UPDATE: He shared last week's email with us, so I've added and updated the original posting.
Adjuma Hyease
This week has been amazing. Sad to send Elder Burdge home
this Monday, but we have kicked off the week with some fun!
I spent Tuesday with Elder Ajike and Elder White in Ejisu
which was pretty fun, we saw a few people and some members, had some great
food, then came home so Elder Ajike could pack some things. Nothing terribly
exciting on Tuesday, but a fun time with Elder White and Ajike.
Wednesday was nuts! It was transfer day, so we headed out
the door by 8 to be there by 9. We arrived and the day begun, I was paying for
taxis for the zone members, shipping people off to their new areas and getting
to see a lot of new faces. The longer I am here, the less people I know which
is really weird to think. I feel like I just got here! Anyways, I spent most of
the day at Metro Mass, where the bus drivers were on strike this week, so it was
pretty crowded with tro tros to take people where they needed to go. Good
business for the tro tros though : )
We had a new zone leader training for Elder Erickson at 3 which we went
to and then they fed us and sent us on our way! : ) We had a good amount of
traffic on the way back, but eventually we arrived back home.
Thursday was awesome, it was one of the few times on my
mission where my new companion was just ready to get out there and work right
from the get go. Elder Erickson is awesome, and he is such a hard worker! We
have had some serious success thus far. We had a ton of people just come out of
the woodwork as we both set our minds to work our hardest. We had a great couple
of days together!
Had my mission miracle this week. We taught this woman named
Cynthia and she is Ghanaian. She said she lives with an Obroni, so that was
cool. We had a good lesson and she said she would come to church with us. We
called her again on Saturday and she said we were welcome to come! Anyways, we
went and we met her husband. We have seen him from a distance, but this time it
was up close and personal! I was low key terrified to talk to him, most Obronis
are somehow rude and don't like to talk to or greet you here. But he was really
nice, and sat in with us in the lesson. He has been here for 4 years now, and
he has seen us before walking around. We had a pretty powerful lesson and gave
him a Book of Mormon. He likewise committed to come to church which was
conference day). AND. HE. CAME. TO. CHURCH. WITH. HIS. BOOK. OF. MORMON. Holy
awesome, first time I have ever heard of someone having an Obroni come to
church ever! : ) It was great, and he said he would come again next week and that
we could meet him on Saturday. Kwamo really is the promised land!
We also taught Sister Sofia’s family this week again. This
time we sat with the father and he really is deadset on his own belief even when
we show him what the scriptures say and how it really should be. He was rather
stubborn, so we are sad for that, but we will try again this week and try a new
approach to get him to understand!
General conference was awesome. I was a little distracted
dealing with kids and making sure everything was going alright, so I missed a
few talks, but there were a few themes that I saw that were really meaningful
to me.
1.
Serving others
2.
Being humble no matter your circumstance
3.
Sustaining your church leaders
4.
Staying faithful to your covenants
It is interesting to see what the church really needs to
hear and improve on throughout the world.
My favorite topic was about serving others and doing good to all men.
There are so many blessings promised to those who live their lives serving
others. As a missionary, we serve all day in the service of the Lord, but this
theme of conference was especially meaningful to me. I will be looking for more
opportunities every day to serve someone one way or another. I love the feelings
I get when I am serving people, and I know that as we do so with a pure heart,
we will be filled with Charity. May we all follow the counsel of our prophet to
reach out to someone in need and serve them.
Elder Wawro
PICTURES:
With is new companion, Elder Erickson. He REALLY likes serving with him!
Here's the nasty filter he mentioned a couple weeks back. Yikes!
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