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

On Sunday we attended the new Kwanwoma Group. This is a group that was started with the help of Elder Yancey and Elder Binene a few months back. It is part of the University Stake where Prosper Mensah is the most amazing Stake President in all of Ghana (perhaps the world!). Generally we would travel … Continue reading Kwanwoma

On June 3, 2018, President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Wendy W. Nelson, invited the youth to “enlist in the youth battalion of the Lord” and take part in “the greatest challenge, the greatest cause, and the greatest work on earth.” And what is the greatest challenge? The gathering of Israel. “My dear extraordinary youth, you were … Continue reading The Gathering of Israel

Last Friday, while at the Mission Office, a storm came up suddenly and the winds began to blow, kicking up dust and eventually bringing in the rain. It was a foreshadowing of the changes occurring in the mission. https://videopress.com/v/wxFQ2ua9?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata The winds of change are blowing! The first change was minor and was associated with our … Continue reading The Winds of Change

While most of the Christian world understands the rainbow as a sign between God and Noah that "neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth" (Gen 9:11), we have additional insight about this outward token from … Continue reading An Outward Token

This was interview week for us. We traveled to Sefwi Bekwai and Sefwi Waiwso, Bibiani, Asouyeboa, Mpraeso, Nkawkaw, Konongo and Bantama. Sefwi Waiwso is the furtherest southwest corner of the mission and Mpraeso is the furtherest eastern point in the mission. It is about 65 miles from the mission home to both of these locations. … Continue reading For the Beauty of the Earth