Oh How the Weeks Fly‏

Afoyo!

Hope everyone had a good week! It went by fast for me. We did a lot of finding this week because we dropped a few families. That means a lot of walking. It's dry season here so the roads are all super dusty. It's also getting pretty hot.

I want to tell you about someone who is very dear to me. Her name is Jannett. She is about 64. We found her and her husband one of the first few weeks I was here. She has been progressing very nicely. Her husband is rarely around and when he is he never really wanted to listen to us. We continued to teach her since she was interested. Since we have invited her she has missed very few weeks of church. She reads the Book of Mormon and she has even accepted to be baptized. However, there is one very big problem. Her husband has turned from not caring to hating us and the church. We try to come and he tells us that we are trespassing. He does not want her to be baptized so we have to put it off until he can soften his heart. She is so strong and her testimony will be rock solid by the end of this journey. Sometimes the Lord lets us go through trials so that we can be strengthened. It's the only way we can be strengthened. While we are going through it we don't always realize it, but the Lord is preparing us for something. I hope we can all try to be a little more like Jannett and smile in the face of adversity, and keep firm in the faith.

I also met an Olympian this week. He is about 73 and he ran in the olympics and traveled the world for athletics. He lives in a clay and grass hut. He still goes on runs and is in very good shape. Someone else I met was a deaf woman who has even showed up to church before. In High school I took 2 years of American Sign Language. I don't remember a whole lot, but I could ask her name and sign a couple other things to her that she understood. It was nice to see a smile on her face when I sign the small things to her! I never thought that ASL would ever come in handy on my mission!

Well I received my package this week so I will be sending pictures today! I love all of you. Thank you for your love and support. Have a great week!

Mar, Elder Hawk


You know you have been in Africa awhile when you get an Acholi name. (Elder Omara)