4 Months down!



 Soccer with the kids. :) The ball was just plastic tied together, ha ha! :)


Well today marks 4 months! 123 days I have been in Ghana and let me just say I have changed quite a bit!

This last week was pretty good! The best part was on Thursday I went to Dzodze to do an exchange with Elder Seeley. He is from Idaho and him and I are very similar! That day we didn't use bikes and we just walked around in Dzodze to find people to teach. We didn't find anyone to teach and just visited a little bit with some members. When it was about to get dark we walked by some kids playing with a ball made out of plastic bags tightly wrapped together. Elder Seeley looked at me and said, "Give me your camera and go have fun." SO I did! Man, it was a blast, ha ha! It was pretty much a game of keep away with me against all of the kids!




 Then on Friday, we were together again for the whole day. This time we had a few lessons planned and they went super well! My favorite one was with a lady, (I forgot her name, ha ha). We were talking about the Book of Mormon and why it was so important for us.  We told her that it helps us to understand more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. After we finished, she just looked at me and said, "I know this book is true and I will be sure to read it for it must be very important." To hear someone say that when you introduce the book, it truly is an amazing experience!

Here is the beach! We went to Aflao for a Zone Activity.


On Sunday, my recent convert, sister Norkplim was asked to give a talk on faith. It was powerful. She had studied so many different stories and used so many scriptures to help her. Her favorite one was 1 Nephi 3:7. After she had finished speaking, the branch president got up and talked about how we should follow Norkplim's example and be studying the gospel so that we can give a talk like her. I was so proud of her! After sacrament, I asked her where she had gotten all of those scriptures to use and her response was one of the greatest things ever. She said, "Elder Baird, I told you, I read out of the Book of Mormon every day so I am just using the scriptures I have read." Man, I was so happy to see her devotion with the church and hear of her studying the standard works. We should all follow her example and be studying the Book of Mormon every day just as President Monson asked all of us to do!

Elder Seeley and I found milk and cereal so we enjoyed some today! :)

One part of Norkplim's talk that I just loved was the story of Abraham being asked to sacrifice his only son Isaac. He didn't understand why he was asked by God to do it, but he knew that whatever God asks we must follow. We have to have the faith that the Lord is in charge. We know that an angel stopped Abraham from finishing the sacrifice, but I like to ask myself, "what would God have done if Abraham didn't follow what he was commanded to do?" It is the same with us. We must have complete faith in the Lord and do whatever he asks, even though we don't fully understand why.

Got a nice haircut. :)

I love you all and hope you have a great week!

Sincerely,
Elder Baird

Some nice fufu and ground nut soup!

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