Sick Comp.

Hello Family and Friends! How are you all doing? I hope that you are all enjoying the wonderful spring weather going on in Utah! I hope that you are all doing well.

As for this week it was not a good week, so this probably won't be the most fun email to read but anyways here we go!

Monday was a nice P-Day.

Tuesday we had District Meeting (Where Sister Namutebi instructed) and Sister Fasu from Liberia gave a beautiful welcome testimony into the district, and then of course Elder Hodson and I did supplies. I love going to this Ghanaian woman's shop to get some supplies. She is so sweet! I'll have to get a picture with her and send it for you guys to see. Later we saw Christiana that night and we talked about her family history and the principle of patience. It was a good lesson.

Wednesday Elder Hodson and I did Weekly Planning a day early because Elder Hodson was going to Takoradi on Thursday. Later as we headed out to proselyte, everything fell through :( but Elder Hodson did talk to this nice woman as we were heading back to the mission home named A-hin-ewa and she actually called us back (Which was really cool) so she seems like she has some good potential.

On Thursday Elder Hodson went to Takoradi to get his Non-Citizen Card Renewed. (Every group goes right before they hit their one year mark, so they can stay for another year in the country and you get to meet up with all of your MTC's and have lunch. It's supposed to be really fun. I get to go this next transfer so that's cool!) Elder Griffin got to go as well because he lost his card, so he had to go get a new one as well, so Elder Reyes and I were together and it was great. I got to do some supplies in the office and organize our supplies and it was really nice. Elder Hodson came back that night and said he had a good time.

On Friday Elder Hodson and I did our supplies and afterward we had PEC where we talked about our Missionary Sunday which is coming up this next Sunday. It should be exciting, and we also talked about some other activities that we could do for the ward. We then saw Phillip and then we saw Edward and talked about the Restoration again (This time with a good translator, and it was much better).

Saturday/Sunday- Elder Hodson got really sick oooo. It started Friday evening. Elder Hodson just started getting a really bad migraine and it didn't stop. So we weren't allowed to go out. He then started to throw up and got really dizzy. He got some medicine from Sister Stevenson and I gave him a priesthood blessing, but he still wasn't getting better. Finally he was just sitting by the toilet and couldn't talk, and I called Sister Stevenson and she told me to get him to DIS so I did. They put him on an IV and gave him a shot and told him it was something to do with his throat, but he eventually was able to go home and they gave him some medicine. And we weren't able to go out Sunday either because Elder Hodson needed to rest. I am glad that he was able to get some rest, but it was sad to miss the sacrament. (It was my first time missing church and that was sad). BUT I was able to really think about how important going to church is, and how I really need to make sure that when the time comes when I am not on a mission, I need to make sure that going to church is a priority in my life.

But that's all for this week! This next week should be good so I am excited! I actually also got to print Elder Dieter F. Uchtodorf's talk and it's SO good! I hope that you all enjoyed General Conference. And I hope you all have a great week! I love you all so much!
Love,

Elder Harward

Hello Family and Friends! I hope that you are all doing well, and that you enjoyed General Conference last weekend. I know that the messages that were presented at this time are what Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ need us to do, and help us become better.

Okay so as for this week, it was pretty nice!

Monday was a nice P-Day, and we had planned to see A-Boss for FHE but he was traveling back from Winneba so we couldn't have it, but that's okay.

Tuesday we had Combined District Meeting for the missionaries who are leaving the zone to say goodbye, I then did supplies, and then that night we had Final FuFu for the missionaries going home and we got to meet the new missionaries coming in. (The Final FuFu is usually Wednesday but because of the missionaries going home earlier than expected President Stevenson changed the date). I also got to watch President Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk again to the new mission presidents in 2014 (all new missionaries watch it) and it was great to listen to it again. It was also great to hear the departing missionaries give their final testimonies.

Wednesday was a pretty good day! Elder Hodson and I saw Sylvester and we went over Faith and Repentance. Then we saw Agness and went over Baptism again to make sure she didn't have any questions, and it was really nice! Then we saw Beverleyn and then Hannah which both were really great lessons.

These are just pictures of how the funeral looks like in Ghana. It's actually quite different than America. They post the obituary on the walls  and they don't bury the person for some months. When they do it's like a celebration of life. Even some of the Chiefs of the villages were there. The one holding the big stick is one of the chiefs and the chiefs are the ones over the villages. I guess the Nkanfoa chief wasn't there.

