On Sunday, July 30th, we arose early and drove the two hours to Bibiani. We arrived just after 8:30 am. The occasion was the formation of the Hwenampori Branch. Explaining the pronunciation of this new unit is a bit difficult. It is a very light "shw" sound at the beginning represented by the Hw (Shwen-am-poor-ee). … Continue reading Hwenampori

President Tabi (DIstrict President), President Serebour (Kwabenakwa Branch President), Adams Kumrah (1C District Presidency), Emmanuel Faithful (Kwabenakwa 1C), Slater Wisdom (Kwabenakwa clerk), Matthew Adjei (District Clerk), Edmund Obeng (Mission Presidency 1C), President Kunz (Mission President) On Sunday morning we traveled to the Asonkore Branch in the Obuasi District where the new Kwabenakwa Branch was formed … Continue reading Kwabenakwa

It has been 18 months since we were last in Wa. It is the most difficult trip we make and so we tend to avoid it more than we should. Wa is our only remaining mission branch and it is far away from everywhere else we go. Last year, President Joseph Asante, my second counselor … Continue reading Potholes

Last week, I mentioned that we had 200 black and white copies (with a color cover) printed of the Preach My Gospel manual, second edition. I affectionately refer to it as PMG II. This last week we received an email asking for the number, sizes and languages of the printed version that we will need. … Continue reading Preach My Gospel, Second Edition

As we finished up our last full day of interviews on Wednesday, I forgot to give the four elders who live in Juaso their locally printed copies of Preach of My Gospel, second edition. We had 200 of the manuals printed to use with the mission until we receive the official printed versions from Church … Continue reading Atwedie

Today was a first for us and a first for the entire Ghana Kumasi Mission. Today we dedicated the new Duayaw Nkwanta Meetinghouse, something I have never done before. It was a first for the Mission because this is our first non-District Center that the Church built and owns. We usually just lease a building … Continue reading Dedication Day

What an amazing experience the Ghana Kumasi Mission had on June 12, 2023. Elder Gerrit W. Gong, his wife Susan Lindsay Gong, Elder S. Gifford Nielsen and his wife Wendy Olson Nielsen joined our 191 young missionaries and 4 senior missionary couples in a 1 hour and 45 minute devotional. In addition to that, the … Continue reading Apostolic Witness

Dunkwa First Branch Dunkwa Second Branch On Sunday, June 11th, we traveled to Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Obuasi District where we created a second branch from the existing Dunkwa Branch. Elder Walker has been the branch president there since the end of October. When I gave him the assignment, we had no idea who might step … Continue reading Dunkwa II

A fairly quiet week in regards to the unusual or unexpected. We still had a few surprises as one might conclude with 191 young missionaries, but nothing earth shattering. We are grateful for weeks such as this. Monday morning we played basketball (a now regular event). The difference was that Elder Kraig Loveland joined us … Continue reading Interviews II

Back: Elder Kauvaka (Tonga), Elder N'guessan, (Ivory Coast), Elder Colati (Fiji). Front: Sister Dos Reis Sanches (Cape Verde), Sister Uwamahoro (Rowanda), and Sister Manico (Angola). Elder Mabini Last week we received in 6 new missionaries on Thursdays and then one more on Monday. This was the most unique transfer we have had as all seven … Continue reading Different but the Same