Dr. Park (my forever mission nickname)

Elder Peterson
(He had just barely split his leg open...)

Monday was good. We did our necessities and then went to the Chapel to play games with the Zone. However, while we were playing American Football, Elder Peterson was cruising a little too fast. He slipped and bashed his leg against a cement pillar.... Life became slow motion for a bit. As it turns out he hit just below the knee on his Tibia. He was holding his knee and when he moved his hands, some of the wound moved and the middle didn't..... He had gone clear to the bone. So I got some pure water, cleaned out the dirt, and wrapped him nice and tight. One of the Elders was sketching so bad about taking him to the Hospital, but another said to him, "Man, I trust Elder Park a lot more than the hospitals here." They took him to the hospital later and only gave him 3 stitches on a wound that should have taken 12+ in the U.S. .... Eish.

My American Samoan father
Elder Talamoni :)

Tuesday's Zone meeting was good. We discussed about being content with being Imperfect. Some of us get a little too focused on being perfect and allow the comparison to become depressing. It was a nice Instruction.

After, we ate Fufu. But the peppe in the soup was too much! I was suffering so much!

Chillin with my best Obrunis!
Elders Bay and Green

We saw Prince and got a new investigator named Mary Baidoo. She seems like a sweet gal. Maybe she'll actually be serious.

In the evening I called Christian Ativor (my first convert in Cape) and had a wonderful reunion. It was so nice to be able to catch up with him and learn that he is endowed! I love that man. :)

Dorthy and Ophelia

On another note, something died in our room and we can't find it.... We think it died in the ceiling but we can't access that..... So our room smells great as you can imagine.

Wednesday was a day of bouncing. Everyone bounced us. We spent time with several different members and all of them dashed us something. It was nice. We got hard coconuts, a sweet apple, and a bundle of bananas. Members make life sweet. :) Lights out....

Service Project!

Thursday we did our normal stuff and weekly planning. We saw Mary Baidoo. Doris surprised us with Fufu and light soup. The fufu was stacked with plantain, so it was almost too dense to cut with my fingers.

Samuel Asare came with us to teach Gloria, which was a great idea. The lesson was way nice. Jennifer and Ophelia also surprised us with the same thing! It's my favorite food!

Friday was pbbt... No lessons, all bounced us. We helped Jen and Ophelia wash. We only helped for an hour and a half but there's this weird thing that happens when you're wet and in the sun. You get roasted.

combined zone conference

We had a service project in the morning. We cleared some vegetation from Bishop's to Bro. Kainyah's. After, they gave us some nice Geoloff. We went and saw Dina and helped her fetch water by force. Ghanaians don't like to be helped because we're wearing white shirts..... That's why we wash, silly. ;) When we finished she was smiling so wide she could have eaten a banana side ways. :)

In the evening we swung by the Owus and they gave me "small" fufu. Small my butt! It was freakin huge!

I always love Fast Sunday. A day to grow spiritually. Gloria came again! And she stayed for 2 hours! :) Slowly but surely we're getting her. :) After church we taught Christiana. The sun was BLAZING. It always seems to be the hottest on Sundays. In the evening we picked the other Elders because sister Terresa had invited us over for Fufu, soooo nice. :)