Thursday was another pretty good day. Elder Hodson and I saw Sylvester again and we went over Baptism and we tried to give him a Baptism Date, but he feels like his baptism into his Church was right. (I guess the guy that did it is an "Apostle" of his church so he feels it's good) We tried to explain about Authority connecting it back with Joseph Smith, so we left him to commit to Prayer about it. We then Francis (Our less active) and he has a Doctrine and Covenants Student Book and he wanted to talk about Prophets so we went over all the prophets from Joseph Smith, and I even sang the Primary Song because it helped ha-ha. Then we saw Cecilia/Phillip and we talked about Charity and that was a really nice lesson, and they are both doing really well! We then saw Christiana and went over Charity as well, and it was nice. She is doing really well, and her small daughter Emaculate is so sweet, although she is scared of me ha-ha. Oh there was also this Funeral Going on and I Took some pictures of it, and It was really interesting because funerals are different hear in Ghana.

Friday Elder Hodson and I had Supplies and that was nice. :) After Supplies we had PEC and we talked about ideas for the ward, like a missionary Sunday, and activities for the ward so they can get excited about missionary work and that was really nice. After PEC Elder Hodson and I were planning on seeing Agness but she wasn't feeling up for it, but her neighbor Juliet wanted us to teach her (She has sat in on our lessons a few times) and we got to know her and went over The Restoration, and it was nice.

Saturday was a really nice day. I guess that General Conference is now live to the whole Continent of Africa but we weren’t able to watch it, so it was just a normal day.  We started out by seeing Sylvester and we went into Acts Chapter 2: 2-5 about the people getting re baptized because it was in the name of John and it needed to be correct, and so we explained that to him. Unfortunately he wasn't able to pray about it, so he wasn't able to get an answer. So we didn't give him a Baptism date but we just moved on (He also has not come to church yet so it's a little frustrating right now, but hopefully  small small things will improve. Then Elder Hodson and I saw Phillip passing by and we asked if we could teach him small and he said okay and we talked to him, and it was really nice. Then Dorothy passed by (A Young Women we had a Gospel Conversation passed by) and she said Hi, and she agreed to sit down and have a lesson and it was really nice. Turns out she goes to SHS with Gifty but is just two grades lower. But we had a good lesson .Then we saw Agness and talked about the Holy Ghost, and it was nice, she promised us she would be at church on Sunday. Finally we saw Beverlyn's Sister Mame Akoua (I guess she has been coming to church for some time with Beverlyn) So Beverlyn said her mom was okay with us teaching her. She is only 8 years old and English is not all that well, so we tried to break it down really small small so she could understand so it seemed like it was okay, but hopefully we can get a translator for her.

Sunday was a great day! So we had Church and during Church they announced that they would be showing the Sunday Morning Session of General Conference Live at 4:00 P.M at the Cape Coast Stake Center! So we asked our Zone Leaders and they said we could go!!!! We didn't have anybody of our investigators come to church so, But after Church we saw Victor and just reviewed some commandments and talked to him about General Conference and he said he would come (And he did :) ) We then saw Sylvester and we just talked to him about the Law of Chastity. (Elder Hodson and I are hoping that somehow he will start to progress after we go through almost all of the lessons but we are just seeing if he is going to come to church, and if he is going to pray) but it was a nice lesson. After that we tried to see some other people but it didn't happened but finally it came to the time to go watch General Conference!!!!! It was SO cool to see just one session live and it made my week. I almost felt like I was watching it live back home. I really loved the session. Christopher W. Waddell’s talk was really good and I like it A LOT, as well as Christofferson's talk on Fathers, but the talk that hit me home was Dieter F. Uchtdorf's Talk. It was SO good, and I really need to hear what he said. I absolutely loved the idea of being rebuilt and that we are known and loved, and the savior is willing to help us, we just got to take the steps and be obedient. I have never had a talk hit me like that before and it was incredible. It truly was an answer to my pleading heart to my Heavenly Father for help. I hope to get a hard copy of it soon. Anyways I just want you all to know that our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ love you and that as you listen to General Conference you will find things that you need personally in your life and it will bless you. Anyways After the Meeting I met Brother Anderkson and his family and that was nice ha-ha. :)

Hopefully I will get to read the rest of Conference Soon, and heed the words that they are saying. I hope you all have a good week. I love you all!

