What joy this week brought! On Friday evening, we were honored to have dinner with Doug and Nancy Dance. Actually, it is Elder and Sister Dance. They are here for a 5 month project reporting to the Area Presidency. Why was it so joyful to be with them? Rewind 50 years to high school. Doug, … Continue reading Reunion!

The title of this blog post is a representation of our final destination of the week. Bolgatanga is a city of almost 70,000 people and is known locally as simply Bolga. The name Bolgatanga is derived from the Frafra words bolga "rock" and tẽŋa "city."(Frafra is the tribal language of the region, but most people also speak English). Historically Bolgatanga … Continue reading Bolga!

What a great week we had! We started with our next round of zone conferences, this time the central theme was faith in Jesus Christ. The spirit that has accompanied this topic in each of the three conferences has been life changing, at least for us. How we love these faithful disciples of Jesus Christ … Continue reading Couples!

After a couple of very busy and chaotic weeks leading up to Christmas and then transfers the week after, this week was much more peaceful. We appreciate these calm valleys among the tempestuous mountains that often accompany the work of mission leaders. This week has been wonderful as our main focus has been on starting … Continue reading Interviews I

Some of you might know the story of Bastian, a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprietor reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book … Continue reading The Never Ending Story

The highlight of this week was definitely our Mission Leadership Council (MLC) that we held on December 22-23, 2021. We had executed the mid-transfer transfer the previous week so that we would have our new leaders in place for the event we held on the 22nd and 23rd. It took significant planning, but all in … Continue reading High on a Mountain Top

Though we had a good week with two more zone conferences and many missionary interviews, the closer to the end of the week we came, the more challenges we had to overcome. And while overall the week was good, we were happy to see Sunday morning roll around. Some weeks are just going to be … Continue reading Traffic

From December through to February, the harmattan is the north-easterly Sahara trade winds which from time to time blow in desert-like sandstorms. Often it leaves our skin a bit drier and our lips just a bit more chapped, but most evident is the extremely fine dust that it brings. The mornings tend to be a … Continue reading Harmattan is Here

In 1971 David Bowie released the song Changes. We are not David Bowie fans, nor do we subscribe to the messages of the song (mostly about moving away from the rock music revolution), but as we reflect on the week, the title and way it is sung seems to be reflective of the week. The … Continue reading Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

There is only one word to describe this week and it is LIGHT. Two significant events encompassed most of the week with a few other less significant, but still very important events filling the rest. The first event was the mission leader seminar in Accra with all of the mission leaders in the Africa West … Continue reading Light