Ghana Cape Coast Mission

  Hello my friends! Good morning. I hope everything is well with all of you. Thank you all for your prayers and emails. I know that they sustain me.  In this week's email,  I want to tell you about the people of Cape Coast 2nd Ward. There is so much faith here. I've never seen poverty in the US like I have in Ghana, but people are so much happier here. And they're way friendlier! Almost everyone we've talked to attends a church every Sunday. If someone is already committed to Christ and willing to put in the work to follow him, it's a lot easier to teach them.  And the members! Holy cow they're incredible. There are a few I want to highlight: Brother Michael, Sister Sarah, and our friend Paul.  Brother Michael is the only member among his siblings. He was converted to the gospel in 2013ish and served a mission soon after. When he returned from his mission, his number one goal was to help his family receive the gospel. And he's doing that! We've been teac

  My friends! I hope things are going well for each and every one of you. For me, things are great. I am officially in Ghana, in my area, with my companion, and life is good.  On Tuesday morning I left for the mission home with my group of 19. The Accra MTC was delightful. Our 5 days there were due to a scheduling error, but God's hand was in that, as it is in everything.  I've seen that so much this week. My area is just perfect for me. I'm serving in the city of Cape Coast where I will have so many opportunities to grow and grow and hopefully not get hit by a motorcycle or car.  The streets are crazy here. They're very narrow, and everyone drives fast. Motorcycles are much more popular than cars, and everyone drives very fast. Also, horns are very popular and essential to not getting run over. My opinion of being honked at has changed a lot. It's kind of a lifesaver now.  My companion is amazing. His name is Elder Komiha and he's from Zimbabwe. He'

View from the Ghana MTC Hello! I am happy and healthy. I've done a very good job on the food here (which is yummy, mostly) and the workshops and classes have been awesome. Today we got our residence cards and such so we can stay here legally. It expires in a year though so we'll have to renew it then.  This week has honestly been a happy blur. I've had a great time with all the Ghana boys, and I've been trying to get to know more of the African missionaries as well. It's been good. Everyone is super nice and friendly. There's a lot of missionaries who were baptized three or four months ago and are currently in the MTC. Everyone's spirit is so strong here. Our sacrament meeting and priesthood were amazing. In sacrament meeting we all prepared a talk on the plan of salvation and they just called 6 people out one by one to give them. I really felt the spirit. And I got to go to the Ghana temple!  I've also had the strongest revelation I've ever had here

  Hey everybody! After 15ish hours of flying, I'm finally in Ghana. We took off from Salt Lake at 2:30 p.m. yesterday, had a layover in New York, and then took off from there at midnight. Saying goodbye to everyone was hard, but we'll all see each other again. I'll miss my district a lot. I also ran into Elder Syrett at the MTC on my last day! He's a good friend from my time working in Utah. Ghana though. It's crazy here! Everything is so different. Once we arrived in Ghana, they loaded all 15 of us into a van and took us to the Ghana MTC. It's super nice, and reminds me a lot of the Provo MTC. The food is sooooo good. At least based on the dinner we had.  It's been a wild 36 hours, and I'm pretty tired, but I'm happy to be here. I know that God is aware of me, and that he'll support me. Everything feels pretty strange, but I'm prepared to work. I was also to give away two book of Mormons on the way over! I had a really good talk with a woman