Our Ghanaian Adventure

The weeks continue on without stopping! This week has been full of early mornings and short nights.  On Tuesday, we got up at 4:30 to be gone at 6:00 to go to Asene in the Oda Zone for district council and then to inspect the Asene apartment.  The good thing is that it was our last apartment inspection!!  We inspected all the apartments in the mission during the first six months in Ghana and again during the second six months except for a few of the apartments which were given to another senior couple.  We then inspected all we were responsible for  a third time and the apartments in the Swedru and Oda Zones a fourth time during the third six months. Asene district council with Elders Rea, Jones, Tafuna, Albrecht (in back)  and Reidhead and Anderson (in front) Elders Albrecht, Tafuna, Reidhead, and Anderson at Asene apartment inspection Wednesday morning was super early, waking up at 3:30 and leaving at 5:00 to be at the mission office by 8:00 for "Springbo...

Where the two previous weeks were quite busy, this week has been quieter.  However, that is just the quiet before the storm as the next 2 1/2 weeks will be very busy! This week included teaching a temple preparation lesson to a sister preparing to receive her endowment in the temple, missionary transfers, departing missionaries, haircuts, an apartment inspection, teaching with the missionaries next door, doing miscellaneous missionary responsibilities, and some unexpected but much appreciated uncommitted time. The big event this week was transfers and departing missionaries.  Transfers were Tuesday.  Sisters Najjuka and Tavita from next door were transferred to other assigned areas.  We took them and their luggage into Accra for them to rendezvous with their new companions and travel to their new areas.   We had the missionaries over for Sunday dinner before transfers on Tuesday Sisters Tu'angalu, Najjuka (transferred), Tavita (transferred), and Nipepe Sister Ma...