From June 18, 2012: Waterfalls; Elder Olumatete; Temple Trip and Interviews with President Judd; Rebuilding Ward Trust; Praying to Find what will Click

For Monday the district went to some waterfalls in Elder Jones' area. Elder Jones is finishing in a nice place called Dodowa. For me when I get to go there I get more of the "African" vibes. After going to the waterfalls I went on a 24 hour split with Elder Boaz Olumatete (24) from Kenya.  Elder Olumatete is a really sweet guy. He, as a mentioned before, worked in construction and lived on his own from the age of 17, but I found out that he drove 10 wheelers and drove a truck for the Kenyan Red Cross. He is short and is a humorous guy. Elder Olumatete is around 10 months on mission and I can see missionary mannerisms that I had when I was also ten months. Time has gone by and a lot of growth has happened too.
  For Wednesday our district, along with two others, went for interviews with President Judd, and a temple trip. We ran into our Ward Mission Leader who is just over a year in the church there too. I have been trying to help the companionship really click and for this past week there have been some tough times, but growth is being made, buckets full. Later that day we had a meeting with some ward members on the missionary work and the theme was clear with missionaries in the past not pulling their weight and acting as missionaries should. We need to rebuild ward member trust which I can see happening. 
  Thursday we had our meeting with the district leaders (once every six weeks) to learn and grow from each other. I was able to see Elder Cosper from my MTC group and another mission friend, Elder Ross. Things are doing much better this transfer. 
 I will omit the next few days by saying that I have been working on finding what will help Elder Achola and I click in the area. As I have talked to him this past week I have been more seriously searching for the answer through prayer, but there is a lot of work on my part still. Elder Achola is used to a lot of success and I get the feeling that right now as we strive to do better this transfer isn't what he was expecting. I know that once I am transferred things will pick up, but I don't want the solution to come from me being transferred. I don't want to leave the area under it's potential until I learn the lessons I am to learn from this experience.