Week of 23 January 2017

Started off again this week with Zone Conferences.  It seems like they come much faster now.  So the President and his wife and the Assistants were gone all week.
Each apartment has a medical supply kit which the mission supplies for them.  So I had to get some stomach medicine, some diarrhea medicine, some Ibuprofen and some Malaria pills so that Sister Stevenson could replenish their jars.  Oh yeah, and some cough drops.  There is a member of the church that owns a "pharmacy", so we just went to him.  He did get us everything we need.

So it was kind of boring in the office.  On Wednesday night we stayed in the office to see a Worldwide Missionary Training live stream.  Elders Oaks, Bednar, Andersen conducted the training.  They also introduced a new missionary daily schedule.  So the mission president can be flexible in when the missionaries rise in the morning and what their schedule is like during the day.  It's not so regimented anymore.  And there is a system in place called Key Indicators that the missionaries have to report every week.  There was like 8 things they had to report - how many hours proselyting, gospel conversations, members with them during discussions, etc.  Now there are only 4 things they report and it has to do with baptisms and confirmations, investigators attending church, etc.  Things that the missionaries should be focused on.  And on Mondays, they only have to proselyte for 3 hours sometime during the day.  I'm sure all of the missionaries like that.

On Saturday, we had another baptism.

This is Sister Saba.  She gave a talk on baptism.

This is Brother Victor (can't spell his last name).  He gave a talk on the Holy Ghost

This is Brother Walker.  Ward Missionary Leader.  Just returned from a mission to Nigeria.

The Bishop bore his testimony also.  He has been a member for 44 years.  I believe he was the 10th person baptized in Ghana.

And this is what the elders do during the program.  If you can't see, he has a small Rubik's cube.

Elders Garry and Warner found Fred but since he didn't live in their area -

Elders Smith and Hepworth taught him.  He was crying when he came out of the water.  

So Sunday was the 5th Sunday and the RS was waiting for the men to come down and join us.  

We all look so enthusiastic - don't we.

And this little boy has stolen my heart!

This is Zachary.

He wouldn't be quiet so his mother wrapped him up on her back.

When we sat down for breakfast this morning this little lizard was on the floor near the table.  It is only an inch long.  They come in all sizes.  Down the toilet he went!

So another week and January is almost over.  

We love you and miss you all.