Week 31 Bardege, Gulu with Elder Ankrah

                                             

Tuesday, we did service for this crazy lady named Irene. We went and fetched all her water for the week.  We get water from a place called a bore hole, which is like a fresh water well. We have to pump the water into jerry cans and then carry them back to her house which is super far away. I love her little daughter, she's the cutest thing ever. I have no idea how to spell her name though.  After service we spent all morning just hanging out with her family and the kids and teaching them. We also met this dude named Lakanna that day, he's like a DJ and makes really weird music videos. He wanted to learn about the church, so we taught him a little bit. He's not very serious though. Wednesday was good, but we found out something super sad. So, do you remember that girl Gloria?  We've been teaching her for a while and she's really great, but we found out she had an abortion when she was 13 years old. How sad is that? Anyways we talked a lot about repentance with her and she was still able to get baptized Sunday. For some reason the branch wanted me to do the confirmation, so I got to do my first confirmation. That was a neat experience, the spirit was super strong. Lately we've been having branch members do the baptisms too since it's a good way to get them fellowshipped. Thursday, I went on exchanges with a guy named Elder Harris from Liberia (the one holding the girl in the picture). Friday was just really long but we taught this lady that was super funny and she's having us over for dinner tonight. I just hope she doesn't try and feed us pig ears…No joke, some lady tried too.  My name in the Acholi language is sweet. It's Elder LIT. How cool is that? I'm learning some small Arabic from a new lady we are teaching too. Love that language. I wish I could speak it fluently. I'm learning a lot from my studies right now. I feel like I can't study enough. Sometimes I have to just relax and not study because I feel like I'm too intense and learning too much. Bruce R. McConkie has some talks that I LOVE. There are two books I'm trying to get ahold of other than Eragon hahaha. One is called Mormon Doctrine and the other is Doctrines of Salvation, both by Bruce R. McConkie.  If they're not too hard to get ahold of I’d love it if you could send them to me.
We played scrabble slam with a member this week. Dad and Corbin would both love it so much.
We get a limited working fund for fuel, so we have to manage that well. It can be tough because we're so far away from everything. Plus, we're both a little sick right now so we don't feel like walking anywhere. There are missionaries all over Gulu but they're all pretty close together. No missionaries in Lira yet, but there should be soon. They need them there so bad, those people are ready for the gospel.
The weather here is just hot. Always hot here in Gulu. It's more of a desert though so at night it can get chilly. We don't have any AC but we have a fan. And the Africans don't like fans, they get too cold, so I snagged another one from some other missionaries and now I have two fans! If it dips into the high 80's people put on hoodies. My hair got butchered by a guy I paid to cut it. I'm not going to need a cut-I’ll be growing my hair for a while, it was pretty dang short
Thank you so much for taking care of me. I don't really know what's going on, I think its just a virus. I have a bad cough and am super tired I think it's just a virus that will pass.