Hello Everyone,
Well
this past week was good. We have been very busy doing our duty. We were able to
have a baptism yesterday. It was a guy that lives very far from Asouyeboah. He
says it costs him 18 cedis round trip to come to church. He lives in Tepa where there are no missionaries. He loves the church
and everything about it.
We
have been working really hard, and not too much down time at all. I have
noticed that when you really focus on your work, the days and weeks go by
faster. It really makes you feel good to be tired enough to lay down at night
and fall asleep. Also me and my
companion are doing good, we are always joking and laughing around.
I
really like my new area. It has a lot
of really great people, and people that are prepared for the restored gospel. So
the area we teach in has the really rich people all the way down to the dirt
poor. We have a few people we teach that have mansions and 3-4 outfits. The one
was a truck driver in America, and has been all over the United States. He says
he has stayed the night in the Salina Truck Stop. I asked him why he would come
back? He said it was too much work
for him!! Haha... Yeah,
so there are many powerful people here in Asuoyeboah. We have a bunch of people
to be baptized on the 16 of November. So the people that we are teaching are many.
I will tell u about a few. So we
have Maybell. She is about 23 or
so and has been taught everything, we are now reading the Book of Mormon with
her. She really wants to be baptized, but she needs to get married first. (she
has small child) She even says she wants to go to the temple! Also there’s Gladys. She
lives in Apatrapa, which is part of our area. We were passing by one day and we
stopped. So we started teaching
her. She says she has met
with the missionaries before, a few years ago. I could see the tears come to here eyes when we started
talking about Joseph Smith and the First Vision.
She could remember just about everything. So other that that not much
has happened.
I
have grown to love the people over here and admire them for who they are. I have also this past week mastered my
tolerance. I have realized that
not much of anything that happens or people I am around can bother me. Also I have acquired a lot of patience with
my new companion. So just the other day I was thinking about everything and all
the happenings back home; and then the hymn “All is Well” popped into my head.
So I know that all is well back home with everyone. I can’t wait until Christmas
to be able to call home, and get an ear full of everything! This week I will
take pictures of a lot of different things. It sounds like everyone is doing
good. I can’t believe Gr. Dick is
turning 70, wow!. Well I better go. So take care! May God Bless! Till next week! Love Elder Ty Blackurn
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