Week 59

I Wonder - Kid Rock

Namengo, near where we live.

Sometimes in life you can't help but wonder things. 

 In case you think I'm starving,
 I know how to cook a couple things.

For example, some mornings as I pick the worms out of my shower water I wonder what I am still doing here. After three close calls in one evening- narrowly escaping death by Ugandan Taxi- I wonder how I am still alive. Each week as I cross the Nile to get to Jinja Town I wonder what it looked like when it all got turned to blood (Exodus 7), or if the effect ran all the way to it's source in Uganda. 

There are many things we may wonder. We could ponder anything varying in importance from extraneous whims to crucial life choices. Some of those unimportant questions may just remain unanswered, but for anything important there is one unfailing source of wisdom: God.

Me with Elder Tshimanga (My son, left)
and Elder Mboya (My Grandson, Right)

Recently I have really been thinking about revelation and how to better receive it. Consequentially (or not?) a big topic of our Zone Conference happened to be Revelation, which has also been a big motif in the teachings from our other church leaders. A quote that was shared stuck out to me: "[our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul" -Brigham Young. I have truly felt that revelation come as I seek it.

This principle is crucial to the people we teach. The first thing we do is invite them to find out if what we share is true, then comes their conversion. When someone who has felt the spirit testify to them of the truth is asked to give up alcohol they are more often than not determined and empowered to do so. Without this witness however, it is a different story; There is rarely much commitment, at least to the Lord. 

Revelation brings confidence, as long as we are committed to live the principles we know are true. God will do his part when we act on what he has taught us. I am grateful for the whisperings of the Holy Ghost, and I know that if we seek with full purpose of heart we will receive the Lord's guidance.

I hope you guys have a good week!

Love,

Elder Winn

Our District at Zone Conference