Week of 1 May 2017

This week started off with rain.  And it came down.  When we got to the mission office, in the rain, the elders were playing volleyball.  They all got really wet. But had lots of fun!

Sister Stevenson even got involved after it stopped raining.

Monday night we were asked to speak to the YSA in the Nkanfoa ward.  So after our meeting with the President, we went over to the chapel.  We talked about temple marriage and the covenants we make and about marriage in general.  We got them to laugh a couple of times.  Here's the group.  They are wonderful young men and women.

Tuesday was Zone Conference for the Cape Coast Zone.  All the conferences this week were held at the Ola Chapel.

Wednesday was MLC.  We had chicken and rice but from a different vendor and it actually tasted really good.  Wasn't very spicy at all.

Here's our MLC group.

Also on Wednesday, Elder and Sister Clements had the honor of taking Elder Oforikumah to Winneba to see the doctor again.  The doctor took the cast off and now we are waiting for a boot to be sent from Accra, so that he can start walking on his foot.  They were there all day and didn't get back to the Cape until 7:30 pm, so they spent the night with us.  About 10:00 pm the electricity went off and it was off all night long.  Our generator lasted for about 3 hours and then we were in the dark and heat.  Did not get any sleep at all.  I think it came back on about 8:00 am.  We hurried and got ready and came down to the office.  The electricity was off and on all day.  And it started to rain.

Thursday was Zone Conference for Elmina and Mankessim.  The President had the two zones meet together.  It's fun to see everyone and all them enjoy visiting with each other.

Elmina Zone

Mankessim Zone

Thursday afternoon the president called us and told us we would be taking a missionary to the airport on Friday.  And he told us to spend the night in Accra, because we wouldn't be leaving until it was dark.  Well about 5:00 pm, he called us and told us the only flight they could get him on was the 9:30 morning flight.  That meant we would have to leave Cape Coast about 4:00 am to get him there two hours before his flight.  We didn't get to bed until 10:00 pm Thursday night and woke up at 2:30 am to get ready.  We made it on time and left him about 8:30 am after we saw him go through immigration.

Elder Porter going home. 

On our way back to the Cape, we saw this.

He was carrying a lawn mower on the back of his motorcycle.  You see the strangest things being carried, however they can.

We got back to the office about noon.  And the about 24 missionaries started coming to visit with the president.  These were the new trainers and their trainees.  They have been out about 4 weeks.

The President and Sister Stevenson went to Tarkwa for District Meeting on Saturday and Sunday.  And we went to Bakaano for church on Sunday.  It was in a air conditioned home.  It was nice.

And this was about 15 feet away from the entrance to the chapel.  No fence. No rope. No nothing.

Sunday during church it started to rain hard again.  The thunder and lightening was horrible.  When we went back home there were trees all over in the road.  It was like playing a game of dodge ball.

And this was our road.  I know it doesn't look like much, but it is deep and yucky.

Good thing we have a car!

So that was our week.  Hope you had a good one.

Love and miss you all.