Beef instead of Turkey :)

At the Atlantic Hotel

Monday morning Sister Adreana called and asked us to come over. We went and her little boy was sick, so we gave him a blessing before she went to the hospital. It's nice to see that the members are willing to use us since most don't have a priesthood holder in the house.

When we went to Takoradi, us, Elders Bay, Tauveli, Jaries, and Masame all went to the Atlantic Hotel to have our Thanksgiving lunch. :) They have a buffet which is way nice. They had wings, beef, and potatoes (those were the only American ish things. They had plenty of Ghanaian dishes as well.) We all ate till we were about to bust. You kind of have to when beef is involved in Ghana. ;)

Meat and potatoes,
always the best :)

Tuesday morning at like 2, a cockroach crawled across my hand but I couldn't see it. So I just assumed that my dream was a little too real and that I made it up. Layed back down and not 2 minutes later the freaking thing scurried across my neck!!! I searched and searched but couldn't find it, until 6:40. :) Then it got a special gooshing from me. I hate those things.

We had MLC report today and it went really well. They discussed about technology and the little that we have and why we don't have more. Simply it comes down to this. How can we expect more, when we mis-use what we already have? After, people fell through, no one was around. :/ In the evening we were in charge of a devotional that went really really well -- we had a bigger turn out than we thought we would have.

The Family for Thanksgiving

Wednesday we went and saw Comfort first thing, the spirit is a real thing. When she saw us she was surprised. She said that she had wanted to call us but her phone had spoiled and so she couldn't. But then we just showed up and so she was thrilled. :) I love her. Doris showed us how to make light soup. We cut some plantain and boiled it to eat with the soup. It was so nice. :)

Thursday, Elder Masendi had to go to Takoradi to get his citizenship card renewed, so Elder Etim was with us for most of the day. We weren't able to see very many people. :/ Elder Masendi said that he would be back by 3, so we waited for him on the bridge from 2:30-5.... It took longer than he thought and so we just waited there forever..... We weren't able to see some of the people we wanted to, because we had PEC in the evening.

Peeling Plantain with Mami Ya

Friday was pretty plain, and kind of a downer. We taught Charity again and as it turns out, her family is very much against her joining the church, and so we won't be able to proceed with the baptism.... Breaks my heart... :( But as we left we encountered a man who used to be a member. Turns out, he sees us walking around pretty often which has caused him to reflect on why he left. He's debating on coming back to church. Sometimes the Holy Ghost speaks to others when they simply look at us.

Saturday was splendid. We weeded for Sister Comfort in the morning and cleared quite a bit. She fed us some lovely rice with a boiled egg and tasty piece of chicken. We invited her to our ward conference happening later in the day. Went home and got cleaned up and prepared. We went to the conference and guess who came?! Comfort did! We thought that she wouldn't come (because everyone here never follows through with their promises!) but she did! :) I was so happy and she said that she loves how our church is focused on teaching and learning. I love her so much and have very high hopes for her. :)

Weeding for Comfort :)

Church was pretty standard. Lots of Fante.... But it's all good. After we went to go see Lucy (she stays in the same compound as Kenneth) and she was preparing Fufu for us! We've only talked with her once and she decided to feed us. It took a little longer than she thought to prepare it, so we sat around for a bit, but the light soup and Fufu was phenomenal. Soooo nice. :) We taught her the Restoration and she too loves our message. :) All of our serious investigators have come from meaningful Gospel conversations. The spirit really does guide us on where we should go and who to talk to. :)