Now everyone, it was known this week that my companion was a boss!!!!!!! The roads of Ghana hath no sting to him the tro tros are mere dust balls in his presence, but the tro tro drivers are quite the terds haha!!!!! Memmot crashed last week on his bike, bit I totally forgot to put that haha in, by bad!!!!!
So this week has been very interesting to say the least. So Tuesday we had a little adventure riding around and exploring Pillar 2. That's now our area, but we needed to try to find a sister named Nana Ekwia, we ended up finding her, but coming back we got completely lost. So that was nice. We then went and met up with Mercy. So we just taught her a little and that was good. We left and met with Alice. Alice sees very clearly that some prophets/pastors are so fake. We talked to her a little bit and then went to see Emmanuel and Simon later. We talked to them and read the introduction to the Book of Mormon. We then left and tried to see Jerry, but that failed. We went and contacted a lady named Earnistinna. She stays near Jerry and she seems really nice. We tried to teach her, but she had something cooking so that didn't work out. We then left and taught Emmanuel, Bismark and Eric. So that was pretty good cuz we explained that as they keep the commandments we give them and that they seek to do good, God will bless them. We then left and saw Christianna and taught them more of the Book of Mormon. We came back and that was pretty much it.
Wednesday. Chai I have never had to work so hard to get members to accept a baptism before in my entire mission. On the plus side though I hit 23 months on mission so that was sweet!!!!! We went out early and met up with Mamma Lee and Adelade. They were pretty good, but Mamma Lee was busy so that was a bummer. We left them and went to go teach Kingsley!!!! We lost contact with Kingsley a little over a month ago and we then found him again. We found his place and then we went to go teach him. We ended up teaching him and his friend Jennifer just a little bit. We then left and taught Frank. It was pretty good to say the least. We ended up running around and found ourselves at Andrew Brown's. We started to read from 3 Nephi 11 to try to get him to resolve some of his concerns, but we'll see how that goes. We left and had to go to our Coordination meeting. So that was good, but the Ward Mission Leader had to go so we had to attend the meeting instead. Not only did the people come late, but it was only the Bishop that was there. We then talked about the upcoming baptisms this Sunday and, chai, I've never been more irritated in getting a baptism my entire mission. I won't say, but I don't see effective leadership skills in the people who are called to serve the Lord. We then came home later and yeah that was the day.
Thursday was just a heart breaker to say the least. Chai, so we had our multi-zone conference and that was super cool. We went and I got more ties and fans for people. I also met tons of my friends and that was amazing!!!!! So the only part that hurt was that we went there and that was where Bawden and I had to bear our farewell testimonies to people. Chai, that was rough to say the least. Even I can see that I've changed a lot from the person I was when I started my mission. It's crazy to think how much mission can change you when you embrace it. We talked to a few people and then we left to go home. We tried to go see Jerry and his friends, but that failed. We went and saw Earnistinna and that was good. She had more time so we learned pretty well about prophets in the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We then left and came to teach Christianna and we believed we saw Samuel and Sisco running away, but we resolved that problem later this week. We taught Christianna and then left to come home.
So as for Friday it was a train wreck of a waiting game!!!! So we got up and did our weekly planning. We then left and taught Andrew and we then finished 3 Nephi 11. We sense that there will be some confrontation with him believing what the Book of Mormon says. We then left and taught Vivian. That was good because we talked about the Introduction to the Book of Mormon. We then left and talked to Frank about him keeping his commitments and how important it is for him to keep them. We left and ate and then went to wait for the Zone Leaders to come and interview Christianna for her baptismal interview. So when she got there super late we filled a few things on her form and then the Zone Leasers came late as well. We ended up waiting a long time and that kind of ruined the day. We then had the chance to meet with Samuel and talked to him. He wants to learn more and that is super good. We then left and came back. That was pretty good.
Saturday was alright. We traveled around everywhere and did our best to see people. We first went and saw Alice. She is doing well and it is pretty good to go and see her. We then left and met up with Auntie Jullie and we taught her. Chai, she had a lot of questions for us. We then left and taught Kinglsey. He's doing well and he committed to come to church on Sunday. We then left and told people to come and see the church on Sunday and that was aight. We then left and met up with Nana Yaw. He's super cool and he stays in Dome Born Again. We contacted him last week and we got the chance to go and meet him. We went and taught him and he seemed pretty interested to learn more. We left and tried to see tons of people, but that failed. We found Frank's house and that was good. We then left and talked to Christianna. We filled out more of her baptismal records. We did that and then we left.
Sunday was the day my companion was a legend!!!! Christianna was baptized today!!!!! We got up and went to church, we had 3 people there and it was super nice. We picked Kingsley and that was super cool because he traveled all the way from Dome on his bike because he was worried he wouldn't have enough money for collection, but we don't do that so he was pretty happy by that. We then went to the church and it was pretty good. We had Christianna and 4 other people be baptized today. So Elder Memmott and I have worked tirelessly for this baptism and it was a super good experience. We did that and then we left. We went and contacted quite a few people such a Lovia, Beatrice and Peter. We talked to all of them and then we talked to Domonic and Nana Ya (a different one from the one in Dome Born Again). So that was good. We saw Obed and Dennis. So these people weren't in this order, but I'm just naming them. We then had the chance to go to Skovic and Moses' house and that was nice. We ended up coming back later and meeting with Moses at Mile 7!!!! Chai, it has been forever since we had seen him and it was just amazing!!! We then came home and that was basically the week!!!!!
We are heading to temple ball today and that will be fun. I got tons of gifts for you all, I just hope I can put them in my suitcase and have it be under 50 pounds haha!!!! Thanks for everything everyone!!!! I love you all and I hope that you all are doing AMAZING!!!!!
From,
Elder Stockton Smith
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