Hey Fam!
This week came and left really quickly. I had to go to Accra early in the week to see the doctor so I could get some meds for my ear. I didn't want to have to go all the way to Accra, but our mission nurse told me I didn't have a choice. The doctor said my external ear and ear drum were really swollen and inflamed so he prescribed me some ear drops which helped out a lot. We are still teaching Ruth who will be baptized this Sunday. We had an awesome lesson where we taught Chastity and I really felt the spirit teaching. We focused on her concerns with it and I really saw the Holy Ghost testifying to her that what we were teaching was true. Sometimes missionaries will want to postpone teaching commandments like Chastity, Word of Wisdom, and Tithing, but my most spiritual lesson's on mission have been while teaching these things. We really help investigators understand what thing's their doing in their lives that they need to repent of and we get to watch them go through this repentance process which is a sweet experience.
I got a call from President Heid early in the week asking if I'd help with a project to go around with a Bishop of another ward and show him all the apartments in Accra to pick up trash and broken items, since I know where all the apartments are. I went Saturday morning and finished around Noon-1:00. We went to the mission home after and President took me out to lunch at a real nice place and got some frozen yogurt after. I felt like I was getting pampered way to much for how little work I did in the morning. I thanked him for taking me around and getting me food and bringing me back to my area. I'm not expecting pampering like that till I go home. 😉
This week I really appreciated talks from latter day prophets. I always had the perspective that Latter day apostles and prophets just explain scripture more for us to understand but as I've been listening to them speak on my speaker I've really been learning that what their teaching is new and is AWESOME. There are no other churches out there where their leaders will get up and speak and answer our every day questions. There is so much in our church to learn and apostles and prophets are the experts who just try and teach us simply. I'm trying to be like them so I can be an example to our investigators. I'm trying to learn as much as I can so that I can better teach investigators with simplicity. It makes me so happy when we are able to answer questions to people that have been wondering their whole lives. Our church has the answers and more importantly our church IS the answer.
Thanks for all the love and support! I feel you're prayers every day! Hope you know I pray for you every morning and night so that your lives can be blessed while I'm working out here.
Love,
Elder TManSmith
This week came and left really quickly. I had to go to Accra early in the week to see the doctor so I could get some meds for my ear. I didn't want to have to go all the way to Accra, but our mission nurse told me I didn't have a choice. The doctor said my external ear and ear drum were really swollen and inflamed so he prescribed me some ear drops which helped out a lot. We are still teaching Ruth who will be baptized this Sunday. We had an awesome lesson where we taught Chastity and I really felt the spirit teaching. We focused on her concerns with it and I really saw the Holy Ghost testifying to her that what we were teaching was true. Sometimes missionaries will want to postpone teaching commandments like Chastity, Word of Wisdom, and Tithing, but my most spiritual lesson's on mission have been while teaching these things. We really help investigators understand what thing's their doing in their lives that they need to repent of and we get to watch them go through this repentance process which is a sweet experience.
I got a call from President Heid early in the week asking if I'd help with a project to go around with a Bishop of another ward and show him all the apartments in Accra to pick up trash and broken items, since I know where all the apartments are. I went Saturday morning and finished around Noon-1:00. We went to the mission home after and President took me out to lunch at a real nice place and got some frozen yogurt after. I felt like I was getting pampered way to much for how little work I did in the morning. I thanked him for taking me around and getting me food and bringing me back to my area. I'm not expecting pampering like that till I go home. 😉
This week I really appreciated talks from latter day prophets. I always had the perspective that Latter day apostles and prophets just explain scripture more for us to understand but as I've been listening to them speak on my speaker I've really been learning that what their teaching is new and is AWESOME. There are no other churches out there where their leaders will get up and speak and answer our every day questions. There is so much in our church to learn and apostles and prophets are the experts who just try and teach us simply. I'm trying to be like them so I can be an example to our investigators. I'm trying to learn as much as I can so that I can better teach investigators with simplicity. It makes me so happy when we are able to answer questions to people that have been wondering their whole lives. Our church has the answers and more importantly our church IS the answer.
Thanks for all the love and support! I feel you're prayers every day! Hope you know I pray for you every morning and night so that your lives can be blessed while I'm working out here.
Love,
Elder TManSmith