Drunks and Critters

That Ocean view :)

The joys of living with spotty power! Sorry it's so late.

Monday, we speedily cleaned everything so that at 9 we could go and play football with the Yamoranza zone at the Fifa Pitch. I got slightly sun burned, which will just make me darker. :) Man, my tan line is so bad, it's a distinct line. Half of my arm is white, like white white, and the other part is equal to a fair African. I'll come home black. ;)

Fifa Football!

We made Egoosey soup which was amazing. Lawrencia had us over again for food. She cooks a mean garden egg stew. Power went out just in time so we couldn't email. Yay... Plus there were no FHEs, but we managed to have some fruitful conversations. :) By  small and simple means right? :)

For Tuesday's district meeting instruction, Elder Ofordeme taught and discussed about the Godhead. It eventually became an extension from mine since it turned into a further discussion about the Holy Ghost. :) Power finally came back in the late afternoon. I've been trying to develop Patience, and will continue to do so throughout my mission. Patience helps you practice Empathy. Which can diffuse most situations. :)

The cotton part came off...
in his ear...

Wednesday was a swell day. The 2 hours of personal study time is so fruitful and beneficial. It's always a good start to the day before venturing out into the baking heat of the Ghanaian sun. Most of our appointments were successful. Which always makes a pleasant day more pleasant. :)

Power went out though in the afternoon, making the evening time slightly more difficult. PEC was cancelled too. When light goes out, your evening is essentially over.

Elders Quorum activity

Thursday was filled with great lessons and conversations. Success is gradually improving which makes the work a lot more enjoyable. The days are hot and the sweat is constantly drenching, but life is still really good. :) It seems the drunks have been venturing out more and more. Each day we encounter between 2-6. They're so drunk they can barely walk let alone talk, I slightly find it funny, but at the same time you feel so bad, because you know they most likely have a wife or 2, and kids with each and here they are squandering their time and money with poison. Power came back on today! But only for an hour and then it let again. Oh well. :)

My boii!!!!!

Friday was great! All but 1 of our appointments followed through! Voting starts on Saturday, so everyone is parading around doing one last round of campaigning and bribing. The people are crazy sometimes.... but I love them so much. :) We've been preparing several of our investigators for baptism, hopefully they'll be ready by next week. :) Power came back too! :)

Saturday began with a lovely discussion with 2 women named Mercy and Elsie. They were really attentive and engaged, which was actually quite refreshing. :) We taught them about the apostasy and they had lots of wonderful questions about it. :) Potential members. :) We were invited to an Elders Quorum activity, they played music and had lots of good food. Specifically Chicken Nkakra and Fufu. :) After we used Prince to help us teach the small boy Emmanuel Kingsman since his Brofou (English) is rough. So the day overall was just dandy. :)

Fufu, our staple food :)

Sunday church is always grand. Even if I only understand the Hymns in Sacrament and the writing on the board in Sunday school. Church is great! :) A riot broke out at the police station, caused by a gang and 2 of their members were shot and killed. The joys of being drug dealers and protesters about dealing......

That's me!

Emmanuel Kingsman wanted us to come again to teach, so we did. :) That boy wants to be a member so bad, it makes you wish every one was like him. Mami Sopa fed us Kontombley soup with fish and Apanche. She is such a wonderful woman. :) and will always be my Ghanaian Mother. We tried to visit those people that we didn't see at church, it was a hit and miss as usual. The first thing we saw upon entering the kitchen in the evening was a giant cockroach, he only lived to see us take off our shoe, and then the bottom of the shoe. :) But then upon entering our room, a mouse was running around! So we tried to kill him too, but he ran under my bed and then completely dissapeared.... so now we know we have phantom mice in our apartment. Yay. So that was my week! :)