Monday, Wayne and I finished up everything for transfers and the arrival of our new missionaries on Tuesday. There were 10 coming in.
When we went to our Monday night planning meeting with the President, an Elder was at the house with the Assistants. We really didn't think too much of it. After our meeting he came in and sat down next to the President and then started crying. He wouldn't say a word to the president. He got up and went into the small bathroom off the living room and locked the door. He wouldn't come out or say anything. We left about 30 mins later and went home. On Tuesday morning after we arrived to the office, President Stevenson called us and said we would have to take this missionary into Accra to the Area Office and drop him off with the medical doctors. The president and assistants and this elder all slept together on the living room floor Monday night. The elder was reciting scriptures and asking questions most of the night.
So we left with this elder and Elder's Oforikumah and Munzele so that they could help if needed. We left him with the doctors and found out two days later that they had to put him in the Psychiatric Ward of the hospital in Accra. So sad. He was an excellent missionary. We don't know what went wrong.
So we got back to Cape Coast about 5:30 pm and sat down to eat dinner with the new missionaries.
We had the two sisters of the 10 new missionaries spend the night with us. And we died. So tired!
These are part of the 10 - 4 Tongans and 1 Australian.
Here's an American, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria and Ghana.
Looks like they are raring to go.
The Assistants always help with dinner. Theresa is always smiling too.
Elder and Sister Sorensen helped us this transfer by taking Elder Iumalo into Accra a day earlier. Since he flies to Samoa, his plane leaves a day before the others.
Then Wednesday afternoon our departing missionaries came. Here's all 20 of them - minus Elder Iumalo.
Everything went smoother at the airport. And everyone's flight left - even to Nigeria. It was raining horribly when we got to the airport. The road were flooding.
Here's their final Fufu dinner.
Here they are on the bus ready to go to the temple and home.
At the temple.
Here's 11 of the missionaries at the airport. Going HOME!
Sister Nekesa, Elder Swartbooi, Sister Apio, Elder Kiwalabye, Elder Nsenga, Sister Makhurane, Sister Nagawa
And our 5 American Elders:
Elders Garry, Haeward, Adams, Jones and Bramwell.
The "Transfers Over" party
We finished out our week with Stake Conference for Yamoransa.
It was a wonderful weekend.
Here's a bug we hope some one can identify.
I think it's a bee?!?!
Love you and miss you all.
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