Hey Everyone!
So this week has been really crazy! We had a lot of referrals in church this last Sunday and we were able to contact all of them by Wednesday and even give 4 of them baptism dates! The work is really progressing in Klagon and we have been super busy teaching new converts and new investigators. I think that we had a total of 8 baptism dates set with 6 of them in September. I heard that there would be a lot of baptism's here in Ghana, but holy cow I didn't know what to really expect until I started the work! Anyway, just as all these baptism were coming in I got a call on this last Thursday from my Mission President and he told me that I've been reassigned to be an Office Elder. I moved to the office the next morning, so I wasn't able to say goodbye to a lot of the members in Klagon. I was able to see a few of the ones who were very important to me though and I'll send pictures as well! I explained in my last email saying what Office Elders do so I won't go to in depth but basically the reason they moved me into the office so soon is because I can drive a manual and I know how to work with computers (That's just my guess actually). But the current Office Elder I'm with is Elder Zick and he's been in the office for about 9 months total during his mission, so he knows how to do things very well. He will be training me how to do everything before he leaves in 3 weeks. There is a ton to learn by then because after he's gone I have to train someone else who will be new to the office. There is a lot of work to be done and I'm excited. Being in the office is a lot different then being a normal proselyting missionary, so I will be learning a whole new number of skills and traits. To answer some of your questions, Elder Adyatu (my last companion) received his new companion the morning I was leaving. I believe his name is Brother Aidoo and he is a ward missionary from Ashaman. He has his mission call to Nigeria and he will be with Adyatu until the end of our transfer and when the new missionaries come in he will be a trainer in Klagon to one of them. He has a lot of work to do. I had him meet with all of the investigators and a lot of the members, so hopefully if he forgets some of the people he can rely on the members in the ward to help him out. There is one companionship in the office as Office Elders and then there are the two AP's. (Assistant to the President) We are with the AP's a lot of the day so it's cool being with Elder Effiong, so much. Elder Zick is from Southern California and he is the one training me and he is leaving in 3 weeks. He will just be training me how to be an Office Elder like how to do the different duties and such. The mission home is super nice and our bedroom has AC so it's really nice. Also we have a washing machine and a dryer and the shower has a water heater as well. It's pretty luxurious for Ghana. Elder Zick is a really smart guy and he knows how to use computers and knows the whole mission very well and how to get to places so that's one of the most important parts of my job is to know the mission really well because I'll be driving around it very often. I won't be able to go to the Temple very much because I'm super busy. The mission home is just down the road and the MTC is in Tema, not Accra but they are building the new MTC right now which should be done next year. I'll be driving a big van which is manual. The driving out here is really aggressive so I think I'll be okay, I don't think Mom would like driving here very much. Mornings are busiest time of the day for us so there is almost no time for study in the morning, we just find time to study when we don't have things to do through the day. I'm excited for this calling and it's been awesome getting to know the Mission President more while I've been here. He's a really awesome man and I'm excited to be with him more. I miss Klagon though, this Sunday was a girl named Joyceline's baptism and I'm upset that I missed it but I was able to get a picture from Elder Barnes back in Klagon so I'll send that as well. Anyway thats about it for now! I love you all and you're all in my prayers!
So this week has been really crazy! We had a lot of referrals in church this last Sunday and we were able to contact all of them by Wednesday and even give 4 of them baptism dates! The work is really progressing in Klagon and we have been super busy teaching new converts and new investigators. I think that we had a total of 8 baptism dates set with 6 of them in September. I heard that there would be a lot of baptism's here in Ghana, but holy cow I didn't know what to really expect until I started the work! Anyway, just as all these baptism were coming in I got a call on this last Thursday from my Mission President and he told me that I've been reassigned to be an Office Elder. I moved to the office the next morning, so I wasn't able to say goodbye to a lot of the members in Klagon. I was able to see a few of the ones who were very important to me though and I'll send pictures as well! I explained in my last email saying what Office Elders do so I won't go to in depth but basically the reason they moved me into the office so soon is because I can drive a manual and I know how to work with computers (That's just my guess actually). But the current Office Elder I'm with is Elder Zick and he's been in the office for about 9 months total during his mission, so he knows how to do things very well. He will be training me how to do everything before he leaves in 3 weeks. There is a ton to learn by then because after he's gone I have to train someone else who will be new to the office. There is a lot of work to be done and I'm excited. Being in the office is a lot different then being a normal proselyting missionary, so I will be learning a whole new number of skills and traits. To answer some of your questions, Elder Adyatu (my last companion) received his new companion the morning I was leaving. I believe his name is Brother Aidoo and he is a ward missionary from Ashaman. He has his mission call to Nigeria and he will be with Adyatu until the end of our transfer and when the new missionaries come in he will be a trainer in Klagon to one of them. He has a lot of work to do. I had him meet with all of the investigators and a lot of the members, so hopefully if he forgets some of the people he can rely on the members in the ward to help him out. There is one companionship in the office as Office Elders and then there are the two AP's. (Assistant to the President) We are with the AP's a lot of the day so it's cool being with Elder Effiong, so much. Elder Zick is from Southern California and he is the one training me and he is leaving in 3 weeks. He will just be training me how to be an Office Elder like how to do the different duties and such. The mission home is super nice and our bedroom has AC so it's really nice. Also we have a washing machine and a dryer and the shower has a water heater as well. It's pretty luxurious for Ghana. Elder Zick is a really smart guy and he knows how to use computers and knows the whole mission very well and how to get to places so that's one of the most important parts of my job is to know the mission really well because I'll be driving around it very often. I won't be able to go to the Temple very much because I'm super busy. The mission home is just down the road and the MTC is in Tema, not Accra but they are building the new MTC right now which should be done next year. I'll be driving a big van which is manual. The driving out here is really aggressive so I think I'll be okay, I don't think Mom would like driving here very much. Mornings are busiest time of the day for us so there is almost no time for study in the morning, we just find time to study when we don't have things to do through the day. I'm excited for this calling and it's been awesome getting to know the Mission President more while I've been here. He's a really awesome man and I'm excited to be with him more. I miss Klagon though, this Sunday was a girl named Joyceline's baptism and I'm upset that I missed it but I was able to get a picture from Elder Barnes back in Klagon so I'll send that as well. Anyway thats about it for now! I love you all and you're all in my prayers!