10/18

Sounds like everything back at home is going really well. For us here
in Sunyani, it has been a really eventful week. On Wednesday, we had a
new senior couple come to our mission from Utah. They are called the
Bennetts, and we are really happy to have them. They seem to be really
kinda shell shocked though, and its funny to me and makes me wonder if
I was the same way when i first came to the mission. The next morning,
we all climbed into their truck and headed down to Kumasi for some
temple training. We were supposed to be going to the temple as a
mission this last week, but the area pre. did not approve for us to
leave our mission to got to the temple, because then they would have
to allow the other missions in the area to leave and come and that
would mean that they would have to go to entirely different countries,
so they just decided that they would not allow anyone to go at all and
save a headache. Pres. Sabey felt bad though, because he promised us a
trip to the temple so he made it that we all got together as a zone,
and he and sis Sabey came and taught us about the temple and helped us
to understand some more about it. Since then, we have been really busy
in trying to make up the time that we missed for going to Kumasi. On
Saturday, we had an appointment with a pastor who is the grandfather
of one of our investigators, and when we got there we found that he
had tried to prepare to make us feel like small boys. He had read the
pamphlet that we had given to his granddaughter and had a list of
about 20 scriptures that he thought contradicted the things taught in
it. We got there and sat down and he started by telling us about all
of the schooling that he had had on religion and offered to show us
pictures. He then started in on a tangent about how there was no need
for a prophet in these days, and that God was the same as Jesus Christ
and the Holy Ghost and that he was a spirit. We sat and listened to
him for about a half of an hour and then after that time we felt
impressed to help him understand a little bit more than he already
did. By using the same scriptures that he used we were able to let him
know a few more things and by the time that we were ready to go he had
to change the subject, because he felt so bad for not understanding
correctly. We told him that we would love to come back next week to
help him with his other concerns and so we have an appointment with
him latter. I love to feel the Spirit with us when we testify of
truth. Another experience that we had from this last week was that we
had one of my favorite investigators finally come to church. His name
is Peter, and his is an old catholic man. Last week we gave him the
Book of Mormon, and since then, he has read all of First Nephi, and
some of 2nd. He called today and said that he really enjoyed church
and that he would be coming again. Please pray for him; I really feel
that he would be a big strength to the unit up here and that he has
been prepared to help the church to grow. We have also contacted into
a members family, and they say that they want to be baptized as soon
as they can so that they can go to the temple as soon as possible. I
know that God has really been watching over us and has been helping us
so much. I am thankful for his support as well as your own. I pray for
you always and hope that you pray for me too.
Love Ty