7/26

First of all, happy birthday to Grandma Skouson, Shaun, Ry and maybe
Jens new baby. Next, Congrats on graduation Jen and Shaun, and also to
Nate and Megan, assuming that they moved in. Finally, I hope that all
is going well with Jon and Nat and with Ry and Brooke with testing and
residency. If I missed anything important, please forgive me. It
sounds like you all are doing great, but that you are all way busy. It
will be strange to come home with all of the major changes that you
all are talking about.
This week has been kinda the same as usual. There really doesn't seem
to be much to tell you guys that you don't know. We were at one of our
appointments, and a girl started to ask about you mom and dad. Lucky,
you had sent the pictures and I was about to show you guys with me the
night that I got set apart. The girl looked at the picture and pointed
to me and asked, "is that your brother?" It made me laugh, and I
thought that it was interesting that I have changed that much. She
then went on to say that I have the most beautiful parents in the
world. (Yes that is a suck-up move for all of the brothers and sisters
reading this. I need all of the help I can get.)
We also had a stake fireside in which my district sang a song in twi,
and then Elder Bond and myself., along with 4 other missionaries sang
We'll Bring the World His Truth. Surprisingly it didn't go that bad,
and people actually thought that we sounded half way good. Its kinda
funny, because I thought that at home all of the black people there
knew how to sing really well. Here they cant hold a tune in a bucket
the size of Texas. I'm buying a gospel music CD from one of our
investigators tomorrow, and when I get home Ill show you all what I
mean.
We are having a baptism this Sunday, where we are baptizing about 5
people. That will be cool. We were going to have 3 people in the
baptism that will help us to accomplish this new goal, but because of
some problems, those three will all have to wait for about three more
weeks until the next baptism. It also looks like Bro. Thomas, the guy
who I wrote about last week, will be able to be baptized this Sunday
too. God has really been helping us in everything that we do. Thanks
for all of your prayers and support.
Today we played football, zone against zone. I actually did some-how
well, and nobody yelled at me for making a mistake or for taking them
out. Our Zone lost 1-3, but thats OK because we'll get them next time.
Mom and Dad, There is a wood carving village that some of the other
missionaries are going to next week that we are invited to . If its
OK, I might take out a little from the bank to get some things for you
all back at home. It will not be very much, and I hope that its worth
it, but we will just have to see if we actually go or not.
Other than that, there really isn't much new here in Ghana. I love you
all and pray for you every day. Stay happy and beautiful (especially
all of you trying to keep a boyfriend). Love Ty