Ethiopian food explained, Ugandan Leadership Guide

Enjera is Ethiopian food. I'm sure you've seen pictures of it and just not realized it. It's kind of hard to explain. It's like a giant round spongy thin cake that tastes a bit sour. They eat with a variety of sauces. A Sumosa is kind of like an egg roll, but in the shape of a folded triangle. It's usually filled with vegetables or occasionally some meat. The ones in Ethiopia were substantially larger than the ones we eat here in Uganda. That's why the girl on the bus was able to share it with me. I'm not sure why the girls in Ethiopia are beautiful. Maybe I've been away from home too long.

The book we're writing is a "Leadership Guide" for the missionary leaders here in the Uganda Kampala Mission. It's something that will help them with their general responsibilities and duties as well as their interpersonal skills as church leaders. We've also tried to include other helpful, nice to know facts (mailing, distribution center, missionary couples, etc.) so that the leaders will always be looked to for the "knowledge" of the mission. There's a lot of "unwritten rules and standards" that we live by in this mission so we tried to record the appropriate ones in a hope that the mission will remain consistent and united in their understanding of them. In all, it's about 30 pages long. We're about 2/3 finished. It will be a relieving day when it is.

Last week after the activity we took the Christensen's to Owino (The huge market in town). We managed to get President a few Ugandan Soccer Jerseys and his daughter some cultural souvenirs. It was a bitter sweet moment when we took Sister Christensen through that cultural part with all the animal pelts. We found one that we were both pretty sure was a cheetah surprisingly. She tactfully scolded him.

I figure my souvenir shopping days are pretty much wrapped up with my last big order. My artist Felix told me, "This is going to be the hardest work I've ever done." From some of the things I've seen him do, it seems like he's just trying to be humble or something. But he's sincere, and doesn't seem to be too money driven. I just pray that he'll be able to finish it in two months.

One of the couples that I contacted and taught then left in Nsambya with a baptismal date just got married. They'll be baptized next Sunday. So hopefully I'll get to go see that. We were on exchanges with the zone leaders there yesterday so I was able to go and teach a lesson with them again.

Elder Ray, Elder Metemi, and Elder Camuso have all not been to the zoo yet. So we'll go there tomorrow. The only real attraction there for me are all the monkeys everywhere. And the Chimps when it's feeding time. Well, I guess the rhinos are pretty cool too, but only when they're close enough to touch.

Have a great week.

Elder Wright