Week 74, Masaka, Uganda with Elder Ahome'e

 
Awe man-I love President Collings and Sister Collings. I really look up to them. Sister Collings has a powerful and amazing testimony. I love the spirit that comes when she speaks. We went into Kampala for our last zone conference and interview with the Collings. Our new president will be here July 1st. I even sang in the choir for them...cringe. I got to stay with Elder Hall and Ankrah while we were in Kampala.  Both APs now and both former companions- Love em both. That was fun.
The rest of the week we taught a lot of lessons. We had a baptism for Assie scheduled on Sunday-but she didn't show up. She is the lady that had the asthma attack in church. we need to go find out what happened. Brother Wasswa is amazing-he's so old, he forgot how old he is. But he comes to church every week and blesses or passes the sacrament. He sews for a living on a pedal machine. He also had us come teach his friends and bring them some church literature. He is a good gospel teacher himself. Anyway he gave the closing prayer on Sunday and it was rather entertaining. It was a 10 minute biology lesson prayer.  So humble and thankful for Gods creations. He thanked Heavenly Father for being a scientist, for the beautiful plant, chlorophyll, oxygen, human, carbon dioxide cycle. He is only 5'1", speaks loud, doesn't close his eyes while praying but means every word of his prayer with love and gratitude and a whole lot of biology. He was even thankful that we could gather oxygen to go to space or the bottom of the ocean...
I love the kids here, they love to tease and play. They yell our names until we come talk to them or play with them. The play a game where a child stacks cups as fast as they can and another child throws a sock tied in a knot and filled with dirt at the cups trying to knock them down faster then the other kid stacking. I love playing that game with them. I took cover your assets over to Annettes's house and played it with their family. It was soooo funny-they kept calling their mom a "moobie" which means thief.  When you really get to know the people here and become their friends you come to genuinely love and care for them. It makes me think about their specific needs in the gospel and is what truly makes missionary work joyful! Love you all- Elder Payne