From April 4, 2011: On Monday Elder Jones and I spent the day resting and going to cafe. At the cafe there was a thirteen year old boy looking at blue film (porn), in response I asked him if he would be doing that if his mother was here. He got off the webpage. I had a lot of fun with the whole experience.
On Tuesday we were informed that Elder Jones would be leaving McCarthy Hills for a bush area called Ho to be companions with Elder Cosper, a missionary that I came to Ghana with. To replace Elder Jones, Elder Bandon Gagnon from Price City, Utah would come to be my companion. Elder Gagnon has been in Ghana for a year and he is my third American companion. I like how open and bold he is with the message we are here to share. It is something I'm learning from him.
On Wednesday I dropped off Elder Jones and got Elder Gagnon from the mission home. I talked to other missionary friends so that was nice. One thing I like about Elder Gagnon is his obedience. It give me motivation to keep being obedient and to find ways to get better.
On Friday our most notable lesson was with a man named Nana. In our lesson we figured out that his family has a hard life while his aunt and her family prosper. He decided to talk to some pastors and they told him that his family's suffering was linked to his grandaunt being a witch and cursing her sister having the affects land on him as well. This is a normal train of thought here in Ghana, but what really grabbed our attention was that he prayed to God asking him to kill the witch relative. It was amazing how he thought God would kill someone for him. It doesn't make sense to us Western cultured people that God would do that.
On Sunday it was fast Sunday so I fasted and I was able to make it the full 24 hours. It was a nice mental experience knowing that I had made progress and that it was a stepping stone for mental discipline and self control.
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