This Is The End

Hello World,

This is it. Thursday I will be home bound and Friday at 12ish I will be seeing the family! Crazy. This has been a great last week. Nothing too extraordinary happened. Had exchanges with Elder Masters. This is his first transfer so it was his 6th week in Uganda. He is a phenomenal missionary way better then I was after 6 weeks. Anyways the big events are that I bore my departing testimony in the ward. I will miss these people so much! And 2 We had a district activity today. Basically a nice lunch since I am leaving. I slaughtered a chicken today for it. I took a while though because I was getting feathers not the neck. But dont worry I eventually got it. Then Elder Oppong cooked jelof rice. Not sure if it is spelled right but anyways it is a Ghanaian dish.

Any ways that was my week,

See you soon people,

Love Elder Seibert

10 Things I Learned as a Missionary

1) Watching General Conference and More so rereading the talks is very spiritual and a HUGE help in life

2) Sharing the gospel brings SOOO much joy, especially as you see lives change

3) A picture of Christ makes a huge difference in the house

4) You can learn a lot from being stuck with different people all the time

5) Repentance is a CHANGE and is not miserable but joyous, never clicked at home

6) You can use each member of the Godhead in your daily life and understanding their different traits is eyeopening to how to get their help

7) When you walk everywhere the social life is better, everyone knows each other here and is friendly

8) The Lord is always there even in small things you don't realize enough

9) Prayer and Daily study of the scriptures makes a huge difference in life

10) The Church is TRUE (I knew this but definitely strengthened the faith 100x more)

Sorry I want to put my final photos but look like I can't  internet is slow

The Final Countdown

Hello World,

Well it is the last full week for this boy of Uganda. I can't believe it. I am in a world of mixed emotions! I do want to see my family but I really don't want to leave Mpumudde. I really love this area, The members are great! And the work is sweet.

This week was fun I had my last Zone Conference and I had to give my departing testimony. It was weird. Mostly because it hasn't sunk in that I am leaving. It will hit on the plane I bet just like when I came. Anyways, also this week I went on exchanges with Elder Millecam. He is a great Elder. He is a hard worker and I love it. He understands the purpose of a missionary! I loved talking to him and bouncing ideas off him. It was fun. Plus it is always easier to talk to an American, usually.

Well That is all folks! Until we meet again!

Love

Elder Seibert

The Time is Far Spent

Hello World,

Everything has been good here in Mpumudde. Yesterday they had Stake Conference. We went as a ward and they had an issue getting the coaster (small bus). So we arrived 20 minutes late. Wasn't too bad. I really enjoyed the meeting though. All the speakers did a good job. Other big and exciing news is that I went on exchanges this week with Elder Gilbert. I love him. He is a great guy who is always willing to giving me sme advice and we always have a good time. We ate a nice lunch as part of the exchange so that made me happy. Sorry folks I don't really have much else to say.

Just know that I know God and Jesus Christ live. And that sharing to gospel although hard is by far one of the most rewarding experiences. Please share it. Use different methoods be and examle and strengthen your testimonies. I love the Book of Mormon and I know it is true too!

Have a great week.

Love Elder Seibert

Happy Mother's Day

Hello Peeps,

Life continues to be good for elder Seibert. Top highlight of the week is calling home. Always a good experience but it is amazing how you always over hype it but then you call. You chit chat then you just go right back to work. Don't get me wrong, calling home is nice but it isn't this grand thing. Maybe I saw this because I will be seeing them in 3 short weeks. I do love my mother and I love all those other Honorable Mention Mothers in my life who have also made impacts on my life. I defiantly never appreciated my mother enough until I moved out. Lots of work has to be done to make a boy a man. I love that she taught me all the necessary skills so that when I left the house I never had to struggle to know how to do it. And if needed she was always will to accept the phone call when help was needed.

As for my week we had a good week. We had the baptism of Perus and Peter. 2 younger siblings to a YSA in the ward. I love them to death. Teaching them was fun and easy. Children are just amazing. Besides that we didn't do much else. I guess we did service digging in a members garden which is always fun too. We made mounds for potatos a few weeks ago that was hard. this time it was just digging up weeds from his Mazie field. Fun and not so hard. Except one part was pretty stoney.

Have a great week everyone!

