June 10, 2019
Q. What is the hardest physical thing you face each day?
A. I think the hardest physical thing that I face each day is just walking around in the SUPER hot sun every day!!
Q. What is the hardest thing you face each day among the people?
A. The hardest thing among the people is the language but besides that it is just to get the people to develop the faith to come to church. There are so many different churches around here you would not believe it. The place that I am in is probably like the size of Sugar city and there are over 20 different churches here. It is crazy. People make churches as a job here so it is hard for people to really know truth.
Q. I taught a lesson today in YW about the priesthood. Could you please share with me how the priesthood has blessed your life?
A. The priesthood is everything. Without the priesthood there is no difference between us and the rest of the world. If we have the faith of the blessings of the priesthood we literally can unlock the powers of God and he will be able to bless us. I have been able to do a lot of priesthood blessings and I have seen the power of God. So I love to be able to hold the priesthood and to be able to use it to serve other people.
Q. How is the language and the lessons going for your area?
A. The language is coming little by little but I will never be fully fluent. The lessons are coming along too but we are having some problems with some people because of just different life problems like one lady want to come a member but because of traditions of a woman having to go to the husbands church she cannot leave unless she gets permission from the husband and the husband does not like the church so we are praying for the husbands heart to be softened. Also another guy that got arrested a while ago that we are teaching but he got arrested for nothing and now the case has already been solved but they still want to hold a case just to get money. The situation is weird but overall it is just annoying because it is holding this man back. I will just keep praying and putting my faith in the Lord.
Q. What is like being District Leader? What is a typical day or week like for you now with those responsibilities?
A. It has been actually really fun to be a district leader. Like this week I did 4 baptismal interviews for some of the other elders in our district candidates. So that has been super cool. It is not too much more responsibility but it is nice
Q. Last week you mentioned you have not had a hot shower in 9 months. So, how do you take a shower or bath?
A. Like we have a normal shower but there is no water heater so we just take our showers in cold water! Haha sometimes in the morning you really have to talk yourself into showering because it is not fun to jump into a cold shower first thing in the morning hah.
Q. How is your companion doing with his sickness? Have you gotten sick? Hope all is well for both of you?
A. We are all good now, both of us are healthy.
Q. What responsibilities did you do this last week at church?
A. This last week I taught the YSA class, so that was a lot of fun. Just to help out the ward in any way possible.
Q. You mentioned that you can speak Twi? How did it come to you when it is not a written language? How did you study and learn it?
A. I can speak a little bit but the only way that I have learned so far is just by listening to other people speak and I just learn that way. By voice
Q. Any miracles or tender mercies this week that you would like to share?
A. This week the miracle would probably just be that our whole district was able to have baptisms and we had a really spiritual baptism with 8 people. It is not very often that every companionship in a district has a baptism on the same day.
Q. Is there anything we can help pray for? We pray for you always, but are there any specifics?
A. The only request that I would say to pray for is 2 people, their names are Samuel and Regina. One is having problems leaving her church because of traditions here in Ghana where you have to go to the same church as your husband and the other one is just having a problem with a court case that he did not even do anything wrong. Both people are very serious and could be baptized!!
A. The language is coming little by little but I will never be fully fluent. The lessons are coming along too but we are having some problems with some people because of just different life problems like one lady want to come a member but because of traditions of a woman having to go to the husbands church she cannot leave unless she gets permission from the husband and the husband does not like the church so we are praying for the husbands heart to be softened. Also another guy that got arrested a while ago that we are teaching but he got arrested for nothing and now the case has already been solved but they still want to hold a case just to get money. The situation is weird but overall it is just annoying because it is holding this man back. I will just keep praying and putting my faith in the Lord.
Q. What is like being District Leader? What is a typical day or week like for you now with those responsibilities?
A. It has been actually really fun to be a district leader. Like this week I did 4 baptismal interviews for some of the other elders in our district candidates. So that has been super cool. It is not too much more responsibility but it is nice
Q. Last week you mentioned you have not had a hot shower in 9 months. So, how do you take a shower or bath?
A. Like we have a normal shower but there is no water heater so we just take our showers in cold water! Haha sometimes in the morning you really have to talk yourself into showering because it is not fun to jump into a cold shower first thing in the morning hah.
Q. How is your companion doing with his sickness? Have you gotten sick? Hope all is well for both of you?
A. We are all good now, both of us are healthy.
Q. What responsibilities did you do this last week at church?
A. This last week I taught the YSA class, so that was a lot of fun. Just to help out the ward in any way possible.
Q. You mentioned that you can speak Twi? How did it come to you when it is not a written language? How did you study and learn it?
A. I can speak a little bit but the only way that I have learned so far is just by listening to other people speak and I just learn that way. By voice
Q. Any miracles or tender mercies this week that you would like to share?
A. This week the miracle would probably just be that our whole district was able to have baptisms and we had a really spiritual baptism with 8 people. It is not very often that every companionship in a district has a baptism on the same day.
Q. Is there anything we can help pray for? We pray for you always, but are there any specifics?
A. The only request that I would say to pray for is 2 people, their names are Samuel and Regina. One is having problems leaving her church because of traditions here in Ghana where you have to go to the same church as your husband and the other one is just having a problem with a court case that he did not even do anything wrong. Both people are very serious and could be baptized!!
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