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

This week we drove to the North for the Zone Conferences in Sunyani and Tamale and for interviews in Sunyani, Techiman, and Tamale. The format was the same as last week (you can see the format and the lessons taught by going to last week's post titled "Ayanfuri". The title of the blog post this … Continue reading Experiencing God’s Love

(This post covers the week of August 28th - September 3rd) On Sunday, September 3rd, the Ayanfuri group was officially formed and established. We had received approval from the Area Presidency to create the Group to be attached to the Dunkwa 1st Branch. Our plans were to get approval from the headmistress of the school … Continue reading Ayanfuri

This week we were very happy to receive in Elder Wayne and Sister Marianne Samuelson who joined us on Thursday for what is another one of many firsts for the Ghana Kumasi Mission. The Samuelson's have been called as Human Rights Education Missionaries, although in their role of teaching teachers how to teach Human Rights, … Continue reading Human Rights Education

Over the weekend we traveled to Sunyani, leaving Saturday morning at 6:30 am and returning around 4:00 pm on Sunday. The event was the Sunyani District Conference. The title of the blog is taken from the strong impression I had as the counselor in the District Presidency, Benjamin Kittson-Mills was reading the names of those … Continue reading The Power of Godliness

We had hoped that we would never have a 2.0 version of our first Screeech! post back on April 12, 2022. Fortunately for us, this one was not as severe, although the damage to our Fortuner will still take some time to repair. Fortunately, with two of our senior couples returning home, we have access … Continue reading Screeech! 2.0

This was a week primarily of interviews and the coming and going of off-transfer missionaries. Let me explain. I will come back to the title of this week's blog at the end. The Samuelson's Early Monday afternoon, we met Jude Jonfiah (mission facilities manager) at the new apartment we are acquiring for the Samuelson's. They … Continue reading The Details

On Sunday, July 30th, we arose early and drove the two hours to Bibiani. We arrived just after 8:30 am. The occasion was the formation of the Hwenampori Branch. Explaining the pronunciation of this new unit is a bit difficult. It is a very light "shw" sound at the beginning represented by the Hw (Shwen-am-poor-ee). … Continue reading Hwenampori