Dear Fam,
Transfers have come and gone and it looks like I'll be in Ho,Ho,Ho for Christmas! My new companion is from the Great state of Idaho! His name is Elder Kloepfer, and he loves to work, answer to my prayers! I would battle and battle to try and be obedient but its really hard when you are being trained to tell your companion what you should do. We are working really hard and doing all we can to further the work, Elder Kloepfer can tell that my last companion didn't do a whole lot to help me learn or even do all the things we should but he is helping me so much, I feel so happy right now. In the past I didn't do a whole lot of talking in the lessons but Elder Kloepfers biggest thing is teaching in unity! I am kind of shocked to have a companion from the states, I am his first one from the states and he has been out for 18months. I missed you all so much during thanksgiving but I enjoyed the chips and salsa mom sent, my companion also had some beef Jerky and some protein bars and some candy so we really enjoyed. My favorite thing Elder Kloepfer has taught me so far is how to start teaching, we don't waste any time, we have extended so many dates in our first week together. This week we were really hoping the three people we gave a date to would come because we are setting a lofty goal for this month and if these people didn't come we would not be able to make our goal. At the start of church no one showed up, not a single person, I felt sick, and I prayed and prayed these people would come. To my amazement all three of them came late, but they came. I was so happy and I felt it was a huge blessing, earlier this week we only had one person preparing for baptize and now we have four. We hope and pray we will be able to baptize them all on the 18th. Their names are Elizabeth, Jocelyn, Ivy and Elome. I am happy to hear you all had a wonderful thanksgiving. Since coming on my mission I have truly come to see how blessed I am and how much I have taken for granted all my life. But right now I am trying to share with everyone that knowledge I have that I am most grateful and I know will change their lives and bless them just like it has blessed me! Mom, your story was amazing and I am so grateful for all the help you have given
me. I am ok for Christmas, I don't need anything else and I know what you have sent me is more than any other missionary could dream about, so please don't send anything else! I couldn't help but think of you all a lot this week, I am so grateful for the Gospel and that I can share it with the wonderful people of Ghana. I am also grateful to have you all for my family, though your letters and prayers you helped me adjust and encouraged me to move forward I love you all!
Love, Elder L.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Hello From Ho
Hello Fam,
Sorry I didn't write last week, I was not feeling well to say the least. I don't know what I ate and for a while we thought is was malaria. I was as sick as I can ever remember feeling but I was given a blessing and was able to go out that night so I didn't even miss a moment of work because it was p-day. It was great to hear from all of you because its been to weeks and I have looked forward to writing you very much. Tomorrow is transfer so next week i'll let you know where I am... The last two weeks I have really been touched by the goodness and charity of the people of Ho. My and your prayers we were able to find someone that was truly looking for the gospel. Her Name is Elizabeth and she has five children although only the babylast lives with her. She was so touch by our message she and she felt so loved, she gave us a chicken! Right as we were leaving she told us to wait a moment, and than she caught a chicken and tied it and put it in a bag for us. That same night we taught the mother of one of our investigators and she gave us a huge bag of rice and another bag of beans. I was so touched, these people are better off than most here but I was so touched, I can't even put it in words! Elizabeth Came to church yesterday and she wants to join the choir, she is golden and I thank you for your prayers.
Eric, I'm not sure on the mission rules on music I will try to find out and let you know this week. The other Elder in the Apartment play what every they want... but I don't think thats in the rule so i'll check. One rule we have that is only in our mission is that on p-days we can't play any sports or do any activities that might cause injury. So no football or basketball. [Personal messages to family.]
[Personal messages to family.] Mom I received the package you sent, thank you so much! Every time I recieve a package I think of the great service the David Widtfelt has provided for me and I hope the Lord blesses him greatly. I hope your knee is getting better and that you and Dad are doing well in your busy, busy lives!! I love you all and pray for you always!
Love, Elder Andrew K. L.
Sorry I didn't write last week, I was not feeling well to say the least. I don't know what I ate and for a while we thought is was malaria. I was as sick as I can ever remember feeling but I was given a blessing and was able to go out that night so I didn't even miss a moment of work because it was p-day. It was great to hear from all of you because its been to weeks and I have looked forward to writing you very much. Tomorrow is transfer so next week i'll let you know where I am... The last two weeks I have really been touched by the goodness and charity of the people of Ho. My and your prayers we were able to find someone that was truly looking for the gospel. Her Name is Elizabeth and she has five children although only the babylast lives with her. She was so touch by our message she and she felt so loved, she gave us a chicken! Right as we were leaving she told us to wait a moment, and than she caught a chicken and tied it and put it in a bag for us. That same night we taught the mother of one of our investigators and she gave us a huge bag of rice and another bag of beans. I was so touched, these people are better off than most here but I was so touched, I can't even put it in words! Elizabeth Came to church yesterday and she wants to join the choir, she is golden and I thank you for your prayers.
