So, for Tuesday through Wednesday, it was just chaotic!!!! We had a mission conference in Accra so we had to leave our area a day earlier to be there on time. Lokutshu and I left for Accra on Tuesday and we slept at the Latabir-acoshi's apartment, I saw Lambson again!!!!!!! Lambson bro, you haven't changed a bit, and the hair is looking more relaxed haha!!!! We played Bang and we just hung out for a while. The next day we headed to Accra. We got to the temple site and I saw all my Missionary Training Center missionaries there!!!! Or, at least the ones that came to Ghana haha!!!! We took some pics and just talked and caught up with each other. I also saw Wallin, Roberts, and a few other missionaries from my previous areas haha!!!
We then had the meeting. Elder Gary E. Stevenson came to talk to us!!!! He was so cool and most surprisingly. . .he has been an apostle almost as long as I've been on mission. Chai time has flown by!!!! So, he talked to us about repentance and the amazing work that we have here in Ghana. Truly, I can't think of anything more comforting than having an apostle of the Lord give us a thumbs up for our service haha!!!!
We also had new missionaries come in. Beya is training one, but he's not American. He's from Cotevuar (I think is how you spell it). [It's actually spelled Cote d'Ivoire--also known as Ivory Coast]. He speaks French and he has just come out. By the time he gets to his year mark, I'll almost be heading home haha!!!! Although, new Provo missionaries are here as well, so maybe I might get a chance to be a "mother". That's when I finish the training of that missionary in the 12 week program we have. So maybe I'll get to train a bit haha!!!! (Hopefully not, too stressful).
So as for the rest of the week, it has just been a blur. We have been doing the same stuff most of the week. Visiting the same people, just going around and talking to people. Although we have 2 new missionaries in Asikuma, Elder Harrison and Elder Randall!!!! Randall's my TC!!!!! So, It's pretty amazing to have him here haha!!!! We had a cool chance to go to this meeting in Winneba for Institute and Seminary* training. We went there with Enoe and Eric, the teachers that are getting ready for this role. We talked a bit and learned how we can improved in teaching seminary and institute. It kind of reminds me of the time I had to teach seminary, but I didn't do too good haha!!!! We came back later and it was just a pain getting there because I had to pay for everyone going there and coming back so that was a pain.
We had a cool Sunday though. We went to church and as always they spoke Fante all the time. So I went and am now doing personal study of the Book of Mormon from front to back haha!!! You learn something new every time, I swear!!!! So, we then had some bad news. Elder Harrison got sick and he has been in the hospital since Friday. We went and saw him after church and he looks as right as rain haha!!! We played card games and talked. Randall and I celebrated our 10 months on mission with fruit haha!!! Oranges, pineapple, banana, coconut and a few other things, it was amazing!!! It's scary how fast time flies and how slow it actually is when you are in the moment. Looking back though, these have been the longest 10 months of my life with crazy ups and downs, but I wouldn't trade one day of them for anything!!!!! I'm better than who I was back home, I continue to get better and I hope to be the person my Heavenly Father wants me to be. Thank you everyone for all the support and love you have shown me on mission!!!!!!! It wasn't easy, and it still isn't easy, but I have all of you to give me strength. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, other than that it's been a week to say the least haha!!!
Love you all!!!!
Elder Stockton Smith
*Seminaries and institutes of religion provide weekday religious education for youth and young adults. Seminaries and institutes of religion also supervise elementary and secondary schools in some areas outside the United States.
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