8/23

First off I got to say congratulations to Nate and Megan for the baby.
Thanks for the pictures, when I saw them I just about started to cry.
I feel like doing that every time that Ive heard that someone back
home has had a baby, just because I'm so happy, and I want to be
there. Also, happy anniversary to Mom and Dad and Jon and Nat. Ive got
to be honest and tell you Jon and Nat that the only reason that I can
remember your anniversary is because its on Moms and Dads, and because
everyone else has talked about it in their e-mails. Also, happy
birthday to Chris and Cam. I'm so excited for you guys to be baptized
in the next little bit. Please dont forget to send pictures of it.
This week has been a good one. We just got back from a big
missionary football tournament that took place in Cape Coast. Its a 2
hour trotro ride one way and not very fun to get there, but it was a
lot of fun to play in. Our zone took 3 out of 4 which doesn't sound
very good, but we were actually surprised that we did so well, when we
saw how good the other zones were. I got to play the whole time and
only took out a few of the opponents. I play defense, and the other
teams only scored on penalty kicks, which means that I helped out
pretty well. I guess that I'm getting better. Anyways, I'm really
tired because of all of the travel.
The new area seems to be sweet. There defiantly needs to be a lot of
work done here. I'm not sure if I said this last week, but the
missionary that I'm taking over for was not the members favorite and
he actually got in quite a few fights with them, where they were both
yelling at each other. We have spent a lot of time just trying to go
around and try to fix all of his problems. We have also been trying
really hard to get to know all of the members a lot better. The
members are a major support here; even more so than any of my last
areas. For investigator wise, the area seems to be a little less than
average for our mission. It seems like everyone that we meet is always
busy and doesn't have time for us. It actually sounds like a regular
mission here, where you actually need to work hard to have success.
Elder Baron have been working hard this last week and God has blessed
us a lot with success. Elder Baron is really good at having a good
time and helping others to have a good time also. He reached his year
mark on the mission this last week and to calibrate, he paid a member
to bake us a cake and everything. This member does wedding cakes for a
living and is way good at it, and he did a very good gob at making
this one. It was really sweet.
Funny story of the week, well, I guess that its not a funny story,
I just want to write about one of our investigators who came to church
this last Sunday. His name is Bro. Boateng. Somehow he is very
educated and about 20 or so years ago got a job in Libia. While he was
over there, he was tortured by the police for information that he
dint have. Because of the torture, he had gone a little bit crazy, and
has become addicted to cigarettes.Because of that he was in an insane
asylum for some time and also for other reasons he has spent time in
jail. Anyways, he is just cool to talk to and a very interesting
person. I dont have anymore time at this cafe so I need to send this
now. love you all and hope that all goes well with you this week
Ty