at us saying "Look I have a Bible too!" This was all happening at once, and we were already late for our next appointment. Craziest lesson so far. Still unsure about whether to join forces with him or not.
So many miracles are happening, but they don't come in the ways you expect. In missionary work, miracles are small but later you see that they are effective. The scriptures read "By small and simple things, are great things come to pass." I find this to be so true, and this is where faith takes it's part. Without faith, people just think miracles are coincidences, but all good things come from God. As you go about your daily life, reflect on the small miracles that God gives to you, and realize that they are truly miracles.
I love you all and have a blessed week and love life in the moment. I'm continually praying for you and I hope you all find joy in your lives.
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