Mukono Here I Come

The week was good on my side. We worked hard and are just trying to get people progressing. The hardest thing is to get people to come to church. The promise and promise then don't show. It would be better to just tell us straight up so that we can do what we need to change their mind. 

We got transfer news today. I am going to Mukono (same Zone different district) to be a Zone leader. It sucks I’m going to miss the baptisms of those here but I guess there is something else for me to do. 

Well I love you all. We are planning to get back on the email later but there is a huge storm the came in so the power might go out. We decided to come for a little time just in case. 

Love you all.

Elder E.E. Buyers

Journal Entree

This week I am just going to share some of what my journal entree was like last night:

"I don't know. Honestly I don't know. Today I am just ready to go home. The stress has got me overwhelmed... I feel like I'm pulling a hundred thousand ton mountain that has a firmer foundation than the Lord can offer. Although, I know that all on these feelings are sent to blow me as the Jaredites (Ether 6:8). I know that the Lord is with me or at lest sees me. Even God withdrew his all from Jesus as he hung on the cross. Though he saw him and wanted to do all he could to save him, he had a plan that is perfect. If He would have intervened we all would have been lost. God loves me just as he loves His Only Begotten and he even loves me enough to allow me to go through a portion of what his Son went though. I'm finished but there is still a race to run, and so I run. And with faith we can move mountains."

Now before you all think I'm calling it quits, before you start to think that I am giving up I want you to think about what I am trying to convey. If you feel sorry for me, if you want to help me, I have one thing to say. Repent. God's plan is perfect. There are times that it seems like He is universes away but I testify that at those times we are next to some of the best and strongest people that have ever walked this earth. God loves us enough to let us go through challenges but as Paul tells us in 1st Corinthians, We will never be tried above what we are able. Alone we are dust but with Christ we cannot be defeated. If we get defeated it is our own fault. "The road may be long, With giants to fight" but giants can be fought and will be defeated. I week has been great. When we have trials that means we are progressing. That means God himself is making us all we can be. 

I love you all. Enough to say I hope you have a challenging week.

Elder E.E. Buyers

Single Digits!

Well it sounds like a super busy week. I hope it was a good time. I'm glad to hear that everyone is doing well. Tell all the grandparents hi for me and that I love them. I am doing fine on all of those things. I should be good for the rest of my mission. It’s crazy to think that we are down to single digits for months left. I think you guys know better than I do just how much time is left. Time flies of that I testify. 

Things are going well here. We had a baptism for a young man named Swabir yesterday. He is a great kid and was so excited to be baptized. We baptized his friend Brian on the 31st of August Yesterday he received the Aaronic Priesthood and then just about an hour later he was baptizing Swabir. It was really cool. This week another friend of theirs will also enter into the covenant of baptism. 

Love you all and I hope another great week awaits you.

Elder E.E. Buyers

Another One Bites The Dust

This was a pretty good week. Another one bites the dust. This time not only another week but even the transfer. Today marks the start of another transfer in Lugazi. We got news this morning and Elder Bokwe and I are both staying here in Lugazi. 

The week was a good week. Monday when we were playing soccer I rolled my ankle super bad. So much that I couldn't walk at all by Monday night. I went to bed pretty sure and disappointed that we would be staying home the next day. When I woke up I could walk fine with barely even a limp. Tender mercies and miracles of the Lord I would say. 

The work was good the rest of the week. We met a lot of really good people as well. We had the husband of a family come with 2 of his children to church yesterday. The enjoyed it I think. We had a baptism yesterday for a young boy named Elly. He is a super humble and shy kid. His parents have been baptized over the past month or so and he was the last in his family that is able to be baptized. I think he might have a mental handicap but he is a great kid. He bore a powerful testimony after his baptism as well. 

I've started to notice a few things as I write in my journal and review my journal now and then. One thing is that the Lord has given each of us many blessings. We all see miracles every day we just need to identify them. Imagine wehre we would all be if the Nephites didn't keep a journal or if Matthew wouldn't have kept a journal. we wouldn't be in this situation at this time. that's for sure.

Love you all and I hope you have a great week.

Elder E.E. Buyers