8/16

Well I am officially in Swedru, which seems to be a cool place. My
companion and the apartment seem to be way cool also. Elder Baron is
from Georgia, and then there is the other companionship in the
district/ apartment which consist of Elder Mortensen and Elder
Rosequist, both of whom are from Utah. We all get along great, and the
only problem with the area is that we are all alone in this area, and
that the next district is about a 1/2 hour drive from here, which
makes it really expensive to go to the other districts. The area seems
to be a smaller town, but we have it all to ourselves and also a
couple of villages, which makes our area really big. There was a
really bad flood here about a month ago, and there is still a lot of
damage that needs to be fixed, so im not sure if we will get to do a
lot of service or not. The people in the branch seem to be really
happy to see me and are very welcoming. It seems as though from what
Ive heard that the last missionary that Im coming in for was not
everybody favorite and that he actually offended a lot of the members,
and so right now, we are just trying to put a bandage on all of the
problems to try to help them heal. There are a lot of really cute
children in the branch that all of us missionaries have really taken a
liking to. On Sunday, after church we just played and talked with them
for about and hour and had a lot of fun. Ill try to send pictures next
week, but the internet does not seem as good here as in Kumasi, so im
not sure how that will go.
I got in very late Wednesday, and we had a training meeting on
Saturday, and so there really has not been much time to get stories
for this week. The only thing that I can think of to write about, is a
man that we went to visit after church on Sunday. His name is Nash,
and he lived in different parts of Europe for about 16-17 years. While
he was in Europe, he got hit by a train and lost one of his legs and
one of his arms. He has an Electric wheel chair, but because the
terrain here is to rocky and bumpy, he cant use it, and at the same
time he lives on the top of a story building, and his only child lives
about 3 hours away from him, so he doesn't get very many visitors and
just stays in his bed all day. He goes to the temple every so often,
and he has the missionaries bring him the sacrament every Sunday, and
visit with them. Because he stays in his room all of the time, he
reads a lot of the church literature and gets a lot of personal
revelation. I guess that every time the missionaries go to him they
always sit and discuss it with him. It was one of the first deep
doctrine discussions Ive had since Ive been in Ghana, and it was a lot
of fun. We all talked to him about the three Nehpites and also John
the beloved and all of the people that have been translated. It was
really cool and we decided that I am defiantly not one of them,
because I was able to tell everybody my birthday and my full name.
Anyways that's about all that has happened since Ive been here. I love
you all lots and keep praying for you. Hope all is well.
Love Ty