Another Week of Learning and Growing

August 26, 2019 

This week was another of learning and growing!! Last week I got transferred to another new area which means that I was only in my last area for 6 weeks!! I enjoyed that area a lot and I made a lot of close relationships with the people there so I was sad to leave but am ready for new things!! 

This area has been great so far and it is a nice in between city and bush, it is quiet and peaceful in the area that we are in but there are also ways to get things that we need. We had a couple baptisms that my new companion had prepared with his last companion and they are wonderful people that will help the ward out. We had a couple great lessons this week as well with some wonderful people that I really think could progress towards baptism. The first lesson was with a woman whose name is Gifty, she started with some concerns that she had with her church that she was currently attending that caused her to leave and to tell herself that she would never go to church again. She has been praying for a miracle to happen to help her in her life and she found us. We were able to testify to her that the miracle she has been praying for has come and that the church can truly bless her and her family so we have high hopes for her. Another one was with a man who had an internet connection with a member that stays on the other side of Ghana and has interest in the church. He told us at the beginning of the lesson that he wants to join the church and so he asked us, "What does it take to be a member of your church" That was super cool so we taught him about the priesthood and baptism. 

I am still doing great and enjoying the work!! Love you!! 

~Elder Shirley 

Questions & Answers: 

Q. What are your responsibilities of a zone leader? 

A. The responsibilities of a Zone leader are just to make sure that everyone in the zone is behaving and to request for things that they need, somehow just like how a young men’s president would be. We instruct sometimes, different things like that. 

Q. How do you like your new area? What is it like? The ward? 

A. The new area is great. It is right in between bush and city so it is a good medium. The ward is pretty good, still learning about the ward but I do miss my last ward. 

Q. Tell us about your new companion? 

A. My new companion is really good, we are doing good together and it is always good to be with another zone leader companion because that means they will also be a good missionary, that is a perk of being a zone leader. He has taught me some new ways of missionary work. 

Q. I love hearing about the tender mercies that happen to each of us each week. What is one of your tender mercies this week? 

A. Yesterday we had a huge miracle when we contacted this man earlier in the week and we set an appointment for yesterday. We went to meet him in the house and he started asking a lot of great questions and he asked us "What does it take to be a member of your church, because I want to be a member" It was really cool and I am super happy for him, I hope that he will continue to progress to be baptized in a month or 2. 

Q. Did you get the rest of your things from your package? Hope you enjoyed the treats! 

A. I have not got them yet but the mission president has them and I enjoy it everyday!! It is super nice!!