Love,

Elder Harward

Cape Coast Castle, and Easter Parade

Hello Family and Friends! How are you all doing? I hope that you are all doing well and that you are having LOTS of fun adventures. :) I hope that you all had a great Easter Weekend, and really had a good time remembering the Savior.

Okay so as for this week, it was a good week!

Monday- Of Course was P- Day and we had a Zone Activity! We went to.... The Cape Coast Castle!!!! IT WAS SO NEAT! I had a lot of fun. We first were allowed to walk through the museum that they had (they said no pictures in the museum :( ) and it was really neat to learn the background of the Cape Coast Castle and the Elmina Castle. The Elmina Castle is the oldest Castle in Ghana! After the museum we got a guided tour of the castle and there was some "Obrunis" (white people) with us so that was fun (I believe one guy was British).

We first went through the male dungeons and those were interesting and cool. They fit up to 200 people per room and their bodily fluids were up to their knee (due to non-sanitation and non-sewer). Above the male dungeons was a church (Interesting right?) Later they changed it into Library. We also saw the Female Dungeons, The Prisoner Cell, The Governor’s Quarters, The Graves, The Cannons and Cannonballs, and of course the Famous "The Door of No Return." (Basically that is the door where the slaves walked through and were never seen again as they were sold to America and other places; on the other side they wrote, “Door of Return” to remember their history and to make it a place of welcome. Not only was the castle tour fun, but the view was fantastic!!! It's such a great historical site of Ghana.

Tuesday- I had planned for one of the Sisters (Sister Namutebi) to give an instruction at District Meeting (because you don't want to hear the same person for a long time) and it gives other missionaries a chance to learn and to grow. So I didn't prepare anything for an instruction. Well Sister Namutebi's companion, Sister Anderson, hadn't been feeling too well and it got worse on Tuesday. So they called Sister Stevenson and she told them that they couldn't come to District Meeting, so I had to prepare something in like 5 minutes and go with it, but it was okay. It was on Commitments, going off of “We Invite, They Commit, We Follow Up,” and it was nice. Elder Hodson and I then did supplies and it was nice.

Wednesday was a good day: We saw Slyvester and we went over Prayer (Because he didn't know how to pray and didn't understand the importance).  It was a good lesson and it definitely was a step in the right direction, so now hopefully we can help him come to church. After that Elder Hodson carried some water on his head (which, by the way, is extremely difficult) for Hannah, and we were then able to teach her about Faith and Repentance. She is doing well, it's just helping her get to church. Towards the end of the night we saw A-Boss and we read more of the Book of Mormon with him and we got through 2 more chapters and that was nice! (We are almost out of the Isiah Chapters!)

Thursday was also a nice day. Elder Hodson and I first saw Edward and it was a good lesson. We talked about the Book of Mormon (He is 14 but only in Primary class 4, so he still has some English to still learn and hopefully he will understand more of the scriptures as time goes on). As he has continued to understand it small small, we were able to give him a baptismal date for April 30^th, so that is exciting! He has a good support system from his Aunt Anita and the young men, so now it's just helping him prepare for that date. We then went to the church to wait to Victor to see him, and we just talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that was nice and he is doing well. I believe he is preparing to go to the temple soon so that was exciting. After Victor, Elder Hodson and I were waiting for our Missionary Coordination Meeting and we saw a big crowd coming down and they were singing and dancing. I guess they were practicing for their Easter Festival on Saturday so that was cool to see. We actually have a new ward mission leader who is Brother Sagoe and he just came home from his mission and he is excited to work and that is really nice.

Friday was a nice supply day. :)

Saturday- Was a pretty nice day! In the morning I got the opportunity to interview three young boys for baptism for the Green Hill 1 Sisters and they were really cool. They all had powerful names: Peter, Moses, and John and the guy who translated for me was named Isaac (who by the way is going on his mission in April). Peter and John are brothers: Peter is 11, John is 8 and Moses is 11 and they were really sweet. After the interviews Elder Hodson and I went into Cape Coast to get some food for our Transfer Meeting.  The Assistants had their baptism that day/ also a meeting to conduct, so they asked us if we could help and we said we would. So we were able to get some fries and hot dogs and it was nice. We even got to see the festival in Nkanfoa for Easter and that was cool, although some guy tried to steal some bread from my companion. When we returned we started to cook the food and then the Assistants came to help and then the other Zone Leaders came and it was a nice night. Then we got ready to hear the transfer news: SO... I am staying. No surprise there, and  I am still with Elder Hodson. Powerful!!!! He will be my longest companion (For 3 transfers now) so that is really cool! He is a great guy so we are going to work hard this next transfer. The only really big news is that Elder Day is going to Hemang Praso to be a District Leader and he is white washing the area with a guy named Elder Jarvies, so he is excited for that. Elder Jones (My TC) is actually in the Hemang apartment so they are going to enjoy.

