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Week 100- Iganga, Uganda with Elder Bukasa

This is gonna be my last email as a missionary. What a wonderful experience my mission had been. I've really loved being able to serve here and I'm starting to feel sad now that it's coming to an end. I'll be finishing my last couple weeks here in Iganga and I'm really happy about that. I've been here for 6 months now and have really grown to love this area. One thing I love about this place is how rewarding it has been when we put our feet down and really work hard. It seems like the harder we work the more success we see, our input directs our output. I know Heavenly father appreciates our effort and has blessed us accordingly. I love the people here even though a lot of them have been really tough. I'll actually be sad to go and I'm sure ill miss this place one day. The members here have really humbled me with how much they are willing to sacrifice. I'll never forget them. More than some of my other areas I've been close with a lot of the members here and have seen their sacrifices first hand. It's made it easy to serve with people like that around you. I'm so thankful for the experience of serving a mission it's hard for me to put it into words. I can't even imagine who I would be and what my life would look like without what I know now. During my time here I've gained a powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon, I love it and I know it's true. I also know the prophet Joseph Smith was indeed a prophet, that he saw God the father and His son Jesus Christ, and that today we are blessed with a living prophet that the Lord continues to direct us through. I know that Jesus Christ is my savior and my Redeemer. That he suffered for me in Gethsemane and on the cross at Calvary so I can obtain forgiveness and be with my family forever. I love him dearly. I know these things are true, and serving a mission has helped them root deep in my heart and placed me on the path of discipleship, a path I'll continue on for the rest of my life. When I say that my mission has changed me and changed my life I really mean it, and would encourage every young man to also serve a mission with a hope that they get the same things out of it I have. I'm grateful for my wonderful family and all my friends and loved ones who have supported me and encouraged me through my time here. I can't wait to see you all! 

Week 99- Malaria

 

Week 98- Iganga, Uganda with Elder Bukasa

Monday, I had an interview with president Chatora. We talked a lot about discipleship and about how the end of my mission really doesn't have to be the end of anything. He encouraged me to continue to strive to become like the savior and live righteously. It was great. Tuesday was zone conference and I bore a departing testimony. We had an extremely spiritual lesson this week teaching brother John about the book of Mormon. He had lots of questions and really wanted to understand it. We left him to read 3 Nephi chapter 27 and when we met him later, he told us that when he read, he just absolutely knew it was true and really felt the spirit. It made me really happy to see someone get so much joy out of the book of Mormon because of how much I love it. Hopefully I'll get to see him be baptized before I leave. Two sisters we have been teaching, Olivia and Alice, came to church for the first time this Sunday and really enjoyed it. Last week we had two baptisms and this week William and Dorrine were confirmed. William especially is so so happy to be baptized and confirmed. It's been a long time coming for him, we've been teaching him for 6 months. On Sunday attendance was 110 people. When I first came here to Iganga 6 months ago it was in the 40's. It's been a blessing to see the ward here grow, and the members grow as well.