I'm in Tarkwa

Family! how are y'all!?

 

Monday and Tuesday were hard this week. It was all goodbyes to the members and it was not that fun. People cried, I did a little bit.. but Wednesday I packed up and left for Tarkwa in the morning. Well, I really got stuck at the station waiting for the elders who would go with me to Tarkwa. I waited from 8 am to 3 pm and then we got on a tro together which left around 4. We got there by 6 and that night we had an activity at the branch about the restoration. It went great.

 

The branch meets on the second floor of the place we live in. The stairs are outside though and it is weird. The baptismal font is also in the compound. OUR APARTMENT IS SO NICE! It's beautiful and one of the nicest in the mission. To top it off we have rechargeable fans to keep us cool when there is no power. The power is a lot better. It is 24 on then 12 off. A lot better then Takoradi.

 

It's cold here and there's a lot of bush. Not sagebrush... some peoples children... but it's bush!!!! The kind that is in Africa that you kill small deer in and hid a body.

There is gold in the hills papapa. We see a lot of illegal gold miners. It's Ghana. so its okay.

 

I'm a zone leader here with elder Lujan. he is from California and is sweet. He is a lot like Jordan Reynolds and we are gonna enjoy. He goes home at the end of the transfer with elder Larsen.

the members are sweet. I'll get to know them better.

 

We had a baptism Sunday! Boko!!! his name is James Mark. He is a freaking boss!!! We had no water all Saturday and Sunday and we were worried we would have to baptize him in 8 inches of water. It would have worked! we tested it on elder Gumauh and it worked!  But a water truck came and we filled it up with the truck. The water was so dirty... it's a 4 foot deep font and you couldn't see the bottom... soo.... he was baptized and all!

I'm loving it here. Tomorrow is zone conference with the mission pres and the assistants! Pretty sweet to walk upstairs and be at the church. we are instructing and it should be great.

Love y'all!!!