The Meek Kwamo Zone

Family and friends,

Another great week came and went. I forgot how fast the time flies when you are out in the field working all day every day. Things sure have been sweet out here in Kwamo. Even though it is my fourth area inside Kumasi it really isn't in Kumasi. We are about a 45 minute tro-tro ride to town and basically out on the outskirts of town along the highway to Accra. It is just a residential area with a lot of bush and peacefullness. We far enough out where we don't get the business or noise of Kumasi but we are also close enough we are still able to benefit from all of the perks. Like we are able to email at KNUST a university here and then we will go to the Kumasi Mall for some small enjoyment. It is my companion's last transfer on mission so we are completely enjoying ourselves every Monday until he goes home.

This past week was my first time at MLC (mission leadership council). It is held on the first thursday of every month and is where all of the zone leaders come together and we council on how to help the mission as well as report on our accountability from this last month. Right now the Kwamo Zone is leading the mission in every category. Our missionaries are on fire right now and all of them have the drive and desire to share the gospel with others which is absolutely amazing. That is where we got the name for our zone from. The MEEK Kwamo Zone. We are doing so well and having a lot of success but we are humble and quiet about it. Plus, majority of our zone members are in two man apartments so noone really ever sees us. We are just out in the bush having a lot of fun and having great success. Now that I am a zone leader it has been so much easier for me to see how much the Lord is blessing this work. The amazing part is I don't only see the hand of the Lord in my area but also in every single one of my zone members areas as well. A highlight of my week are Sunday evenings. As we wait to talk to our zone members about their accountability. It is a lot of fun to see how everyone is doing and the progress of the zone. The Ghana Kumasi Mission continues to be the sweetest mission in the world and am so grateful to be a missionary here each and every day.

Like I said last week, right now we have been covering two wards. The first ward is so active and doing super well. Because they are so active in doing missionary work we are so busy seeing investigators and members in that area we were seriously neglecting ward 2. And I guess it finally set in that we weren't really focusing on them because this last Sunday at church members brought their friends to church and then we received another dozen phone numbers for members friends. The whole bishopric got the members excited to do missionary work. It is unbelievable and now ward 2 is beginning to awaken. It is super awesome now that both wards are working as hard as they can to bring people to church but as missionaries we are running into to some serious problems time wise. We don't have enough time to go to all of the people from ward 1 and ward 2 during the week. We are literally drowning in people to go and see. So, basically what we have come up with is we will meet with someone and then give them two Sundays to come to church and if they don't come either week we will drop them and stop seeing them so we can focus on other people. We are also planning on going on splits with some members to make our time more effective and efficient. Which will be very cool and the first time that I have had to do it on my mission so far because we have been busy enough. This is the perfect area for me. We are busy all the time, having great success and the members are absolutely amazing. I am hoping that president will leave me in this area until I go home, but I doubt that will happen.

One interesting thing that happened this week was we were able to contact an Indian guy named Pedam. We were walking home along Accra road and he stopped us. He was super happy to talk to us and said that he was new to Kumasi and was starting a business selling cars. We talked about the church and he happily accepted one of our pamphlets and said that he would call us. As we were leaving he offered us a cigarette and beer and wanted us to come to a party at his hotel. We declined all three and told him that we would call him soon. He was such a great guy and I am sure one day he will be touched by what we told him and will be inspired to investigate more about the church.

It sure was a great and crazy week. One full of success and joy. Love you all so much and hope you have a great week!

Happy to be in Kwamo

Kwamo Highway

Ma Gina's House (cooks for the missionaries every night)