Landon's Accra Ghana Mission

Isata before her baptism. :) We had a baptism! We baptized Isata and it was such a wonderful experience! The coolest part about her baptism was the day before her interview. I went over to her house to review some of the interview questions with her the night before her interview. I felt inspired to ask her this question, "Why are you joining this church? So many other churches are claiming to be true, so why did you choose this one?" She said with no hesitation,  "I didn't choose this church. God directed me to join this church through the influence of other people."  Let me just say, the spirit was definitely there. She is such a wonderful person and I am so excited for her choice to follow Christ and join his true church. :)   We had to clean the baptismal  font on Saturday. The drain pipe was buried in dirt so we had to dig it out...AND DON'T LAUGH AT HOW WHITE MY  LEGS ARE  COMPARED TO MY ARMS..... #ghanaishot ON Thursday, ...

This past week was pretty interesting in a few different ways, ha ha. First off, my companion was sick for a few days so it slowed down the work a bit, but in the end things were able to work out! Hike up to the water falls in Aburi. Let's start off with some funny stories shall we? First we went to go visit a women named Patience. She sells drinks and crackers and other things by a school so when they close from school all the kids come and buy a small snack from her. Well we were at her place right before school ended, so a huge swarm of about thirty kids came over and it was insane! First, they saw these two white guys and were so surprised, ha ha. Then they starting speaking in Twi so my companion started using all the Twi we know to talk to them. They were freaking out! Then one kid asked if we can speak Ewe, well I had to think back really hard to the Ewe I knew and they freaked out even more! They kept asking all these ridiculous questions like, "Were ...

Good old rain in Ghana! This past week was extremely hot, lots of rain, and not much success trying to find new people. BUT.... We have finally found three people who are showing some real potential! First let's start with Anna. We met her two weeks ago and I talked about her in my letter last week. This past week while trying to see her we learned that she had gotten a new job in a different area and honestly I was quite disappointed because it meant that she would have to move. Well! She didn't have to move because someone in our area offered to give her a room for super cheap! So she is staying! Even better she came to church and she loved it! A member asked her if she liked the sacrament meeting and she said she loved it because you could feel the spirit as people were talking. The Relief Society loved her and it made her feel like she was at home. I am so happy! She is really reading the Book of Mormon and is loving it! It was a hot long day, so ...

My trainer Elder Sebuliba just went home! I am so thankful for what he taught me! Our last district picture So me, Elder Williams, and Elder Letsiomo all came the same day to Ghana and were  in the same district so we took a photo together. Well this past week has honestly been super good! I mean learning a new area is always difficult but I have a wonderful companion who is making things a lot easier! This past week has had some pretty interesting experiences. My companion fell in a street gutter, ripping a pretty nice hole in his pants! But he is okay, by the way, ha ha! No cuts or anything!  The fans are really bad, ha ha. You can barely even feel the wind blowing on your face at night so that's always nice! But the apartment is a much nicer apartment than my old area, so I am currently enjoying it a lot.    This is the first member I met. Her name is Mary. My new companion is  Elder Eliason from Arizona. ...