Easter Sunday- Was a nice Day! Church was really nice (and Edward Came :) ) and after church we all went to the Green Hill ward to support the baptism of those 3 young boys and it was really great. After that Elder Hodson and I made some popcorn for... Movie Night! And we were able to watch The Best Two Years, and it was really great. I really love Elder Rodger’s turnaround moment when he testifies of Joseph Smith. It's such a powerful moment and it helps him remind him about why he is there, and it's just a good reminder to always remember why I am serving. After Movie Night Elder Day made Hamburgers and Fries at our place and it was really nice, so it was a nice way to celebrate Easter. 

So that's all for this week.  I hope that all of you are doing well. The work here is going well. We just need to help people come to church and to help them to continue to keep their commitments,  but hopefully things should go. I love you all. I hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Harward

Meeting Elder Rasband, and a scorpion!

Hello Family and Friends! How are you all doing? I hope that you are doing well and everything is going well. I hope that you are enjoying the spring weather!

So as for this week it was great!!! So here we go!

Monday was a nice P-Day but we weren't able to see anybody, so that was sad.

    Tuesday was a good day. We had District Meeting and I instructed again (Only my 3rd time) and this time it was on “A Change of Heart and  A New Start.”  Basically it was about how we should have a change of heart and how we can experience a change of heart continually through repentance and Starting over. Mom used to always quote this talk by Jeffrey. R. Holland The Best is Yet to Be talking about... Luke 32 where Jesus Christ says, “ Remember Lot's Wife” and I LOVE that talk, so I used it in my instruction and how we can start over, and that faith is pointed to the future. Anyways it was okay. Elder Hodson and I then did supplies, and then we saw A- Boss (One of our security Guards, who is dating Beverly) and we continued reading the Book of Mormon with him and it was nice.

Wednesday was also a good day: We were able to see Sylvester and we talked about Lesson 2 and he only had question on the last part, so that was okay, so we told him we would go over it next time. We then saw Edward Moses (The 14 year old boy that has been at church for a long time, but just hasn't been taught) and we went over Lesson 1 again with a translator and he understood it much better and it was really nice. We then saw John, but he was with a lot of his friends so we weren’t able to have a nice lesson so we just talked about faith.

Thursday came around and Elder Hodson and I had Weekly Planning and then we went on our exchange with the Assistants. (They just needed to exchange for a small time just to get mattresses in Western Region and to make sure everything was okay), so I was with Elder Stulce and I was the phone boy, while Elder Stulce drove. WE just called the zones that were coming in and making sure that everything was on schedule and that everyone was arriving okay, and we also were helping with driving the people to their apartments. It was a nice day, and Elder Hodson and I got to sleep at the Assistants, so that was nice

Friday Morning- We are up at 4:00 A.M. (We had to be up this early so we would be early to this meeting) and we got ready and Elder Stulce and I started to take the Zone Leaders to Ola Chapel to make sure everything was good so that all of Central Region was there at 6:00 A.M. Well then Elder Stulce and I headed up in our car up to Takoradi! IT was my first time in Western Region and it was pretty interesting! We got to the meeting early (about and hour early 9; 00 a.m.) and we got to talk to some of our T.C's and say hi to everyone. Everybody was really excited to see each other, but then President Stevenson got us settled down and we had small personal study, then Elder Rasband arrived! 

