Long Week

Jebale!

The first week of the transfer is always super long. It was dragging, but it wasn't a bad week.

My new companion is way awesome! We have been having a lot of fun. The work kinda slowed down a little bit. But we had two people come to church this week that I didn't really expect. One guy we met at a restaurant that I just talked to and invited. He thought it started early so he got there at like 7, but the service doesn't start until 10! He stayed for all 3 hours! His name is Thomas. He is living with his mom. We haven't taught him yet, but we will see him on Tuesday. We also had a single woman come that we invited. We were able to teacher her right after church. It was cool that they came and all it took was one small invitation. I hope all goes well with them.

Not much else happened this week. Just enjoying life. I love you all.

Love, Elder Hawk


You know you're in Africa when you tell people that you and your companion are from the same Village..

My painting and the Artist

 My painting up close

  Dinner Appointment

  Lake Victoria/ My Area 

 Me and my new companion

Transfers!‏

Jebale!

Well, transfer news has come and I am staying, which was expected. My companion is leaving and my new companion is Elder Bemis from Phoenix, AZ! I am really excited and think it will be a great and fun transfer. Sad news - Elder Le Cheminant is also leaving. But he is just headed across town so I will still see him every Monday.

Well, not much this week again. But funny story: About a month ago when we were in our area and we stopped to get a drink this random guy came up and challenged me to an arm wrestle. And being a wrestler in heart I couldn't back down. So I beat him pretty good and then of course a couple of his friends wanted a try as well. The result was the same. Out of time we went on our way to our next appointment. Since then almost every time we stop by this shop, some guy will challenge me. I am proud to announce I am still reigning champ of Mbikko Arm Wrestling! haha! It is also a nice way to commit people to come to church, although none of them have showed up.

Also, last week we had a zone meeting and we wanted to do something big. So we all committed to find 7 families per companionship this last week---that is one family per day, for those of you who are weaker in math.., and if we did so, Elder Taylor promised to make us all big cinnamon rolls. It took a lot of faith, walking, and door knocking, but we did it!! Us and the other companionship in our district. However... Every other companionship in the zone fell short.. It okay though. It was a great experience and I think we found some pretty nice families that can progress!

I love you all! Stay Golden.

Love, Elder Hawk


You know you're in Africa when you are asked what Tribe and Clan you're in.

 Rain once again

  A guy that paints in our compound

  Riding petal boddas (bike taxis)

Just another one‏

Jebale!

Well, it was just another week. Nothing exciting. It was actually just probably one of the most ordinary weeks of all time. We did meet this lady who met the missionaries in like the 90s which was pretty cool. Weren't able to teach her though because it was just her.

Edward is still progressing nicely. But we figured out he wasn't married legally yet, so we are going to have to get them married first, which won't be as hard since we are close to a chapel that can do marriages now. I hope everything works out with them.

Well, that's about it, so let me share a little spiritual thought. As I have been reading the scriptures lately I have noticed something. I actually first noticed it in the Isaiah chapters in 2 Nephi. It is talking about how the Lord's anger is kindled against the people and how he is going to destroy them and what not, but at the end of quite a few verses it says the phrase, "but his hand is stretched out still." In this life we are going to sin and make mistakes, it is impossible not to, but no matter what we do or how bad we think we are, the Lord still has his hand stretched out to bring us into his warm embrace of forgiveness. Never think that you are past repentance. Never think that you are too far to turn back. The Lord will always be there for us when we fall, to help us back up, and it is only through him that we can get back up.

I love you all. Have a great week.

Love, Elder Hawk


You know you're in Africa when your friend gets Typhoid.

On top of a sweet mountain 

 Comp fell asleep

And Confirmed‏

Jebale!

Well it was basically the most normal week of all time... haha. Not much to talk about. Rose and the kids all got successfully confirmed. They are doing awesome. One person I want to talk about, which I am not sure if I have yet is Edward. We found him like two weeks ago and he is super excited about all we are teaching him. He has come to church both weeks. We have taught him a couple times and he is just accepting everything. He is not yet married with his wife so we will have to do that, but he is super willing and it seems like it will go smoothly.

Today we went to Lugazi and golfed! I did horrible.. It was still way fun though. We went with a bunch of Elders. On the way to and from we went through this way cool forest which was huge! It was awesome. It was like a 45 minute taxi drive one way which wasn't that fun, but it ended up being worth it.

Well, that is about it for the week. Everything is great here in the promise land. I love you all and hope you have a great week!

Love, Elder Hawk


You know you're in Africa when you golf in a kitenge shirt.

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 Just doing some service with a pango (machete)

  World's Smallest Pineapple for 200 Shillings or 6 cents

  Just sucking at golf, but I have my cool kitenge shirt on

Baptisms‏

Note: This is the e-mail from May 30th, the blogger mom was out of town.

Jebale!

Well, it was a very eventful week! We did exchanges this week and Elder Le Cheminant came to my area! We passed by the source of the Nile again and we saw like 10 monkey all on a fence which was awesome! Then on Saturday their investigators, Isaac and Brenda, got married! It was so awesome. They are way cool and we do service at their house quite a bit so I have gotten to know them pretty well. We were also able to find a lot of new families this week! It is something that was very needed! One new family even came to church and they loved it. They are Edward and Amity. They stayed for all of church and the baptisms after! There are some other families as well that have some good potential, but we will see how it goes.

So about the baptisms. I told you that it was going to be Rose, Hawa, and Shadia, however, we were teaching another girl that stayed with them named Jen. She has been there for all the lessons and has come to church, but we never met her mother. We were going through the baptismal interview questions with them on Tuesday and we were like, "Jen, why aren't you getting baptized?" and so we called her mom and she agreed! They were all just so prepared and I am so excited that they have taken this covenant with God. Isaac and Brenda also got baptized! It was such a great week!

Well, I love you all! Thank you for the support! Make this week the best! Also, just ate grasshoppers like 20 minutes ago and they were actually really good.

Love, Elder Hawk


You know you're in Africa when you eat grasshoppers!

 Some of the monkeys we saw

  Elder Le Cheminant and I and the Source of the Nile

 The wedding 

 Everyone getting baptized and baptizing

 Rose, Hawa, Jen, and Shadia

 Eating Grasshoppers