Hello Family and
Friends!
Another week has
passed and this week has definitely been interesting and great. I hope you
are enjoying the nice cool weather. Is it getting colder over there. Haha Ghana
is heading into the dry season now so it's starting to getting hotter, and it's
supposed to hit it's peak in December so it will be interesting to see what that is
like.
Monday and
Tuesday Elder Tyson and I were able to see some last-minute ward
members in 3rd Ward before he leaves and Sister Belinda even made us food which
was really nice. (I can't remember the name but it's like Bonku)
Wednesday rolled
around and it was hard to see Elder Tyson go because he was a great guy and I learned a lot
from him, but I was excited to get my new companion as well!
So Elder Larsen (Our Zone
Leader) and I spent some of the day together, and later in the afternoon we got
a call from Elder Kano saying that the tro heading to Swedru left about 10
minutes ago so they should be there shortly. That's when I got really nervous.
I was nervous throughout the day, but when we headed to the station my heart was
pounding. So Elder Larsen and I got to Texaco and we waited for 5
minutes and then Elder Bowmah (Our new zone leader) spotted us and took us over
to the tro where I met my new companion and the new elders for Swedru 3rd ward.
So my companion is....
Elder Montgomery! He stepped off the tro and said, "Hey, you're my trainer." He must recognized me from my picture. We got all of their stuff
into 2 taxis and headed to nine-nine junction where we stay. I showed all of them the apartment and showed them around and I helped Elder
Montgomery with his bags and put them in our room. After we dropped the bags we
talked a little bit about the area and about ourselves and then
we headed out. So Elder Montgomery is from Bountiful Utah. He played Rugby,
football, sang in choir, did some acting, and wants to become Biochemical
Engineer. So pretty well rounded guy with big plans!
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| Elder Montgomery |
OH and I forgot to mention...... he is going to Liberia right after training.
Crazy right?? Yeah so the Liberia mission just barely re-opened and they are
trying to figure everything out with housing. Eight missionaries
got re-assigned. Four are here in Cape Coast Mission and 4
are in Accra West Mission. They leave December 8th for Liberia, so I
will be Elder Montgomery's only companion here in Ghana, which is pretty cool. I hope he enjoys these 3 months we have together. He is is excited to learn and it is great to learn from him. I know the Lord put him here for these 3 months and with me for a reason. So
the first night I took the 3 new elders (our apartment is all new except for me) around Swedru
and show everyone where the boundaries are, but I was only in 3rd ward for 2 weeks, so I didn't know it too
well but I tried my best to show them around and help them figure things out.
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| Elder Montgomery and his MTC companion |
The rest of this week
was really great! Elder Montgomery and I went through training and he actually
was able to commit a girl named Amy to be baptized! She
stays by our chapel and her mother sells kelewele and we invited her to church
and she came. So we talked with her and Elder Montgomery gave her a baptismal
date and I hope all works out for her. As for Paa Joe and Vida we talked
to them again and introduced them to my new companion and really committed them to their marriages (to get them done) so they both can be baptized. We also went around and showed Elder Montgomery the members and where they
stayed and he got to know them and that was really great. Our Area is going
really well and I hope to help Elder Montgomery enjoy and love the people for
the small time that he his here.
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| Swedru Stadium |
Love,
Elder Harward
I like the tomato :)
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