From June 13, 2011:
Well for the week on Wednesday I mashed some palm nuts using a variation of a large mortar and pestle or like a butter churn, but in a smashing motion and driving bonku for some people. The driving itself is like stirring a big pot, but is done with the legs holding down two iron rods attached to a pot over coal to hold down the pot when one drives.
Friday I took out one of my Twi books that I have and started to learn more on my own. Elder Moses knows quite a lot and helped me learn some phrases and I'm learning quite a lot more of the language now which is enjoyable.
Saturday Elder Moses and I were to have a baptism for a member's sister, Nathalia. When we arrived at the house we realized that Nathalia (10) was upset and wouldn't talk. Nathalia's brother, Valentine (21) told us that the father's boss told him that we use black magic to get money and that we drink blood. As a result the father said that she can't attend the church anymore. While the father was acting out of a caring manner, I find it amazing that people here think we drink blood at church. While we were there we would have liked to help the father to resolve the issue after Valentine had tried, but the father told the family to tell us that he wasn't at home while he was hiding in his house. After that in the morning we learned that some missionaries disregarded several rules of the mission which are there for various reasons. Currently the are waiting to hear back if they will be sent home. The mission has 140 missionaries so it will be interesting to see what will result from these things.
Sunday it rained so it prevented many people from coming to church. The noteworthy subject of the day was that there is a return missionary in the ward that served in this mission. We were talking about other missionaries that have gone home and we both knew of an Elder Paul Booren. Paul was in the same ward and school when we lived in Oregon.
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