Eric, I'm not sure on the mission rules on music I will try to find out and let you know this week. The other Elder in the Apartment play what every they want... but I don't think thats in the rule so i'll check. One rule we have that is only in our mission is that on p-days we can't play any sports or do any activities that might cause injury. So no football or basketball. [Personal messages to family.]
[Personal messages to family.] Mom I received the package you sent, thank you so much! Every time I recieve a package I think of the great service the David Widtfelt has provided for me and I hope the Lord blesses him greatly. I hope your knee is getting better and that you and Dad are doing well in your busy, busy lives!! I love you all and pray for you always!
Love, Elder Andrew K. L.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Conference...Finally!
Dear Fam,
Yesterday we finally watched conference, we watched saterday afternoon session, two talks from the sunday morning session and priesthood and that was it. I felt kind of riped off because I thought we would watch the whole sunday morning session but it's ok. I loved all the talks I heard and I can't wait for the Liahona to come out this month so I can read them all! I fill like at took gerneral conference for granted all though my youth, but yesterday I was almost running to the chaple I was so excited. Mom I was only able to see one song but I was able to find you twice in the song. I think most of the brach knows you are in the chior and knew I was looking for you, it was so fun to see you all the way in Ho, you know most missionaries don't get to see thier moms for two years but not me! ha I thought Elder Gong did a fantastic job, and I was suppried by his jokes because I don't know if I have every heard Uncle Garret ever tell a joke but I think he had more humor than all the other talks that session. Please tell him how happy I was to hear from him all the way over here.
This week I practically shaved my head, it was actually a buzz with a the length 1, I think it kind of looks funny but it feels so much better than before and my mission president dosn't mind, because he does the same. Eric I'm interested if your mission president let you do the same because I imagine the climates of our missions being very similar. The last few months have been the rainy season people say it will only get hotter. I always thought I would be parting my
hair every morning as a missionary but now I have no hair to part.
[Personal messages to siblings.]
This coming week we will have interviews and will go to the temple, I have been looking forward to this temple trip for a while and am so happy to have a temple in my mission. Also I think we will be having a farwell party with the rest of the brach for the Jorganson's because they will be leaving ho to go and work in the office. Thats about it for this week, we are stuggling in the work, things have gone very well since I arrived but now it has really slowed down, and we are having a hard time finding people to teach. Well thats true at all because anyone will we recieve us to ''hear the word of God'' but they are having a hard time keeping commitments and realizing that this is the word of God! So thank you for your prayers and please continue to pray that we will be able to find people that are looking for the gosple. Sis Mary was baptized this week, she was the one I told you of last week, she could barely read when we first started teaching her and now
she can read on her own. This week we were worried because we couldn't get a hold of her for her interview, turned out she forgot her phone and she was so excited that she came to the the church an hour before her interview and talked with the branch president the whole time. We were terrified because she was ready and we thought she had changed he mind in the last minute about being baptized. He baptizim was wonderful she was so happy and it is wonderful to see how the gosple changes people!
Love, Elder L.
Yesterday we finally watched conference, we watched saterday afternoon session, two talks from the sunday morning session and priesthood and that was it. I felt kind of riped off because I thought we would watch the whole sunday morning session but it's ok. I loved all the talks I heard and I can't wait for the Liahona to come out this month so I can read them all! I fill like at took gerneral conference for granted all though my youth, but yesterday I was almost running to the chaple I was so excited. Mom I was only able to see one song but I was able to find you twice in the song. I think most of the brach knows you are in the chior and knew I was looking for you, it was so fun to see you all the way in Ho, you know most missionaries don't get to see thier moms for two years but not me! ha I thought Elder Gong did a fantastic job, and I was suppried by his jokes because I don't know if I have every heard Uncle Garret ever tell a joke but I think he had more humor than all the other talks that session. Please tell him how happy I was to hear from him all the way over here.
This week I practically shaved my head, it was actually a buzz with a the length 1, I think it kind of looks funny but it feels so much better than before and my mission president dosn't mind, because he does the same. Eric I'm interested if your mission president let you do the same because I imagine the climates of our missions being very similar. The last few months have been the rainy season people say it will only get hotter. I always thought I would be parting my
hair every morning as a missionary but now I have no hair to part.
