This post covers the period of March 25 - March 31, 2024. The title of this week's blogpost follows the topic of last week's letter to the missionaries. In the April 1972 General Conference, then Elder Thomas S. Monson, gave a landmark talk titled "Finishers Wanted". An excellent talk worth revisiting. In April 1991, Elder … Continue reading Finishers Wanted
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The Power of Mindset
On Monday, March 18th, our virtual Mission Leadership Council focused primarily on one topic: The changing of the mission mindset away from transfer goals towards monthly goals. When we first arrived, we could see that missionaries were struggling with the use of goals to push the work forward, and especially goals that mattered. It wasn't … Continue reading The Power of Mindset
Ejisu Stake Creation
What a great week! Despite not having internet from Wednesday until Sunday (it is still a bit sketchy) due to the demise of four subsea cables, the week was wonderful. Somehow we managed to get through it. This past week we sent 8 missionaries home, received in 13 new ones from the MTC, held our … Continue reading Ejisu Stake Creation
The Power of Godliness
On March 9th - 10th, we held the semi-annual district conference of the Obuasi district. Elder Raymond Egbo was to be the presiding Area Seventy, but he was in Copenhagen for a meeting (he is the area S&I coordinator) and his plane was cancelled and he could not get back for the conference. Elder Nielsen … Continue reading The Power of Godliness
No Shortcuts
On Sunday, we attended the general session of the Suame Stake Conference. For a Sunday morning, we were surprised at the traffic we encountered. At one point, not far past the Suame Ward chapel, we encountered a total stoppage. As we inched along for about 20 minutes, we could begin to see the problem. The … Continue reading No Shortcuts
Area Instruction Meeting
After a long week of zone conferences and interviews in the North, we drove home from Tamale on Saturday, and a couple of hours later I was on a plane to Accra to participate in the 2024 Area Instruction Meeting with Elder Bednar, Elder Kearon, and Elder Godoy. We spent four hours with these amazing … Continue reading Area Instruction Meeting
Changes in Sunyani
Samuel Asare-Boahen Early Saturday morning (Feb 17th), we drove to Sunyani and arrived at 8:45 am in time for a meeting with the current District Presidency and Elder Kenneth Pambu, an Area Seventy from Sierra Leone. The occasion was the spring district conference of the Sunyani Ghana District. President Samuel Asare-Boahen, a medical doctor, was … Continue reading Changes in Sunyani
Meduma
When we have a free Sunday with no commitment to be in a certain ward or branch, we often seek to attend a church unit that is close enough to Kumasi that we can get there within an hour. On Sunday, February 11th, that ward was the Meduma ward which is part of the Dichemso stake. This … Continue reading Meduma
Odumase and More
The title of this weeks post comes from our visit to the Odumase Branch in the Sunyani District on Sunday. The "More" part is that it was also transfer week. As I consider the pictures for this week's post, it is hard to believe there are so few for such a busy week, but it is what … Continue reading Odumase and More
Air Quality
Once the rainy season ends and the dry season begin, dust from Harmattan gathers in the skies and creates muted sunsets and translucent sunrises. A few weeks later however, and the fires begin. Most are set by people who want to clear the weeds next to the roads or on their farms. The result, mixed with unintentional bush … Continue reading Air Quality
Kunz Corner 