Week Five

Well, we have been on our mission for five weeks
 already.  The time is really going by fast.  So much
 happens, we will not be able to cover it all, but we will give you a glimps of things.  Our internet has not been working very well, so we have not been able to skype our families and we are slow at getting this blogout.  These are the Sister
Missionaries that serve in our area.  They are
really great Missionaries. They all live in one apartment.



We have been with the Zone leaders out to the Branches (4) that we will be helping with and they are really humble members, but strong Branches.  They meet in rented buildings,some of which are not in the very best of shape, but they really embrace the gospel and love the church and the missionaries.  This is a picture of us at one of the Branches.  The baptismal fonts have been built outside.  They are filled with water from the city system, so it is not heated, but the candidates do not mind.





This is a home in one of the villages that we visited.  As you can see, they are very humble circumstances, but the people are happy and still feel like they are blessed by our Heavenly Father.  There are about 30 to 40 members that have been meeting as a group there because they are so far away from a Branch building  They have applied to become a Branch and the Area Presidency has OK'd it, now it just has to be approved by Church Headquarters.  



These are some of the village children.  They are so very cute.  They followed us around as we walked through the village and saw the building where they meet for church.  The members meet in an elementry school building, so they sit at the wooden desks that the children use.  Sister Bybee and I have now purchased a bag with treats that we will carry with us to the villages so we can give the children something when we are there.  The children love to shake our hands and love white people. We took their pictures and then showed them the camera with the picture on it and they were very thrilled.  



We had the privilage of helping take 8 missionaries to Accra to go to the Temple and then to send them on their way home as they had served their time. This is them eating at the Mission Home on the night before they left.  They are eating Fufu and rice balls in ground nut soup with chicken.  They eat it with their fingers.  We tried it also.  I liked it, but Sister Bybee was not quite as fond of it as I was.


Jayda had told us that one of her friends that plays basketball with her on her traveling team was coming to Ghana with her family to pick up her brother who serving.  We were not familiar with the name and found out that he was serving in the Accra Mission.  When we came out of the temple, the family was there and we got to meet them and talk with them.  It is a small small world. 





 

       Sister Bybee and I really enjoyed going to the Temple with the Elders and Sister.  It is a beautiful Temple.  While we were in Accra, we stay at the MTC there and we got to do a little bit of shopping. So our last couple of weeks have been full, but we have really enjoyed our experiences. Until later, Love Elder and Sister Bybee