Botswana Namibia with Cross Dressers

Komenco

Monday was a pretty standard P-day. We did our washing and cleaning and played a game of pool before going to Cape. Cape was normal, emailing and shopping. We had to wait forever for a tro, though, which botched our FHE appointment. I wish things were steady here and not so wishy washy.

Elder Oteng

For District Meeting, Elder Andreasen gave a nice instruction on Covenants. I liked it a lot. We ate at Terresa's for lunch as usual. The sun was so dang hot... eish. Robert found us... He's a drunk man that used to hang around Felicia's and so he likes to be around the missionaries. He sang Gospel and Christmas songs to me for about 20 minutes or so. Sometimes he gets out of hand and physical force is needed... I'm just grateful for big huge mamis. :) We only had a lesson with Dina, but it was good. She said that the blessing we gave her worked and that the Spirit has told her that the church is true and she wants to get baptized! It is so true! That night I gave Elder Knecht the rest of his hair cut.

Baby Squid :)

Wednesday I had an exchange with the Kissi Elders. I brought Elder Oteng to my area and showed him around Komenda. He's from Odaben. It used to be the bushiest area in the mission before they gave that section to the Accra West Mission. Super sweet guy. We taught our Fante speakers since he's a local. :)

Thursday the only lesson we had was a young boy named Emmanuel. He's a referral from Sister Bordoh. I thought he was a member until she told us to teach him. We'll be able to baptize him just before I go home! :) We set up a bunch of appointments and then visited Felicia. Ebeneezer got his mission call! So we rushed over to his house and he's going to the Botswana/Namibia mission! (that mission is huge) English-speaking (probably like how Ghana is English speaking.... plus 8 other languages. ;) ) I'm so stoked for him! But now we'll have to find a new translator.

Fetching Sand!

Friday, we found out that Dina's father won't let her get baptized. He told us why and so we answered his concern. He said that what we are saying is true and then still says she can't get baptized! I'm so sick and tired of hard-headed, narrow-minded people! After we went and taught Emmanuel lesson 2 and then cruised into town. For the festival, all the men were cross-dressing, it was quite entertaining. :)

Mission President photo:
While driving to Assin Foso for Stake
Conference, we came across the newest
Ghanaian Fishing Boats!  Each boat is
made out of 1 very large tree!
This semi is carrying a ton of weight!

Saturday I got wrecked! Holy cow. We helped Dina and her family fetch sand from the beach. We did it twice. The first time I carried the bag on my head, the second on my back. My neck would have collapsed if I tried it for round 2. 25kg for just under 2 miles. Twice. We were dead! Plus the sun was killer. We finished pretty late in the afternoon. Our body was super sore. They fed us some banku with fish that wasn't fully cooked. That's why we bless it before we eat it.

At church we had 4 investigators! It was way nice. :) I gave a talk on Conversion that had to be translated, so hopefully the talk was good. We went to Mary Asma's after church and she fed us rice with potato leaf stew. Super good. Elder Knecht was feeling sick. We taught Emmanuel and then went and taught Justina! She's finally back! It was super nice to see her, she still loves the message and hopefully she gets her confirmation for baptism. :) She needs to join the church. :)