January 30, 2017 Email

Hey everyone!!!!

Chai this has been quite the week for us in Anyaa!!!!!  Things here just keep betting better and better!!!!!

So firstly, Mom, Dad, I got you guys matching shirts so don't be bummed if you don't like them.  I got a lot of other things for everyone, mainly ties, wood carvings, and a few other things.  So if you would be amazingly caring, could I get a little more money in my account so I don't die haha!!!!!

Now for the week!!!  This week has been pretty sweet!!! We had 5 people attend church on Sunday!!!!  Henry is an investigator who came who lives crazy far away.  He accepted to be baptized and so we are working hard with him.  Then there's Emafa, she is new and lives around a place called NIC, no idea what it means, but it's cool.  We are teaching her and she accepted a baptismal date as well for the 26th as well as Henry!!!!  Kobby came and he is pretty cool.  He's getting baptized in March on the 5th, such a bummer that he doesn't want to get baptized sooner!!!  A girl named Mary came to the church.  She stays around Henry and she has had quite the time moving from church to church, so hopefully we can get her to stay put haha!!!!  There was another, but I can't remember their name right now!!!  Other than that, that was Sunday!!!!

We have been working with a lot of people lately and it's amazing!!!!  My personal favorites are Henry, Kobby, and a girl named Rita.  So Rita is a girl who we met a while ago, she unfortunately hasn't been around this last week so that's a bummer.  We have been working to meet her, but it's hard cuz she traveled.  We have had quite the time moving around and finding new people.  We met a girl named Cinderella!!!!!  Talk about crazy haha!!!  We have also been working on seeing other people, but they aren't too serious about time with us haha!!!

Things are definitely great here!!!! It's amazing to think that time is flying so fast!!!  Being here with Elder Koetting is amazing, and it's pretty cool here.  Just today we went to a place called Kaneshie market, chai the traffic will kill me before I go home!!!!!  I got some cool kente and fabrics for ties so that will be a huge plus!!!  Things in Anyaa are pretty amazing to say the least!!!!!

Ukulele!!!!!!!  Now I got a ukulele like last week and it's just amazing!!!!  I learned a few songs on it, but I'm not that good at playing it yet, but it's just cool haha!!!!!  Just gotta keep practicing and I'll get the hang of it sooner or later!!!  Also a not so fun fact, since it harmattan here, it's just crazy hot!!!!  Barely any cover because clouds aren't around most of the day.  So if I look like a tomato in some of the pics I'll send, don't make fun of me haha!!!!

Well, I love you all and I hope that you all are doing amazing back home!!!!!

Also, I totally forgot!!! We had a missionary broadcast that tells us about some changes to the mission and stuff like that.  We had some changes to the missionary schedule and some key indicators; or the number of lessons and appointments that we have to report in each week.  I saw Lambson, McFarland, Roberts, and a few other sweet missionaries there!!!!  It's just amazing to be here and be around missionaries who you know!!!  I also went on exchange with a missionary named Elder Peters, chai that guy is sweet!!!!  We had a good day planned, and that just fell through slowly as we went along haha!!!!

Love,
Elder Stockton Smith