Ghana

Mom and dad!

          Things just keep getting better! I forgot to tell dad this earlier but when my first plane took off I looked out the window and lo and behold I saw my family next to the Burbsanator while we took off! i laugh at that every time! 

We haven't had any bugs but now there are a couple big geckos in the house I see a lot. Then there is a very small one that lives in the kitchen window seal. Twice I have had to help him outta the sink cause its too slippery. Then he just goes and sits in the sun haha. 

My Fante is getting better. Twice last night I had to invite a woman to church who didn't speak English. it was super rough but she understood me and was patient with me! The people are super nice! Some of the teenagers are stubborn and try to act cool by being tough around you and showing off. But if I start to walk towards them threateningly they'll kinda run away. Its funny. The lil kids are the best! They are so happy to meet the white guys and are always smiling and uplifting. 

       

This week I ate banku and some kemkey. As in some vegetable or fruit you dip in the mystery stew. But the food is so good! I just don't ask what it is.

Did you get the letters I mailed yet?

Last week as we were walking away from a lesson that fell through we ran into a woman named Comfort and her baby, Peace. As we walked past her without thinking I asked her name and talked about church. Her uncle is a member and she took a lesson right then! So we skipped lunch and taught her the restoration!  During the lesson I felt she wasn't listening or interested. But I kept pushing forward and doing my best. I asked her how she felt after I described the First Vision. Outta nowhere she described she felt Jesus was there and that the message was true! That's when the spirit slapped me in the face! I now understand that we can't really see what's happening and that we need to endure to the end cause we don't know everything. I've been working on that this week.

I was homesick for a couple days. Good memories came up and I missed the happiness that was there and wanted to be in those moments and not on a mission instead. But then my trainer told me something, home will be there when I get back! Also, Pres. Thomas Monson wrote in the last General Conference, thank you for that magazine momma, that even though we are oceans apart, our hearts are one. A mission is a family affair and I have the strongest and best family ever!!!  

I love you all so much! 

Your son, Elder Hodges

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Dads famous spaghetti sauce recipe. We cook it then put it in the fridge for lunch everyday.

BBQ Sauce recipe. It takes looking but we have all that stuff here dad.

The caramel recipe for monkey bread! gotta eat it every Christmas