From August 20, 2012: All Africa Service Project, Cleaning Out the Open Gutter; Three Nigerian Sailors Come to Church; Dinner at a Parliament Member's Home; Working Hard But Not Seeing Results We Want

On Monday the district went to a fancy art gallery in a place close by
called La. it was basically all sorts of art that was for sale, but
as it was free to enter it was fun to look around and feel
sophisticated.  The vast majority of things there cost over 1000GH and
reached to around 16,000GH. On Tuesday we were told that Elder Hurley
would leave to a place called Momponse and an Elder Littlefield from
Standsberry Park, Utah, he will hit his year mark this month. I also
picked up some sandals that are made from car tire; they are a lot of
fun.
 Wednesday Elder Bladen wasn't feeling well so we spent the day in
the apartment, but all is well. Thursday we spent a lot of time
contacting and we came across a Muslim man and his family (their
house). The man was friendly and had done all of his university
studies in the states and it was an enjoyable lesson for me as we
expressed different religious views.
Friday we spent the majority of the day contacting and were only able
to teach one lesson from a man named Jonathan. Jonathan is 25 and has
heard all of the negative things about the church and wanted to know
what our say was. We feel that there is potential. Jonathan is willing
to learn for himself and read what we leave him.
 Saturday was the All Africa Service Project where the church
throughout Africa preforms a day of community service. For the Nungua
and Baatsona wards, we cleaned the gutters and entrance to a market in
the area. I took the opportunity to get some rubber boots and getting in
the open gutter clearing it out with a few others. It was a lot of
fun.
 Sunday we were blessed to have three Nigerians here for a university
course that felt to walk into the church on Sunday, teaching them as
well. They are sailors which makes them sound really cool. They will
be here for a month and apparently the church is well established in
their home area. We also went to eat at a members house that is a
current member of parliament it was a nice place. For this week we
mostly found and we feel that our results are not corresponding to our
efforts. Oh well, we are doing our best. I hope others can see that
too and not assume we are not doing well because I'm going home soon
and they think I may be getting lazy.