Sunday, April 3, 2011

From March 28, 2011: Six Month Mark; Kojo's Barbershop; Faith Proceeds the Miracle

From March 28, 2011:  I feel that the past week was a bit uneventful, On Wednesday I got some letters so that made my day. We also had our bikes fixed so Elder Jones and I have been biking around to our appointments. As result we have been able to see our investigators in less amount of time. We have been working on finding more people to teach with our new-found time. I'm also hoping that the biking will help me loose some of the weight I have gained here too.
  On Thursday I started a 24 hour split, switching Elder Jones for Elder Bills in his area caller Odorkor. Elder Bills is from Utah and has been here about a year longer than me. I also hit my sixth month mark in Ghana. The original hype of being in Ghana for 1/4 of the time came a few weeks before and ended before the actual day itself. I feel that the buildup of an event is much greater than the event itself here.
  On Friday, I ended my split with Elder Bills and went to the barber shop owned by Kojo. We were able to meet and talk to him about The Book Of Mormon. Kojo's shop has AC and a TV so there are always people just sitting in his shop. The People frequently watch movies made in Nigeria there as well. These movies mostly consist of juju, armed robbers, women, and money. I find it very interesting how silly they are.
  All that happened on Saturday was Elder Withers getting sick, Elder Jones and I trying to pay our electric bill, but never ended up succeeding in doing so, and going to the church for a meeting. Because the day consisted of errands we didn't have the most productive day.
  Sunday. Well Sunday Elder Jones and I baptized Godfred Mensah (45), Patrick Ofori (67) Elizabeth Aboagye (43) Daniel Aboagye (16) and Joseph Aboagye (9). The Aboagye father, Samuel baptized as well. Samuel has been a great recent convert and did very well in the baptism. As missionaries we could of baptised the people, but we try to get the fathers or recent converts to do the baptisms for the experience. We also had several other investigators at church, with a member bringing two more. A good story of the day is our investigator Mercy coming to church. She told us she was sitting at home when she started to experience heavy chest pains. She decided to place the Book Of Mormon we recently gave her on her chest. She said that the pains went away and she decided that she needed to visit the church. It was a crazy story to hear, but it is remarkable how much faith she has. Faith proceeds the miracle.

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