For Monday my district member, Sister Mbownwa, from Uganda had her 23rd birthday party. Before her party she had sent several announcements and a text message announcing it was her birthday thanking people for their prayers. Along with Elder Macaulay and I the other people who were there were all six other members from the district as well as the zone leaders and another companionship from that district. Sister Mnbownwa also dressed up for the occation where we ate some lunch. I personally thought it was a lot of effort for her birthday, but then again I don't really tell people it's my birthday, much less expect a party.
Tuesday was the first day in November and it was an odd feeling thinking about the season back home to how it is here. To end the evening we went to a prominent member's house to teach a friend and spent some time talking to the 14 year old son on how people love the strawberry flavored foods here, but will never taste a real one. He did tell me that there are a few places where they can be found and that they cost 25GHC ($16.50) for four ounces. The boy also talked about the Elder Booren and said great things about him. I found it signifigant that it was over 5 years ago from when he was here, but people still remember him. I figure that was because he left such a positive impact on the people here and I hope that from my efforts here I can do the same.
Wednesday we had the member, Justice come out with us again to show us his friends to teach. In the lessons I liken Justice to a guard dog; he is helpful in the lesson when used with in reason, but like the dog it can create havoc if the leash is broken. Now I use that as an example, but in all reality Justice is good to bring around because he shows us people to teach, but also can give another testimony to our message of truth.
Thursday was my favorite day of the past week. The last Sunday I was supposed to interview a person for baptism, but they never came so we had to travel to the person during the week. The nice thing was that the place the person lived was the road towards the mountains and I don't want to say the area was a jungle, but it was a thick forest which made it a fun experience. We also stopped at a member's house to visit before he helped me translate for the interview. It was a good day.
Friday there was a heavy rain fall resulting all of the roads turning muddy so we were forced to stay in the area around our apartment. With no one we could see that evening we headed to the station where we mingled with the people developing friendships and contacting. I had a lot of fun talking and making fun with the people. We are always busy with our mission things so when we get a chance just to sit and talk to the people I really enjoy it.
Saturday we visited a member named Tackson. Tackson is in his 60's and is a general contractor for the government. In all reality he doesn't have many things demanding his time because he doesn't check the time aside from the alarm he set on his phone every 6 hours to notify him of that specific time if he has to be somewhere within the next six hours.
Sunday was when the ward watched general conference. General conference is sent here late for the time it took to translate the conference into a variety of local dialects for West Africa. I heard they would play the two sessions in Twi, but it turned out to be English resulting in over half of the people leaving during the intermission. The speaking in English for the church service is an understandable sore spot for some members. The reason it is the way it is is because English is the official language of Ghana even though it isn't the most spoken. For me I would love the mission to renew the teaching of the local languages here. It would make things a lot of fun. I enjoyed the talks I was able to hear and I felt edified.
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