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
Behenase
On Sunday, we ended up at Behenase, which is a relatively new branch in the University Stake. It started as a Group as part of the Aputuogya Ward and then became a stand-alone branch. It started because of a one man church where the "pastor" discovered the church and loved it so much, he became a member … Continue reading Behenase
Stand as a Witness of God
This post covers the two week period of January 1 - 14, 2024. These two weeks cover the January zone conferences and the 74 interviews held during the two week period. LaDawn giving instruction in the Bantama / Bibiani Zone Conference The title of this post has reference to the instruction that LaDawn gave at all … Continue reading Stand as a Witness of God
Boukram’s Grandma
This post covers the week of December 25-31, 2023 On Sunday, we chose to attend the Bourkram Ward in the Dichemso Stake. This is the ward where Sister Moemai and Sister Mwedzi serve. It was a great meeting, much of it in English. LaDawn and I were both invited to share our testimonies. Elder and Sister Kirk who will … Continue reading Boukram’s Grandma
Christmas 2023
The week running up to Christmas brought a bit of relief from the torrid pace of the last two weeks although there was still a lot going on Monday and Tuesday. Monday morning I went to play golf with Elder Pack. We arrived at the course at 6 am and were back home before 10 am. Though it … Continue reading Christmas 2023
Kunz Corner 