This Is a Great Work

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Hello friends! This has been a week of firsts. I ate fufu for the first time tonight. I finished my first packet of doxy (which is an antimalarial drug we take daily) this morning. And I finished my first can of shaving cream today as well, so I'm officially a grown up. 

This week was busy! We had a ton of appointments every day and found lots of new people to teach. We're planning a baptism next Saturday for our friends Jestina and Helena so please pray for them! They're both amazing women and great mothers. 

Also, please pray that our YSA aged interested people will want to go to the multi-stake YSA activity on Wednesday. We really want to get some fellowshipping going. 

We worked with Brother Paul a ton this week. He's an inspiration, and he submitted his mission papers this week. I'm praying that his call takes a while because he sure helps us a lot here. Most people here are most comfortable speaking Fante, which is a tribal language that me and my companion don't know. Paul (and other members) help us translate and bear testimony and it's such a blessing! 

This is short I know, but I'm running out of time. I love you all! If you know my sister Deseret, wish her a happy wedding this Thursday. Also, know that the church is true and it's incredible and the gospel of Jesus Christ changes lives. Being able to share that with others every day, 9 hours a day is so cool. There's a song on gospel library under the 2021 youth album called "A Great Work". I love it and I hope you'll go listen to it. It's helped me a lot. 

Love, 
Elder Johnson

1. From left: Brother Paul (the legend), Elder Komiha, me. We're standing on a hill overlooking Cape Coast. 
2. A FREAKING BOVINE in Cape Coast. I haven't seen any type of cow in a long time so I was excited. Grandma, if you're reading this I hope you show that picture to Grandpa. 
3 and 4. Pretty city






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