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| Birthday wishes from Elder Shirley to his mom |
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| Watching General Conference |
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| At a youth activity this week |
October 8, 2018
Man, to me the weeks are flying by and I cannot believe that I have been out on my mission for 6 weeks already! This week was not as successful in teaching and finding new people, but this upcoming week should be a really good one. We have 5 baptisms that should all happen on Saturday afternoon and we are just hoping and praying that they all happen. They are all under the age of 20 so a lot of them have to have parent permission to be baptized. We are really hoping that their parents will let them be baptized!
Ghana is still really hot but I am learning to adjust and it is normal to always be constantly sweating. The weird thing is though that sometimes I get cold in the night from the 3 fans we have going in our room! haha. If it was not for the fans then I would be sweating the entire night. I cannot wait for the air conditioning once I get back home. Also, the other thing that I miss a lot while I am out here on my mission is the chance to take a hot shower in the morning. I am still adjusting to taking cold showers each morning. Sometimes I will wake up in the mornings feeling cold and a cold shower is hard to take. Another crazy thing about Ghana is the roads that people drive on here. The only reasons people have to drive slow after they get out of the cities is because there are pot holes everywhere in the road. Drivers have to slow down or else everyone would get thrown through the roof when they hit a pot hole haha.
There are many things that you can find joy in around here though and most of the time the people are super nice. Everything is a lot cheaper than it is back home which is weird because I start converting money back into US dollars and everything seems so cheap. It is bad to do that though because that is how you spend all of your money each week! haha. Anyways I am doing really good this week and the work is moving along well.
Love you all!!
~Elder Shirley
Questions and Answers:
Ghana is still really hot but I am learning to adjust and it is normal to always be constantly sweating. The weird thing is though that sometimes I get cold in the night from the 3 fans we have going in our room! haha. If it was not for the fans then I would be sweating the entire night. I cannot wait for the air conditioning once I get back home. Also, the other thing that I miss a lot while I am out here on my mission is the chance to take a hot shower in the morning. I am still adjusting to taking cold showers each morning. Sometimes I will wake up in the mornings feeling cold and a cold shower is hard to take. Another crazy thing about Ghana is the roads that people drive on here. The only reasons people have to drive slow after they get out of the cities is because there are pot holes everywhere in the road. Drivers have to slow down or else everyone would get thrown through the roof when they hit a pot hole haha.
There are many things that you can find joy in around here though and most of the time the people are super nice. Everything is a lot cheaper than it is back home which is weird because I start converting money back into US dollars and everything seems so cheap. It is bad to do that though because that is how you spend all of your money each week! haha. Anyways I am doing really good this week and the work is moving along well.
Love you all!!
~Elder Shirley
Questions and Answers:
Q: What did you do for Pday this week?
A: We had a zone conference in a nearby town and we played soccer and ate fried rice, last night we slept in another missionary apartment so we could watch conference at their building since they did not broadcast it at our building.
A: We had a zone conference in a nearby town and we played soccer and ate fried rice, last night we slept in another missionary apartment so we could watch conference at their building since they did not broadcast it at our building.
Q: Are some of the foreign missionaries really good soccer players or are you one of the best ones?
A: Some of the missionaries around here have good skill but there is not an actual soccer field around here so soccer is a little different. More foot skill is required.
A: Some of the missionaries around here have good skill but there is not an actual soccer field around here so soccer is a little different. More foot skill is required.
Q: Do you ever get to play basketball? If so, indoors or outdoors?
A: Ya there is an 8 foot hoop here outdoors that is pretty nice but it is not an actual height.
Q: In addition to the upcoming baptisms this next week, is there anything exciting coming up?
A: This next week the stake here wants us to go into a new area and try to establish a new unit in 2 weeks, so they are sending 10 missionaries into the city tomorrow and Friday and then again the next week for 2 days. We will hopefully be baptizing a bunch of people 2 weeks from last Saturday. So we have to prepare baptisms quickly and we have to extend a baptismal date on the first lesson! So we have to be intensely close to the Spirit so we can be guided to the right people in those 4 days there.
Q: Is it easy to stay close to the spirit just by being a missionary? Are there very many "disobedient missionaries" that you see in your district or zone?
A: I mean people can still get movies and music if they want to so some missionaries can still be disobedient but for me I want to be obedient because I only have 2 years to give back to Jesus Christ for everything he did for me.
Q: What has been your greatest adjustment? Food, water, the people, the environment, the schedule, or other?
A: My greatest adjustment has been living without technology and living in a new environment. I have also realized on my mission so far how important family is and how much more I will focus on our family when I get back home.
Q: Have you had hot water for washing your clothes and showers?
A: We just got a washing machine last week but it is a little different than a normal washing machine back home. We wash with cold water and we have to haul the water to fill the machine.
A: Ya there is an 8 foot hoop here outdoors that is pretty nice but it is not an actual height.
Q: In addition to the upcoming baptisms this next week, is there anything exciting coming up?
A: This next week the stake here wants us to go into a new area and try to establish a new unit in 2 weeks, so they are sending 10 missionaries into the city tomorrow and Friday and then again the next week for 2 days. We will hopefully be baptizing a bunch of people 2 weeks from last Saturday. So we have to prepare baptisms quickly and we have to extend a baptismal date on the first lesson! So we have to be intensely close to the Spirit so we can be guided to the right people in those 4 days there.
Q: Is it easy to stay close to the spirit just by being a missionary? Are there very many "disobedient missionaries" that you see in your district or zone?
A: I mean people can still get movies and music if they want to so some missionaries can still be disobedient but for me I want to be obedient because I only have 2 years to give back to Jesus Christ for everything he did for me.
Q: What has been your greatest adjustment? Food, water, the people, the environment, the schedule, or other?
A: My greatest adjustment has been living without technology and living in a new environment. I have also realized on my mission so far how important family is and how much more I will focus on our family when I get back home.
Q: Have you had hot water for washing your clothes and showers?
A: We just got a washing machine last week but it is a little different than a normal washing machine back home. We wash with cold water and we have to haul the water to fill the machine.
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