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| Kwamo Seminary Class |
Dear family and friends,
Compared to the week before, this last week was absolutely amazing. So, many wonderful things happened. And we are rapidly preparing for Christmas and all of the awesome parties and activities that will be going on. The mission field is the best place to spend Christmas. It is such a wonderful time to be a missionary.
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| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Kwamo Ward) |
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We have a lot of activities and parties coming up for Christmas but Ghanaians don't really do anything for Christmas. Ghana during Christmas sure is a boring one. A lot of Ghanaians don't get the point of Christmas and just see it as a white man's holiday. As missionaries, we always try to do our best to share the true spirit of Christmas but people still don't really buy into it. We have a lot of fun Christmas parties coming up though which should be pretty sweet.
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| Baptism of Brother Williams, Sister Blessing, Sister Suzanna, Mr. Packer, and little Rahael |
This week we were able to baptize and confirm 5 people. All of them are so powerful and have great stories. They are all so happy to be members of the church and to know the restored gospel!
The first is named Brother William. His whole family are members and were baptized 8 years ago. For 8 years they tried super hard for him to come to church and be baptized. But, he was super serious in the Catholic Church and didn't want anything to do with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It wasn't until recently, William really grew a great interest in the church. A couple of weeks ago he called Bishop Prosper (ward 1 bishop) and told him that he really wanted to be baptized and that the missionaries should come out to his place. He told us that he was ready to be baptized for two main reasons. Firstly, he was tired of seeing his family go to church without him while he would stay at home alone. He wanted to be the one to lead the family to church and wanted his family to be unified. Second, he told us that he has seen how the gospel had changed and impacted his son. His son was a very crazy guy growing up. Got kicked out of three schools, went to jail and all sorts of stuff. Now he is the ward's Young Men President, Seminary Teacher and even preparing to go on mission in a couple of months. Brother William told us that even if the church isn't true he doesn't care he is baptizing for his son Solomon. He was definitely prepared to receive the gospel and it sure was the right moment for him. It was such a great and happy day seeing a family finally unified in the gospel!
Second, is Sister Blessing. Sister Blessing is from a country in northern Africa called Libya. She and her whole family are Muslims. A couple of years ago she moved to Ghana to escape the civil war happening in Libya. While she was here she met the missionaries. They first taught her a year ago. She wasn't super interested in the gospel at the time. But her friend was super interested in what the missionaries had to say and was baptized. A couple of weeks ago we began to teach her. Through the help of her friend, she was really progressing and coming to church. And was developing a huge testimony of the church. And then this last Sunday after church she called us and said that she didn't want to be baptized anymore and doesn't want anything to do with the church. Our bishop went out and talked with her and helped her to overcome her doubts and concerns. Apparently, some members of the church insulted her and she felt bad. But, she knows the church is true and was so happy after her baptism!!
Third, is Sister Suzanna. She is super educated and is very passionate about the gospel. She said that she was even going to Bible school and training to be a pastor. She can really teach very well and is very charismatic when she does so. She started coming to church a couple of months ago when I first came to Kwamo. And since then she has come every Sunday. She knows the church is true and really loves the gospel of Jesus Christ. She had been baptized four times before this one and she said all of the previous ones she didn't feel anything. She has been searching for a long time for the truth and after her baptism, she told me that she knew she had found it. She felt so good and was so happy afterward!! She knew that it truly was the Church of Jesus Christ as well as the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.
Fourth, is Mr. Packer. He is an 80-year-old man that has been coming to church for over a year. Missionaries and members kept overlooking him and didn't realize that he wasn't baptized. Until he told me and my companion. We prepared him for baptism and found out that he used to be a huge drinker. He would always be so drunk that sometimes he wouldn't make back to his house at nights. But, when he started coming to church and learning about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ he said that he hasn't drunk since.
And lastly was a 9 year old girl named Rahael who has been coming to church for a long time. She basically taught us whenever we would go and teach her. She has read the Book of Mormon and even knows a lot of the stories.
I love looking back and seeing how people progress towards baptism. It is always so amazing and the gospel of Jesus Christ really makes a great impact on so many people's lives. It changes us for the better if we live it and do the things that Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father command us to do. I have seen that in my own life but also in dozens of people that I have taught.
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| The Meek Kwamo Zone |
I challenge everyone to continue to Light the World and to make everywhere around you a better place by your example! I love this time of the year so much and I love all of you as well!
Love,
Elder Ordyna
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