Oct 23, 2017 More Baptisms To Come We’re planning on having about five more baptisms before I leave, but we’ll see if any unplanned back-slidings happen. Three of the five baptisms are actually from one family. They’re called the Dubik family. They come from the northern region from a town called Bunkpurugu. Missionaries have beenContinue reading “Still Working Hard”
Category Archives: African Culture
Miracles Still Happen
October 16, 2017 My Joy is Full The Amoako family: Brother Amoako is the father of three and stays in the Effiduasi area. He walked all the way to church yesterday, which was a sort of miracle. Actually, his whole family is kind of a miracle story. You see, Brother Amoako has been sick forContinue reading “Miracles Still Happen”
Pounding, Polygamy, & Twi
September 18, 2017 This Week’s Report Again, I am low on time, so I will copy and paste from my president’s letter: “To report on this past week. We planned on baptizing and confirming four last weekend. Only the clerk’s daughter was baptized and she was an hour late to church, so she missed herContinue reading “Pounding, Polygamy, & Twi”
“Supa” Fine
September 4, 2017 I have to say that this week, I’m feeling “supa” fine! And I’m sending lots of photos. They are plenty! Or as they say in Twi, mo do wo so! Report I spent a lot of time reading my emails because plenty people emailed me this week. I also emailed my Mission PresidentContinue reading ““Supa” Fine”
Obronin in the House
August 28, 2017 Where do I begin? The week went by so fast and there is so much to say but the question is how to say it? Obronin I guess the first thing that I will say is that I don’t know what it is about Effiduasi, but there are a lot of drunkContinue reading “Obronin in the House”
A Land Rich in What Matters Most
August 21, 2017 My New Companion His name is Elder Gadah and is twenty-five. He is a Ghanaian from the Eastern Region, a town called Nsawom (It should be on the road from Kofordua to Accra), and of the same tribe as Elder Gbettie. He has only been a member for three years and cameContinue reading “A Land Rich in What Matters Most”
Seniagya, Transfers, and Home
August 14, 2017 Transfer News! I’m training my last 12 weeks of my mission! I think it’s basically set in stone unless something absolutely crazy happens. That means that I’ll have four areas for my entire mission, and ten companions. Seems like pretty happy numbers! I will pick him up on Wednesday, when I goContinue reading “Seniagya, Transfers, and Home”
A Farm, Some Corn, and Solomon
July 17, 2017 Just Like Iowa…Well, Sort Of We had the pleasure of going to a farm with a less active this week. They people gave us some food and some of that was fresh maize corn. It wasn’t sweet corn, but you better believe that I served up some amazing corn on the cobContinue reading “A Farm, Some Corn, and Solomon”
Another Transfer in the Books
July 3, 2017 This week was fairly good. I made some mistakes, had some learning experiences; I’m still repenting daily, so it’s all moving forward! One thing that is really cool that is happening recently is that we’re working with this sister who is really, really powerful. We’ve born testimony so frequently that the lastContinue reading “Another Transfer in the Books”
Tradition
May 8, 2017 Short on Time Sorry I can’t give you a full accounting of the week because of time. I have 30 minutes less to email today. But I will say…crocs for last week. And this week? We roasted a pig as a zone. Yup, I’m doing stuff. (Tell Saylor not to be jealous, it’sContinue reading “Tradition”
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