Love Elder Seibert 

Photos: The Baptism and Also a cute kid in Mpumudde ward

Uniting Families One Person At A Time

Hello Peeps,

Another week has come and gone. Time is going way too fast. This week the big news is we were able to more fully complete families in the gospel. We baptized yesterday 2 boys. One is the son to the family we baptized last week, Edrine, and the other is the son/brother to another awesome family here in Mpumudde, Lawerence. It was fun to teach these guys and help them join their families in this wonderful gospel. I will always love teaching families and bringing the happiness and unity this gospel brings to families. If we build upon the rock of Christ we will be strong and just imagine how much stronger that is when we have all our family members right there next to us helping us as well. I love being a missionary and I love the people of Mpumudde!

Have a great week! Keep using the gospel to make you and your family strong. It is the small and simple things that make all the difference. I believe if I remember right that is what Dallin H Oaks taught us so perfectly in General Conference!

Love Elder Seibert 

Baptisms The 2 families and then the Candidates only

Making An Eternal Family

Hello Peeps,

It has been a great and busy week here in Mpumudde! The first of the events was doing Service on Friday. There is a recent convert who has been missing church a lot lately so we went to do service with him in hopes to easy his burden. He is having issues with his family right now. Not sure what exactly. Seems like some sort of school fees issue from how he explained it. Anyways we went to his garden with him and a few members and started to make mounds to plant sweet potatoes. He makes his money off farming. I got baked by the sun though. When you wear a collared shirt all day  you neck gets sensitive to sunlight...  It was fun to see members help out another and the joy of service is always a blessing! It is amazing how you can just forget yourself and nothing matters but you are happy!

Saturday was a whole lot of taxi riding and waiting room time. I had to go to The Surgury. A hospital to get checked on. I had a fever and some other symptoms that weren't a big deal but Sister Collings wanted me to go get checked just in case. So we spent the whole day taxiing to Kampala and Back along with a solid 6 hours in the hospital. DON'T WORRY I AM OKAY FOLKS. We let around 6:30am and got back at 8:50pm.

The HIGHLIGHT of the week was baptizing the Mary Grace Family. It consists of Jah-jah (Grandma in Luganda), Mom, And 2 daughters. This family was a miracle find! Elder Goodrich and I tracted into Mary first. She is the grandmother. She said her uncle or Nephew was a member and let us share. Well then after a 2nd or 3rd visit we met Mary Grace her 8 year old granddaughter. Mary was sick that day and told us we should come back but then Mary Grace stopped us and said "NO, wait teach me" so we taught her. Then Claire the 14 year old sister joined the next lesson and eventual he mother sat in on the lessons! And You can just see how the gospel has blessed this family! It was an awesome experience. I got to baptize Mary and Harriet, And I won't lie I as scared to baptize Mary. She is old, and not a small old lady, and people here end to fear water. If she got scared going down I was for sure going down too! Luckily both her and Harriet were easy. I think Harriet was the most scared of the 4 of them. It was a tender experience to see the family enter the waters of baptism. The 12 year old brother we will baptize in 2 weeks, He has been at boarding school so we haven't been able to each him until now. I can't wait. Seeing conversion is the greatest thing about this work!

Have a great week everyone!

Love Elder Seibert

Photos: Service and the Baptism

The Beginning of the End

Hello Peeps,

Everything is going well here in Uganda. A transfer has come and gone once again. It is amazing how fast they are moving these days. Nothing has happened to me. Pretty much what I expected. Some people thought I was going to Mbale but that is Elder Seivers. Not Seibert. I am sure you all care though haha. I am excited though for next week. We are baptizing an awesome family next week! I have come to love all of them! I call them the Mary Grace Family. Mary grace is the 8 year old. But anyways next week you will see their picture! As for this week we finally watched the General Priesthood Session from general conference. I really enjoyed it. The change they announced will be a huge help here in Uganda. I am excited to see how it helps. Plus the talks about the priesthood were inspiring and helped me so much in my understanding.

Also this week we had a missionary fireside in the ward and it was good. I tried to play charades with the people but they lacked experience. It still worked but there just wasn't the excitement and fun I envisioned.

I also want to say that it is amazing how much God is there in the small and simple things. I have said it a lot in weekly emails but the amount of times where you can just be reading the Book of Mormon chapter by chapter or conference talks from front to back but miraculously every time you have a bad day or a question you need answered, the motivation or answer comes the next day in that chapter or conference talk or whatever it may be that you read. I marvel how things like that always match up. The world would call it a coincidence but I testify that it is God working in your life. I love God, Jesus Christ, this gospel, and everything else about this gospel!

Well that is all I have to say right now have a great week people!

Love, Elder Seibert

Why do we need judgement? If God already knows where were are going and what not, because he knows everything? This is a question a member asked my companion and I. Please I would like to see your responses. I have mine but I want to see what others say.