Hey everyone.
Another week has come and gone and this time
I'm in a nice internet cafe. I mean "nice" because everything here works smoothly. I
don't have to wait 10 minutes just for one page to open and there's a small
fridge with soda here. We traveled to Kumasi today for p-day to have a nice
meal. Why? 2 reasons.
1. It's Elder Argo's Birthday. My MTC companion
Ma'ungatai has moved to Tamale. (the hottest part of the mission) Elder Argo is
his replacement and he was also in the MTC with me. It's nice to catch up with
them.
The 2nd reason to come here is because we exceeded our baptismal goal for
this month. We just had 5 baptisms this week. I was able to baptize 3 members
of a family (the rest are too young). I'll include a picture as always.
We have
maybe 2 more potentials coming up. We'll see what happens. We had an
investigator come to church and scatter all of the lessons with his persistent
questions about God and Jesus being one. We've answered his questions through
multiple lessons but he came to church to argue with everyone. It was a bit of
a mess. I got to teach the Youth Sunday school also. I actually really enjoy
doing that one. In regards to Mom's spelling it's Akwasi (means man born on a Sunday).
Some say Woho te sen, but most say ete sen (I can't spell that right with this
keyboard). In case you're wondering, no I don't speak Twi. I know some basic
phrases, but there's not much motivation to learn it. There's no language
study, a good number of people speak English and only the Ghanain missionaries
know Twi. The biggest reason is because the Mission President won't allow us to
teach in Twi. Only English. I still haven't figured out the reason why yet. Twi is still fun to use 'small small,' if only to entertain the
locals. They get really excited when they hear an Obroni (white man) speak it.
In more news, we moved apartments this week. We're out of the chapel and into
the Zongo. That's the Muslim territory. They don't provide any trouble and we
don't bother them. I'm learning basic greetings in Arabic though haha. Brooke's
E-mail was nice. I would love a heath
blizzard when I get home. Please make a note of that and hang it on the wall so
you remember. There is ice cream here if you feel like spending a bit of money.
You usually have to do a bit of searching to find good ones, otherwise you can
find Fan Ice (a funny vanilla). It's still pretty good. I just spent a decent
chunk of money on a big jug of Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice. I can't do that
again for awhile, but I'm going to enjoy tonight. ;) I hope General Conference
will be more available to us. I didn't end up watching the last one. Ghana feels
hotter these days. Then again it always feels hot so I'm not sure. Today we
finished our wash, put it in a bag and carried it on our heads to the chapel to
hang it there. (we don't have a line at the apartment and the neighbor's was
full). I was dripping in sweat. Yuck.
When the trash is full we stuff it in a
wheelbarrow and head to the local trash pile. Well all in all it's been a good week. I look forward to
hearing from you next time.
Have a great week!
-Elder Silva
Happy day.
This girl is by an orange stand we always pass. She knows my
name and runs up to me every time she sees me. It's pretty cute.
Elder Ejo playing football with the kids.
Haven't had this in
almost 8 months. Not near as good as home, but still better than most things
here.
Pokemon in Ghana :)
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