On Sunday, July 3, 2016, President Claire, President Gordon and President Christensen set us apart as missionaries and blessed us with peace of mind and the energy to sustain ourselves for 18 months. Afterwards we had a family luncheon at Tracy's home.
It was a very special time.
Here's my brother Rob.
On Monday July 4th we entered the MTC. There were 130 senior couples in our group. We were put in a district with 3 other couples. One going to Argentina, one to Sierre Leone and one back to Arizona to work as MLS in their stake.
Of course we needed to get the famous picture from the MTC. We enjoyed meeting the other Senior Couples and working with our instructors.
This was our district, but can't remember anyone's name right now.
On Thursday, July 14th, James called us and told us he was being ordained as a High Priest on Sunday and was wondering if we could find the way to come up to Prosser, WA. and have dad ordain him. After considering all avenues, Jeremy and Robbie said they would drive dad and me up to Washington. We left Saturday morning, spent the night after a wonderful dutch oven and smoked dinner by James and Jill. Church wasn't until 1:00pm. So we spent as much time as we good sleeping knowing we had a long trip home. The ordination was beautiful.
Wayne, me, Jill and Sara (in front), James, Jeremy and Rob. James will be the 1st counselor in the new bishopric.
We left Prosser at approximately 3:00 pm and arrived in Payson at 2:00 am Monday morning. Wayne and I still had to pack and leave for the airport by 11:00 am.
Tracy, kids and Sean came with us to the airport.
It was very hard saying goodbye.
We arrived in Accra about 8:00 pm on Tuesday the 19th after spending 23 hours in the air or on the ground. We were wiped out. The Hanlons (senior couple) were there to meet us. First impressions: dirty, very hot and humid, and tons of people everywhere. We went to a hotel in Accra and spent the first night. Here is what we looked like:
And here is what we saw the first morning in Ghana.
This person walks down the middle of the street selling stuff.
Traffic is terrible!
Open markets along the side of the road.
And people everywhere.
Lots to catch up. I'll write more tomorrow.
Love you all!
Glad you made it. Looks like it's going to be a great experience!
ReplyDeleteYour home looks like it will be very comfortable for the next 18 months, and the country will be quite interesting to live in. We are glad you are there safe and sound and getting acclimated. We'll enjoy reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteTom and Karen