June 13, 2011

Well, this week was a lot different than any week ive ever experienced in my life. But what else is new? So as you know from last week i was made Zone Leader. The youngest one on the mission. Its not so hard, yet. I got transferred to the Kabowa Zone, this includes the areas of Masaka, Entebbe, Kajjansi and Kabowa. i have 4 districts the zone. Each District Leader is training a new missionary, and i am also training a new missionary!!! My third one!!! No, that doesn't mean im a solo Zone Leader. we are training him together. he is supposed to go to Ethiopia but he doesn't have his visa and they are having troubles trying to get it. My companion is Elder Jorgensen. He is from Manti. he is about an inch taller than me. we are the tallest companionship in the mission. No one is gonna mess with us! we are training a kid named Elder Lee. he is from West Point, near Antelope Island!
My last companion, Elder Flinders took over as district leader! he is going to do awesome! he isn't training but his companion is 18 months on mission and is from Alpine. named Elder Stevens. Elder Flinders is an awesome leader, thats why he was made DL at 2 months on mission!
Now about the work here! So, i got here and there isn't really a teaching pool. basically no one, just like when i got back to Nsambya, so all week we have been tracting, finding finding finding, we are mainly looking for families. Uganda seems to lack that feature so its very hard. Kabowa is a ward. this is the place where the church first came when it came to uganda! its the oldest branch/ward in the country, along with Kololo. So they have deep roots and some second generation members!!! they are somehow organized. as organized as a Ugandan ward can get! the sacrament attendance is around 120. they also don't fit in there chapel. (the Kampala stake needs to get on top of things and start finding new places to have church). Kabowa is known for its chior. not only in the church but in the community and country. its like a Mini-all black Mo-Tab!! they are amazing! id put them up against the Tabernacle Chior!!!