It was a week filled with interviews. 50 to be exact. We have learned to take advantage of the first week of transfers by doing as many interviews as possible that are close to Kumasi. This past week was no exception. Monday evening we went to Asouyeboa, Tuesday we were in Dichemso, Wednesday was University … Continue reading Interviews III

In 1971, the band Three Dog Night released a hit single titled, Family of Man. Back in those days, I was a fan and later even attended a concert at the Idaho State University Minidome in Pocatello, Idaho on March 28, 1977 (which also happened to be my parents 24th wedding anniversary!). I don't remember … Continue reading The Family of Man

When nothing out of the ordinary happens during a week, I often turn to the weekly letter to the missionaries for a blogpost title. And this week that letter was titled "hesed". Many of you already know this term. It is a term that President Nelson used in 3 talks last year. It started with … Continue reading Hesed

This week we had an experience we have never had before. We traveled to Abuja, Nigeria for the Mission Leader Seminar held by the Area Presidency holds twice a year. Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria and has been since December 1991 when it was moved from Lagos in an effort to spur economic … Continue reading Abuja, Nigeria

Last week was our long week away from Kumasi. We traveled to Sunyani on Tuesday, had the Sunyani/Techiman zone conference on Wednesday, arose early on Thursday and drove to Techiman for interviews and then drove on to Tamale. On Friday we had zone conference, and then stayed the weekend for the Tamale District conference. All … Continue reading Radach Revisted

While this past week was busy with zone conferences and interviews, I can't help but title a post after the name of the local golf course which in only about 2 miles from the mission home. After being here for over 27 months, I finally decided to go and play a round of golf Monday … Continue reading Royal Golf Club

This past week I spent more time with Excel trying to figure out our working fund spreadsheet than any time since I retired from Shell. This thing is a monster. Over twenty worksheets, each with detailed reporting about the costs incurred across the mission. Over time it has been changed here and there so that … Continue reading Spreadsheets

The title of this week's post comes from the last two weekly letters I have sent to the missionaries. These letters are based off of Paul's letter to the saints in Corinth found in 1 Corinthians 1-12. Copies of the letters sent to the missionaries can be found here (Part I) and here (Part II). … Continue reading Unity

This past weekend we held the Obuasi District Conference. We had a record turnout for the conference as 481 attended the general session on Sunday. We had 160 attend the adult session which we held on Sunday after the general session instead of Saturday. Because so many have to travel so far, we tried putting … Continue reading Repentance