Last Tuesday, I was able to spend 3 hours with the Assistants in their area. It is called Kwanwoma. This is an area started earlier by Elder Binene and Elder Yancey, and each of my Assistants have continued to work there. It started with a member (Sister Konadu) inviting people to her house to learn … Continue reading 100 Meter Box

Some of you may have seen the stunning new pictures that were sent back to earth from the James Webb telescope. It is the next generation space telescope replacing the Hubble telescope. The pictures it is sending back to earth are nothing less than stunning. We love them because they show the grandeur and magnitude … Continue reading Becoming

While this week was consumed with travel to the North to complete the last two zone conferences and interviews for 58 missionaries, we managed to get back to Sunyani on our way home from Tamale on Saturday, July 9th and train the District Relief Society and Primary presidencies, along with a few branch leaders as … Continue reading New Organizational Leader Training

On July 1, 2012, the Ghana Kumasi was officially established. President Leon A. and Sister Elizabeth G. Holmes from South Africa were called as the first mission leaders. It was our honor to have President and Sister Holmes with us on Zoom in a mission-wide devotional on Friday, July 1st to celebrate this milestone. They … Continue reading 10 Years Strong

Adams Agyare On Saturday, Elder Garrison and I made a trip to Obuasi to extend callings and releases to the old and the new District Presidencies. Several weeks ago, LaDawn and I visited the Tabi's in their home and extended the call to serve as the Obuasi District President. This of course meant a release … Continue reading United Presidency

When the Mission President's wife is not feeling well and it is transfer week, it definitely feels like there is an arm missing. Fortunately, Elder & Sister Garrison and Elder & Sister Moomey were here to fill in the gaps and with their help we made it through what was a very busy week. LaDawn … Continue reading Missing Arm

We have had what I would call a most unique week, different in so many ways from all of the other weeks we have been here. And as the saying goes, "a change is as good as a rest", although we may have enjoyed some of that as well. On Tuesday, we attended the district … Continue reading Water to the End of the Row

"For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, ... righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain … Continue reading Opposition

In our zone conferences this time around, one of the highlights was the instruction that LaDawn provided on Gossip. We don't know if all missions struggle with this horrible habit, but we know that the Ghana Kumasi Mission has improvement in this area that needs to be made. It was eye-opening for the missionaries to … Continue reading Don’t Pass It On

After the Techiman conference on May 15th, we headed north to Tamale for interviews and a zone conference on the 16th and 17th. We then returned to Techiman on the 18th and held interviews with the missionaries there before driving to Sunyani where we stayed the night, had zone conference the next day (May 19th) … Continue reading Road Trip