ME with Brother Kifford (the Kwamo bishop's son)
Afisha Pa (Merry Christmas in Twi)
Merry Christmas to all!!!
Hope everyone is still #Lighting the World and spreading the Light of Christ everywhere they go. The past couple of weeks my companion and I have really made Jesus Christ the center of everything that we have done.
This last week was super busy and we had many things going on. We started the week off with a Christmas Zone Conference where the theme was Jesus Christ and his birth. We were also able to finally watch the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional which was amazing. And then the Webster's surprised all of us with a REAL Christmas Dinner! We had roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and stuffing. It was the best thing that I have had in a long time. Afterward, we had a Christmas talent show where each zone presented something for 30 minutes. President and Sister Webster where the judges. And of course, the winner was THE KWAMO ZONE!!
On Wednesday evening we made the long journey out to the mountains of Mampong. The road going out there is seriously scary. There aren't any streetlights or lines on the road and it is basically bush the whole way so you have no idea where you are going until the last moment. It was basically being in the Twilight Zone for a straight 2 hours. I thought we were going to die a couple of times but we made it up to Mampong with no problems. I had the great pleasure to go out to Ejura again. I am seriously making GKM history with that one. I am among only 5 missionaries that have ever been to Ejura. I went out to Ejura with Elder Stewart. It was a great exchange but nothing much happened. We basically got stuck at a member's house store for hours and then we went to his house and talked with his daughter while she prepared us rice balls with groundnut soup. And that was basically our day.
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| Me and Elder Stewart on Exchanges |
In Ghana, if a member or someone invites you over to their house you will basically be there for hours while they cook. Many times we visit someone and then at the end of the lesson they surprise us and say that they want to cook for us. Right then our plans go down the drain because it takes hours to cook. Ghanaians are so kind and loving and want to feed us all of the time which is always great.
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| The miracle of the Week-6 Baptisms |
The miracle this week as we were able to baptize 6 more people. At the beginning of the week, we weren't sure about 2 because they had a couple of major concerns that were preventing them from feeling ready. But, as we went to them throughout the week they both said that they received answers to their questions and were able to overcome their concerns.
One named Bernice was basically a golden investigator from the beginning. One of our recent converts from a couple of months ago invited her to church about three weeks ago and she has been coming every Sunday since then. Since we gave her the Book of Mormon she has been reading about it. She was basically the investigator every missionary dreams of, absolutely perfect. Until one day she told us that she wasn't too sure anymore about the church and everything that we were teaching her. We learned that two things happened. First, Jehovah Witnesses came to her and started teaching her and telling her false things about the church and then her friends and family started mocking her and making fun of her for coming to church. We invited her to continue to pray and read the Book of Mormon and pay attention to how she feels. Through the help of our Bishop she felt even more comfortable with the church and then she even said that she received a dream telling her that the church was absolutely true!! And then the other was Francis. From the beginning, he was a little skeptical about everything we were teaching him until he came to church and then he really felt it was true and loved the church instantly. Until his family and friends started saying bad things to him about the church. But, luckily his best friend Edward is a member and was able to really help him and helped him to overcome a lot of his problems and doubts. Through the help of members but most importantly the spirit we were able to have a very successful baptism this last week! I have seen the hand of the Lord so much on mission but especially here in Kwamo!! It has been such an amazing place to serve.
This is the last week of the transfer and by the next time, I email I will have my transfer news to share with everyone!
I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas!
Love,
Elder Ordyna
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