May 9, 2016 Email (Also Stockton's Birthday)

Hey everyone!!!

It was AMAZING to skype with a few of you last night!!!!  I loved to hear from you and how you all enjoyed hanging out with each other!!!!  And mom, I do miss your cooking, but your food is gonna have to be spicy when I get back, cuz by the time I'm done here in Africa, I'll have no taste buds left for sweet foods haha!!!!!

Well yeah, today I got a hair cut, and well Paddon did a terrible job this time haha!!!  So, I'll wait till it get's long again to send you all pics of me haha!!!  You'll get pics of my area, but not of me haha!!!!!

Ohhhh, mom found this photo on Elder Wallin's facebook page, hahahahahaha!!!!

[Stockton told us yesterday that he would be transferred to Chantan]  So, I hear that Elder Ntumba is a sweet guy so I think I'll enjoy this transfer haha!!!  I just need to worry about getting there and not getting lost along the way haha.  So, some other elders here told me that they served in Chantan before me, they say it's a sweet area!  A lot of cool people, the ward (congregation) is great, and the teaching is amazing haha!!!!!

So now, on this wonderful birthday, I just haven't done much haha!!!  I woke up, got a hair cut, went to the mall and got a pizza, and now I'm emailing haha!!!!!  Not much that I planned out haha.  But, I got some amazing Ghanaian ties for a few people back home, so that's cool!!!!!

Now for some odd reason, the pictures I took aren't working.  Like they aren't coming up.  The images aren't showing so I'll see what I can do.  I don't know what's up, but I'll ask around.

[pause while he fiddles around with it]

Oh, never mind, I figured it out hahaha!!!  So, I'll send some pics here soon.  Just of few of them are of me saying goodbye to some people so yeah.  They are amazing and I'm gonna miss them.  But, I know I'll see them again someday!!!!

Well, this week has been a drag.  Just waiting for transfer news and working hard with members.  The elders played a prank on me and said I was going to the Bush!!!!  Like deep deep Bush,  Where all they do is farm and eat Ghanaian food.  Luckily, Wallin told me it was a prank so I was able to relax a little bit.  So now I'm going to Chantan to be with Elder Ntumba in a two man apartment.  We'll see how it is!!!!

Love you all!!!!!  Thanks for everything and it was amazing to skype you yesterday!!!!! Be Safe!!!!!!

Love,
Elder Stockton Smith