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More FromGhana

   Well, it has been a long time in between blogs. 

We had so much trouble with the blog that we
started doing e-mails which works out OK, but
it does not give one the opportunity to go back
and see all that has been posted.  We thought
that we would try and do both the blog and
 e-mails and see if we can cover more of our
 mission for you.
     This picture is of one of the baptisims that we attended.  This one is at Axim which is about 1 1/4 hours away.  The Elders had prepared 3 candidates for baptism.  The font is outside, which is how many of the Branches and Wards have them.  It is really great to see these people embrace the gospel. They are truely wonderful
people and most of them stay very strong and dedicated to the Lord's work.     
    The next picture is of our next door neighbors, who are fairly well to do, doing their wash.  Probably 85% of Ghanaians do their wash this way.  They are always clean and neat and on Sunday's, their shirts and things are pressed and very nice.  Their white's are always very white.  We are spoiled as we have a washer and dryer which helps us because it takes so much time to do the wash this way.  Most of the Elders do their wash this way on their "P" day, although some of the Americans have their families send them money so they can buy a small washing machine and they take it with them each time they are transfered.
     We have been extremely busy these last couple of weeks, helping to get 2 new apartments ready, going to Cape Coast several times, and going to Accra several time, once for new missionaries and once for Elder Bybee to play at the Temple Presidency's Christmas devotional.  We have also made many trips to all of the Branches and to the various missionary apartments.  We have logged about 2500 km on our truck in the last 14 days. We have been on the Mission for 5 months now, but the time has gone by so fast that it doesn't seem like we have been gone that long.  We love the work, the missionaries and the people.  It is truely a blessing to be here.  We miss our family and friends, but have little time to dwell on that.  We are thankful to have Skype and E-mail to stay in contact with people back home.  We love all of you and mention you in our prayers.    Elder and Sister Bybee