Week 60

Don't go chasing waterfalls (TLC?)

The Falls

... Or you are going to find some strange witch doctor stuff in the bush! More on that later.

First Leg of the journey-
among the sugar canes
(Out of order... should be first)

It's been a bit of a tough week for me. We've known for quite a while that missionaries will be pulled out of the Lugazi area, but it didn't hit me too hard until this week. There was one morning where I was really struggling to find the drive to keep going through it all. As I read my scriptures I found counsel that seemed directed right tome (Alma counseling his son Shiblon): "And now, my son, I trust that I shall have great joy in you, because of your steadiness and your faithfulness unto God; for as you have commenced in your youth to look to the Lord your God, even so I hope that you will continue in keeping his commandments; for blessed is he that endureth to the end... See that ye bridle all your passions, that ye may be filled with love; see that ye refrain from idleness", (Alma 38:2, 12). These words really hit home and gave me the desire to keep going. I once

Signpost to Adventure

again felt the spirit of this divine work, I felt God's love for me and those I serve, and I felt the motivation to 'bridle my passions' and get to work. I am grateful for the scriptures and how they help, guide, and uplift me.

I hope you managed to enjoy my last email... I wrote a few scattered thoughts but didn't really write anything about the week. I read through it today and was confused, not a lot of flow... I think my brain was turned off. I promise I am thinking about this one.

With all that out of the way: here's the story of today's district activity. Let me get this straight... We did not plan to go hunting for Witch Doctors, that was just a strange treat (if you can call it that) and a side-affect of our waterfall chasing. I got some gorgeous pictures of the trip. It was a very nice hike despite the hot weather. As the walls of sugarcane turned into tall trees with dangling vines, the faint sound of rushing water became audible and we knew we were close to our destination. An

Up Close and Personal

even better sign of our close proximity was a sign reading "Ssezibwa Falls" which pointed to the right fork of the road we were traveling. The trees grew thicker and thicker, but soon we saw a clearing and even further out a pool of water. The mist in the air and the increasing noise said, "You're here!". As we entered the clearing a bridge fell into view, and soon we could see the falls.

It was such a wonderful sight. We were even able to explore up and around the falls, to where you could look over the drop from above. Now in the middle of all that we found some strange pots, and other relics that Elder Ojakol (the local) said looked like some ritual setups. (Like possibly the witch doctor kind).

Well, I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves from here... it was a fun day. Aside from

The 'Daredevil' pic 

all that I can update you on Eric, who I wrote about finding a few weeks ago. He is still faithfully coming to church, and progressing well. He was the first one waiting to catch the taxi to stake conference this week. Hopefully without us missionaries here he will still be baptized in a couple weeks! Hopefully I can keep you posted on that! With our going to Jinja for Stake Conference we were also able to visit Elder Ojakols mom who had to have her leg amputated recently. It was great to see her in such good spirits!

Have a great week!

Love, Elder Winn

District Photo

Selfie, of course!

The road to Ssezibwa