Tuesday was the 55th year of Ghana's independence and in reality; I couldn't tell unless someone told me. In general I feel that Ghanaians are more patriotic than we are, but in July we are very celebratory with get togethers, fire works, and it's the only acceptable time of the year to wear things with the design of the flag. For the independence day here, most people just stay in the house. Elder Cooley and I talked about how members of the church are generally more happy that those who are not.
Wednesday Elder Cooley and I went running and we have everyday since. It's a great feeling and I'm excited to get into acceptable shape before I go home. It has helped with being stressed with everyday missionary stuff.
Thursday we had our meeting with the ward leaders to coordinate the missionary effort. We have a new ward representative (ward mission leader) and he has been a blessing. We have been able to have members come to teach more with us and the man, Brother Bonsu wants us to work with love and passion with the people here. If we do, he says that we will not be dissapointed and stressed with events here because we will be filled with charity. I feel that I need to do a better job at this because there are lots of times where I am stressed here. Now I know I will always have some amount of stress, but with more charity and passion for the people here, the spirit will bear testimony to the people we teach more.
Friday I had some rice and a stew made with potato leaves. I include this because back home we don't eat potato leaves. I also had a dream the night before that I was in a nail gun fight with a baboon, but I shot him in the shoulder and then hit his gasoline truck blowing that up too. ya
Saturday Elder Cooley and I went way out to a place to visit a member and her fiance to find out that they don't live in our ward area which means we can't baptize the man. On the upside it was the most rural I have been in Ghana and it was fun.
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