From City to Bush

Gonna miss this crew!

Time just disappeared my last P-day in Cape. Played one last game of Monopoly Deal with the whole apartment. I won. :) It's nice to end on a winning streak. ;) Chilled at the house small doing this and that. Had a lovely visit with Josephine and then went to Brother Aquay's place for FHE. Said some goodbyes and then crashed for the night.

Powerful Elders :)

Last day in Cape..... Eish, time is just not a good friend. Combined District meeting was nice. We took loads of pictures after ward. We ran some miscellaneous errands. Went home for a small water/cool off break, and then went out to begin all of my goodbyes. The Andoh-Kesons fed us because I'm leaving. After chilled with the Agyekums, and then Sister Aqua. Then went to all of the people on Gegem, where I practically lived every day. It's so hard to say goodbye to all of those you have grown so close and love. I will never forget those I've met. Then the apartment had a nice farewell party with sausages and tons of soda. A nice finishing touch. :)

From Old to New

Wednesday was very full, just finished packing the little things remaining and then chilled until it was time to go. Got to the station and met my new companion Elder Kazimoto. He's from Zambia and he's 22. Chilled at the station and visited with people for some time, then decided it was probably time to head to the area. Got to Asebu and unpacked small. Planned for the day and then went out. We have to take a car to our area, and then once we are in our area, there is no coming back until it's time to close. It's super nice and green, the air smells so nice and fresh, we have 4 or 5 little villages in our area, and they aren't really all that close to each other.

The Dentist, Woooo!!.......

Woke up with a killer toothache. The same tooth I broke at the beginning of my mission. Went to the dentist and guess what.... I need a root canal! Wooo! love those!..... The cost is only 250 cedis.... which is about 67 dollars. I hope the quality doesn't match the price, otherwise I'm in trouble. They didn't finish because they have to do it in 2 sessions.

I'll miss my Son!!!!
Love him so much! :)

We stopped in Cape on the way home and met Elder Masendi's new companion. Elder Peterson is a sweet guy. And guess what?! He has health problems too! Only his is at the other end -- he had a double ingrown toenail.... enjoy. So us new companions have had a fun first day. ;) They gave me some meds which made me feel terrible, so we didn't go into the area. We stayed and I suffered on my bed.

Our faithful brother Bright!

No one April fooled. It was a good normal day, still adjusting to everything. New people, new houses, Twi is a new thing. But otherwise it's good. There are hardly any "safe" areas to eat in the area, so I pray I don't get sick too often here.

Beautiful flowers,
the Bush is so fresh. :)

Met our President, Amos Yemoah. He's a super cool guy, a cool fact about him is that he helped translate the Book of Mormon into Fante and Twi! So I'm excited to be serving around him.

Just when I was getting used to 1 village, my companion takes me to another one, about a 25-30 minute walk away, so not too far. You walk all the way there, bang down doors only to find people not home, or sleeping.... Quite a few of our lessons need translators, very few people speak enough English to be taught, so we are heavily reliant on a few members, who aren't always home.

Our Sacrament Hall! :)

Sacrament meeting in a school! That was a new experience, but it was quite appropriate. Sunday school and combined Elders/Relief Society actually felt like a class, due to the setting. :) People didn't really give us time, and fasting didn't make it any easier.

What our Area is like

In the evening a teacher named Janet prepared for us Banku with Okro stew. It was nice, but I know my guts won't be happy. Adjusting is still happening, to both the area and companion, but all will be well. :)

I love you all!