From February 21, 2011: Meeting Others from the States

From February 21, 2011:  Well Tuesday we found out that Elder Cobbinah will be leaving McCarthy Hills for Tantra Hills the following day. In return Elder Nielsen will be companions with a guy named Elder Withers.
 Wednesday is when we picked Elder Withers up from transfers. He is a nice guy.
 Thursday was more eventful. We were teaching a man named Patrick Ofori when we saw a white girl walk past us with some other Ghanaians. We paused the lesson, got her attention and started talking to her. It turns out that Katie, from Texas was the same girl I saw in Teshie with Elder Orchard. She is on some kind of a mission trip for Royal House Chapel International. I don't really know what kind of mission work they do, but I think it has something to do with the schools here. I ended up talking to her while Elder Jones talked to the Ghanaians for about 5 minuets. Apparently Katie has been here for a while, her trip will last 10 months. This is her second time back in Ghana. Elder Jones and I found it interesting how we could hear her Texan accent and that she didn't know much of the language compared to us who have been here a smaller amount of time with our voices able to speak Ghanaian English and so on.
    Friday we Taught Oko, Tei, and friends with The Testiments. It was a good experience with them and we could all feel the spirit. Later in the week we taught the Plan of Salvation using the rooms in their house to represent the different stages in the plan. While they are all of 22 or 23 we all really enjoyed how the lesson was conveyed answering the questions of where did we come from, why are we here , and where we go after death.
    Saturday We waked past this place to eat called Jambos Fast Food. Apparently the man who owns the place lives in the states 6 months out of the year and went to school in Wisconsin. I found it interesting that he knows the city I live in and the surrounding area. We talked for a while and he gave us a free meal which contained fried rice, fried chicken and some pear flavored drink. He is getting hamburgers and pizza soon and taking the recepies from the states making the fried chicken the best I have had here. That sums up the highlights. On Saturday night we were informed that Elder Oaks from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will be visiting the mission on Tuesday.