We went outside and took a picture as a mission and then we got to walk in and shake his hand! It was cool to shake his hand and his wife's hand, and Elder Vincent (of the seventy) and his wife's hand as well! It was really cool. We then sang our mission hymn 324 Rise Up Servants of God and then the meeting began. We heard from Sister Stevenson, President Stevenson, testimonies from Elder Adams and Sister Khumalo, and then Sister Vincent Spoke, then Elder Vincent spoke, and then Sister Rasband spoke (She is a very sweet woman) and finally Elder Rasband spoke and it was so great!!! I learned A LOT from what was given. He gave his four points to remember: 1)Always bring paper and pencil to hear a general authority; I was glad that I brought some (naturally)  because then he said this 2) Always follow your spiritual promptings and he wanted us to notice our own spiritual promptings and it is really neat! 3)He said don’t be a whiner; the Lord has you in a place for a reason and a purpose and if you whine, it is almost as if you are disgracing the Lord because He knows that this is where  you are supposed to be, so make the most of it, and learn what you can. And 4) You are your most important Convert on  a Mission, and he talked about how he should learn about the Savior because when we learn of Him, we love Him and we want to serve Him and do His will. He also talked about how we learn new things each time we read the Book of Mormon and how key it is for investigators to understand that. He said a lot of good things, and it's hard to sum up into words everything he said, but IT was SO SO good, the sprit was so strong, and he truly has the spirit with him. Haha he showed us how much he prepared for his talk, and it was like a small piece of paper and he really just followed the sprit which was incredible. After the meeting Elder Stulce and I were companions again, so he took us home and we came back to Cape Coast.

Saturday was a little bit slower: We saw Sylvester again and we reviewed the three kingdoms of glory and we talked about priesthood and come to find out, he has not prayed yet about Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon. He doesn’t seem interested in prayer right now, so we are going to work on him with that. But then Elder Hodson and I were able to see Albert and just talk to him. We dropped him a while ago but we just want to show our love and support for him, and maybe one day he will be ready.

Sunday- was a nice day: Elder Hodson and I saw Agness and we went over lesson 3 up to baptism and we gave her a baptism date for April 30th! So hopefully she can work to that. She said she hasn't come to church yet because she is a little lazy which is okay, and we are totally going to work with her! We then saw Gloria, but we need to talk to her mom and figure out some things (If she wants to be baptized or not things like that) but things hopefully will go well for her. Edward Came to church again and that was really sweet, so he is looking really good for a Baptism Date pretty soon, hopefully for some time in April!

But that is all for the week! I hope that you all continue having fun adventures, and rely upon the lord. Love you all!

Love,

Elder Harward

P.S. We found some Scorpions in our yard. One was a big one whom we named Sebastian and the other small one named Pier, but we killed them both. I have never seen a scorpion until I came out on my mission haha! 

A Spider Named Satan

Hello Family and Friends! Ot a Dang? I hope you are all Boko! I am sure the weather is nice in Utah and that you are enjoying it. Here in Africa the Dry Season only has some few months left, and then the Rainy Season is back, so that will be exciting when it comes back.

Elder Reyes and I

 Monday- Was a Nice P-Day. So we all come home to the apartment after we were done with the day, and Elder Reyes started screaming, "Somebody Kill it" and I am like what is it? So I turn the corner and that's where I found the Spider... Now this was the biggest spider I have ever seen in my life. Literally. Ha-ha. However we were able to spray it with Raid and it died, but I guess that one was small compared to other Spiders that other people have seen. I am glad that I didn't see any of them bigger, but anyways we named the spider Satan, so Satan died that night.

Tuesday- We had MLC report from our Zone Leaders, and it was nice. We talked about Preach My Gospel, and then they really focused on President and Sister Stevenson. They talked about which Dress and Grooming. I learned a lot from it, and we got a packet with some small details with things that we can improve on, so I have got some room to grow and that's good. :) Then Elder Hodson and I did a normal day of supplies. We saw Priscilla (Christiana's Sister) that night and we started with Lesson 1 and talked about Families and Prophets. It was a nice lesson.

My (not so white) shirt which ready for the fire. 

Wednesday- was a nice day. We were able to see Sylvester and talk about Lesson 1 and made sure he understood everything. We then saw John and we finished up Lesson 2 with where will we go after we die? He had good questions about it! That was nice and we were able to give him a baptismal date for April 9th!!! So that was exciting. We then were able to see Hannah later that evening and talked to her about Faith and repentance and it was a good lesson.

Thursday- Was another good Day. We saw Victor at the Church. (They were really cleaning it up. They want it to look good in case Elder Rasband wants to look at it, but it was looking good) We reviewed Lesson 2 for his Post Baptism lesson and we gave him D&C section 76 to help him with the three kingdoms (that was still confusing); then had some things fall through and then we were able to see Priscilla again and talk about the apostasy and it was nice.

