Banana Bread and Centipedes

My Grandfather and Father!

Monday was really long but really good. :) First off I got all my laundry washed and cleaned the kitchen by 9:00. After which we went to the mission home to get a hair cut from Elder Day and to get Elder Ofordeme a renewed Temple Recommend. But there was a mix-up in communication and so Elder Day wasn't at the Mission home!!! Ahhh! But it's alright because his apartment is just a 20-minute walk from the Mission home.

Sister Stevenson fed us homemade banana bread while we were at the home. It tasted just like my mom's. :) We got to Elder Day's apartment and he cut my hair a little too short.... I asked for 2 inches and he gave me 1.... But it's alright, it'll grow back. :) We had FHE with Sister Gloria starting at 3 which went til 7, and then the power was out and so we didn't get to email.

Elder Day the Barber

Tuesday we had another combined District meeting. We lost Sisters Baah, Asare, and Ndu. All sweet gals. All Africans have sass. And it seems that the smaller they are the more they have. Sister Asare is I think 4' 11",  just a tiny little thing and has more sass then you could possibly comprehend.

We made a big batch of Egoosy soup and then went out to teach Mavis, a new investigator. She seems really interested in learning but isn't interested in leaving the Methodist faith. :/

Matching Wallets like a boss!

We then went and taught Christian some more about the Sacrament and Temptations. He is such a sweet man and is really doing his best do stay on the path. After him we went and taught Linda an LA (Less Active) about the Book of Mormon.  She doesn't really focus, but at least she gives us her time. We then went and emailed since we didn't on Monday.

Wednesday was transfer day! My first transfer is over and my second has begun! It's a weird 4-week transfer which means the next one will be in 8 weeks. Lots of Elders went home, including my Grandfather Elder Barret. He trained Elder Ofordeme in the same ward I'm being trained in right now! That never happens! Where an Elder trains in the same ward that he was trained!

My tooth...

We spent most of the day with Elder Barret and seeing members, but before meeting him I had just finished making Indomie and Elder Ofordeme was like, "Man we gotta go! He's here!" And so I had to scarf down my plate of Noodles in like 2 minutes, which didn't sit well the rest of the day, but that's alright. :) We did find 2 more people to teach though! Emanuel a LA and Patience a new investigator! We then went to PEC and then to Christian. While we were teaching a 5-inch centipede came out from under the door and came straight at me! But it only lived for another foot because then it was smeared by Christian's shoe for like 4 feet. I'm not used to these bugs yet....

Thursday was weekly planning. And I got myself some Maple Syrup! It was only 28 cedis for 64 ounces! What a bargain! That is a Bargain for me, I think I will buy some. :)

The Dentist that didn't see me!

We took Christian with us to go teach Araba, she's a cripple and has to crawl everywhere and only speaks Fante, so we use Christian to translate. After we went and taught Benjamin the Word of Wisdom and then took Philip to Literacy class that's provided by the church, but no one was at the church! What the heck?! No one told us they had cancelled it. After that disappointment we went around visiting various LAs and some members. Our referrals are suffering, so we're working on getting more since our teaching pool is nearly empty.

So 1am Friday morning I had a pleasant surprise. I awoke with a tooth ache and felt something in my teeth, so I went and flossed and removed the paining object along with a huge chunk of my tooth! Gahhhhh!?!?!? I took some pain meds and then went to the dentist at 12. But then the dentist told me they couldn't see me til Tuesday.... So I'll just live with this hole in my mouth for a few days.

Adjoa. :)
She doesn't like to talk to us...

After that we had a very busy day teaching Abraham an LA and Sister KoKuah an RC (Recent Convert) LA and then saw Auntie Kate. She is my absolute favorite and she loves me to death! She is seriously my African Mother. :) We then ate Kokonte at a Chop Bar, which is essentially Fufu. We then finished the night by teaching Sally (a Muslim). That was fun... :)

I had oatmeal for breakfast as usual Saturday morning. It's my new staple food. Christian helped us with Araba again. Most of our appointments fell through.... And all had lame excuses, they claimed to be working but you knew they were just watching TV inside.

The tiniest 2 year old. :)

We taught a slightly interested Methodist today about the Book of Mormon.  His mother wasn't having it though and so we were ushered away pretty quickly... they don't know what they're missing. The mother told us our church didn't have enough music and dancing, man apostasy is so silly. :) Power is out too.. yay...

Auntie Kate! :)

Sunday morning the power came back! But then our pump blew, which means no water.... so power was pointless. We only had 2 investigators come to church... which is better than none though. Elder Ofordeme and I blessed the sacrament, which brought back lots of great memories of home. :) We only had to prep 3 trays though, that's a big difference from the 8-10 back home. After church we visited Abraham and Sister Gloria, we also talked to Auntie Kate on our way to Sister Sopas for dinner. Auntie Kate takes such good care of us and always dashes us little things. :) Sister Sopa made us Geloff rice. The best food you'll ever have in Ghana. It's just simply the best rice ever. I would be content if she rotated between Geloff rice and Fufu each week. :)

So that was my week! Busy busy busy! But it's definitely worth it!

~Elder Park