[Personal messages to siblings.]
This coming week we will have interviews and will go to the temple, I have been looking forward to this temple trip for a while and am so happy to have a temple in my mission. Also I think we will be having a farwell party with the rest of the brach for the Jorganson's because they will be leaving ho to go and work in the office. Thats about it for this week, we are stuggling in the work, things have gone very well since I arrived but now it has really slowed down, and we are having a hard time finding people to teach. Well thats true at all because anyone will we recieve us to ''hear the word of God'' but they are having a hard time keeping commitments and realizing that this is the word of God! So thank you for your prayers and please continue to pray that we will be able to find people that are looking for the gosple. Sis Mary was baptized this week, she was the one I told you of last week, she could barely read when we first started teaching her and now
she can read on her own. This week we were worried because we couldn't get a hold of her for her interview, turned out she forgot her phone and she was so excited that she came to the the church an hour before her interview and talked with the branch president the whole time. We were terrified because she was ready and we thought she had changed he mind in the last minute about being baptized. He baptizim was wonderful she was so happy and it is wonderful to see how the gosple changes people!
Love, Elder L.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Another Great Week in Ho
Hello Fam,
Thanks for the letters and the prayers! I loved the pictures and I was a little sad missing Halloween because it is one of my favorite holidays but I did enjoy some of the candy mom sent so I think we can count that as my trick or treating this year. I have had another great week in ho. This week we baptized the rest of a part member family. The father's name is Emmanuel and he was inactive but is once again active and on saturday we baptized his wife (rose), daughters (elome and dinna) and his son Daniel. It was a wonderful service and is makes me so happy to see the family all in church together. This week we will be baptizing one more women named Mary and the first time she came to church five weeks ago she hasn't missed a sunday since. She could barely even read and wasn't really willing to try when we first met her but through the spirit she was touched and when she knew the message we were sharing with her was true she continued to become better and better at reading. Now she can read from The Book of Mormon with little and almost no help at all! Please pray that Elder Frimpong and I can find people that are looking for the gospel this month we have few progressing investigators and it looks like this month the work might not be moving as fast as in the past, so please pray that we can find people that are truly seeking the gospel.
Today I ate something very interesting.... I ate a cat, yes a cat. My companion told my cat meet was very good and I told him I would like to try some some time. So he had a man kill it and we
prepared it. I got some wonderful pictures and some day I look forward to raising many cats and eating them!! Ok, not really but cat meat is very nice and now I know what snowball tastes like. I was quiet surprised how good it was! Last week I was happy to hear the Halloween Canoe Trip was a hit. Please say hello to Elder Lyons for me, I'm sure he was a wonderful missionary! I can't really remember what else I wrote to you last week but at least the internet let me send you a
letter this week!
Love, Elder L.
Thanks for the letters and the prayers! I loved the pictures and I was a little sad missing Halloween because it is one of my favorite holidays but I did enjoy some of the candy mom sent so I think we can count that as my trick or treating this year. I have had another great week in ho. This week we baptized the rest of a part member family. The father's name is Emmanuel and he was inactive but is once again active and on saturday we baptized his wife (rose), daughters (elome and dinna) and his son Daniel. It was a wonderful service and is makes me so happy to see the family all in church together. This week we will be baptizing one more women named Mary and the first time she came to church five weeks ago she hasn't missed a sunday since. She could barely even read and wasn't really willing to try when we first met her but through the spirit she was touched and when she knew the message we were sharing with her was true she continued to become better and better at reading. Now she can read from The Book of Mormon with little and almost no help at all! Please pray that Elder Frimpong and I can find people that are looking for the gospel this month we have few progressing investigators and it looks like this month the work might not be moving as fast as in the past, so please pray that we can find people that are truly seeking the gospel.
Today I ate something very interesting.... I ate a cat, yes a cat. My companion told my cat meet was very good and I told him I would like to try some some time. So he had a man kill it and we
prepared it. I got some wonderful pictures and some day I look forward to raising many cats and eating them!! Ok, not really but cat meat is very nice and now I know what snowball tastes like. I was quiet surprised how good it was! Last week I was happy to hear the Halloween Canoe Trip was a hit. Please say hello to Elder Lyons for me, I'm sure he was a wonderful missionary! I can't really remember what else I wrote to you last week but at least the internet let me send you a
letter this week!
Love, Elder L.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)