Most Stressful and Spiritual Week

Hi everyone,

I thought I would start my email this week a little differently. This week was absolutely amazing. We had the privilege of gathering the whole mission together in Kumasi (all 180 of us) which never happens. This is the first time in two years that the whole Kumasi mission has been together. Our mission is so big and spread out it makes it super expensive and nearly impossible. But, we also had the sweetest experience of having two apostles (Elder Anderson and Elder Soares) and a member of the Presiding Bishopric (Bishop Waddell). The spirit in the room was remarkable, and as soon as they entered the room, I gained a testimony that they were both chosen by God to be apostles. Both men seriously talked by the spirit because the majority of the things that they talked about really impacted and touched me. Elder Soares talked about how we can know if we are successful missionaries and it is not just by the number of baptisms we have but many other things. The one that I loved is we can know we are successful missionaries if we see the gospel of Jesus Christ and the spirit impacting people's lives through us. That is such a powerful thing. We know we are effective and successful if we are helping people come unto Jesus Christ and to change their lives. Elder Anderson talked about life after the mission and gave some seriously powerful advice on making important decisions in life. It is all about the spirit.

FM at Ma Konadu's House

As Elder Anderson was talking, he also prophesied about a lot of things pertaining to missionary work in Ghana. He said that Ghana is a very important country in relation to missionary work because the people are very believing and love Jesus Christ. And then he said that Ghana will have many temples coming very soon and that Kumasi will have a temple in the next five years which was seriously so cool to hear! There are many faithful and prepared members of the church here in Kumasi wanting to perform their temple work. The Accra Temple is just super far for many people. Having a temple here would be such a huge blessing.

I am so grateful for this past week that I have had to feel the spirit and be inspired and uplifted by God's chosen servants here on the Earth. I am grateful also to be serving in this part of the world and to be in the middle of the Lord's work here in Ghana. The church out here is a lot like how it was during pioneer days, and it is so sweet to see the church grow and more and more people receiving the knowledge of the gospel. It seems like a new branch opens every month out here which is crazy.

Love,
Elder Ordyna