9/11/17 - Another Week in Kwamo

This week has been rather uneventful as compared to my other weeks, so it may be short. I am also at the computer with a broken space bar, so sorry in advance!  :) 
(Mom: don't worry, I clean up the emails before posting.  LOL!)

This week, we had MLC again, and it was awesome as always. We were instructed about how to be better leaders by example and how to give correction to missionaries who need it. It was so great, and definitely learned all about charity and love, as well as firmness and obedience. It is so interesting to see how big the difference is in a missionary's life just by obedience to the mission rules and having a positive attitude about the work.  Seriously, miracles happen with a positive mind and a desire to follow God's commandments.

We designed some zone shirts this week which should be awesome.  We will pick them up tonight, but they are pretty simple, and I got to design them on Photoshop which is really interesting since it has been ages since I used photoshop!  :)

We got some more bread from Mama Blessing this week too! She is seriously so sweet! She made us 2 loaves of wheat bread and some little wheat rolls from her bakery. They were dang nice too, i ate like 9 of the 12... Oops... But they were delicious!  :)

We are planning to baptize Sis. Carrine and Sis. Rebecca this week. They are sisters, and they have been coming to church a ton, even before I came, so they are excited.  It is always fascinating to me to hear how they got their answers to their prayers to know if what we share is true. One said she just felt like"YES" and the other said that it just feels right to her. We are pretty excited to have their baptism, especially as this will be the last for Elder Burdge before he goes home on the 26th.

Last, we watched the Restoration video with Rebecca and Carrine and their family, and it was a very spiritual experience for us. We started the movie, and I was full of the Spirit. Just felt like it was coursing through my body. Anyways, as we watched, it was dead silent for most of the time, and then as we got to the actual First Vision, the Spirit was so strongin the room. Just a continual testimony to me that Joseph Smith is the prophet of the Restoration, and that we are all blessed because of his simple prayer.  I will leave the link to watch the video, especially for those who may not be members, to at least watch this video, and prayerfully open your heart to its message. It is 20 minutes of time, but I know it can change a life.

https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2008-06-01-the-restoration?category=topics/joseph-smith&lang=eng


Love,

Elder Wawro

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When you're sick and aren't leaving home, this is the opposite of a clean-shaven missionary.  LOL!  They definitely cleaned up when feeling better and going out in public.  Five days growth for Elder Wawro; four days for Elder Burdge.

American donuts from a new mall in Kumasi!

When you've gotta clean blinds but you can't reach the top...  

You sit on Gabe's shoulders.  LOL 

Mosquito Nets

 

His version of Taco Salad?

 

09-04-17 "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ELDER BURDGE"

This week was awesome.

To start the week off, I GOT A TON OF LETTERS FROM GRANDMA.  One of my favorite things ! :) Love you Grandma!

I also learned how to make vegetable stew from one of our members who is an amazing cook. Hope I can get it right so I can make it when I get back! :) We also made our tomato stew this morning for the week, and it smells delicious. Tomato stew is somehow like spaghetti sauce, but a little more sweet, and a little less flavor.  It is nice anyhow.  :)

Elder Burdge had his birthday this week also, we had to go to Mampng because the Elders there needed some help with their bikes, so we went up, taught a few lessons together and got everything worked out for them, hallelujah. We celebrated by getting a pizza before we went home, which was sweet! He had a ton of people call in and wish him a happy birthday, so he really loved that. :)

We had exchanges with the assistants this week too which was great, always good times with those guys. I went with Elder Nygren (who I just replaced in Kwamo) and Elder Burdge went with Elder Motloung. They are both really powerful missionaries, and it was so fun to be with them!  :) Learned a lot of good things, and have some new ideas to bring to the area, so it was successful!

We had the chance to do a lot of unplanned service this week also! We got to help bishop clean up his mango trees and bring the branches out of his compound, and did a little sweeping.  Then, yesterday, we helped one of our single mothers and her children to tie up their bag of charcoal, and we had a blast!  One of her daughters is an investigator of ours, and they were really happy we could help them out! :)))))) Service is seriously my favorite thing ever!

Seeing a picture of our home in Texas...oh yes.  I have lived in some small places here.  No complaints though, I have been eternally humbled to see the people of Ghana who literally have nothing in their house (which is one concrete room with no light and no fan) and still be happy.  But goodness, seriously...what a day it will be when I can get up and take a hot shower and drive my own car to the donut store!  :)  hahaha!

For my thought this week, we had a really cool experience. We were in a part of our area, Fumesua, and we don't have a ton of people there because it is a relatively small area. Anyways, last month, I had the chance to meet this woman named "A" on the way back from Zone Conference. We happened to get in the same tro back home (which is seriously a miracle because getting in the same tro at that time of night is horrifying). We had bad traffic, so we got to talk about the gospel and such with her, and she said we should call and meet her.  Well, we called a few times, and she either didn't have time or didn't pick our call. We were in Fumesua Saturday and I had the feeling to just give her a call at least to see how she is, and she said she was free all day! So we met her, and we had a great lesson. She has been searching for a church, because her last church's pastor wanted to have an affair with her, and she said HECK NO. So that is awkward. Then she went to another church and she didn't like the teachings there, so she was praying to find a church to go to, and we gave her a call. How awesome is that! She committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon, and said she would pray.  We set another appointment for Saturday and we are seriously so excited! Just another reminder to me about how important the Spirit is in missionary work. If I had not been listening, she would still be searching for the truth. Truly a humbling experience. I love being a missionary, it is so so so so so awesome.

Love,

Elder Wawro

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