Thank you Young Men, for the letters!

Friday- Was another good day with Supplies. I actually got some letters from the Young Men and it made my day. :) We weren't able to see anyone that night.

Saturday- Was the Football Match for the Elder Quorum. I didn't bring my camera but it was really cool to watch our ward play against some team. We won 5-2.  :) We then came home and got ready but we were only able to see Cecilia and review with her Faith and Repentance and it was really nice.

Burning my shirt

Sunday came around and Church was sweet. Victor spoke in Sacrament about the Holy Ghost and it was really nice. I got to teach the Investigators Class and that was okay, ha-ha. After church Elder Hudson and I had some small lunch and then we were able to see Ben (I haven't met ben before) but we talked to him about Lesson 1 in review (he has been taught a lot but he hasn't come to church yet, and we just didn't have time to meet him) but he says that he knows the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet so that is progression. We then saw Edward (Who was a referral from the bishop he is a young man who is Anita's brother's son who is been coming to church but hasn’t been taught) so we had a lesson with him and it was really good!! We then saw Gloria later that evening and it was sweet to talk to her (She even came to church) we talked about Faith and Repentance and it was really sweet.

But that is all for this week! I am REALLY excited for Friday, and I can't wait to meet Elder Rasband, and I know our mission is going to learn and grow from his instruction. I hope you guys have a great week. I love you!

Love,

Elder Harward

The Cost of Discipleship

This week we started off at our Zone Conference. We were the first zone to have zone conference in the mission and it was exciting, and I learned a lot. President Stevenson talked about "The Cost of Discipleship" and it was taken from a few scriptures, but really it was in Luke Chapter 14 starting in verse 25 where Jesus turns to the multitude (Now he explained that we need to pay attention to the word multitude because that means Jesus Christ is talking to EVERYONE right now) and the Savior was talking about what it takes to be a disciple. 

Elder Harward's Zone

Jesus compares discipleship to building a tower, and how (To paraphrase) that you shouldn't build a tower without knowing the cost of the tower, and if you have enough money to build a tower and whether the benefits are worth it. So we did A Cost Benefit Analysis for building a tower and then went to discipleship and it was so good. The cost of discipleship: Love Jesus Most; Take up your own Cross, forsake all, and follow Him (And he explained all of these) and we talked about the benefits: Exaltation, Heirs with Christ, and more countless blessings. So the cost of discipleship is worth it because of the benefits. BUT here is what stood out to me: President Stevenson said we shouldn't want to be disciples of Jesus Christ just because of the benefits, but we should do it out of Love. As we increase in Love we will want to follow Him. Anyway it was REALLY good. The Zone Leaders spoke on creating a Spiritual Environment (How to handle distracted children, or distracted people, how to invite the spirit, and how our body language portrays how much we care about our message-bad body language= don't care, Good Body Language= you care about the message that you are sharing, and it was good! Then we had lunch!

"This is Joyce she is a member (She is the one in the red and the other women are her friends, she also is the one wearing the sunglasses) and she works this nice shop for the Quartsons (They are good friends) so we usually stop by and say hi, and sometimes I get biscuits. :)"

Then we sang our musical number (God Speed the Right) and the Assistants spoke on Teaching Skills (specifically Pamphlets, and the benefits of using the pamphlets. The Assistants actually asked me and Elder Hodson to do a role play on having a Gospel Conversation with someone with a pamphlet and do it less than a minute. I'll be honest, it was hard ha-ha and I am not the best at role playing, but it was a good instruction, and I learned a lot from this zone conference!

That night Elder Hodson and I went with Christiana to see her Sister Priscilla (she really wanted us to teach her) and we met her and her children and it was a good lesson!! It was so neat to see how much Christiana wanted her sister to have the gospel and for her to be happy.

Later in the week we met Victor and we reviewed the Book of Mormon and he is doing well, and he invited us to the youth activity at the church on Saturday, and we said we would come. We then saw John and talked with him about the Book of Mormon and he is doing well! Then we saw Anita and it was okay, ha-ha. She forgot what we talked about last time, so we reviewed Lesson 2 from the beginning. Then we saw Agnes (we haven't seen her for a while) and she was pretty busy, so she said we should come back later. That night we saw Christiana and we reviewed Faith with her and she understands it very well, and she is doing well!

Eating competition from a ward youth activity

On Friday the mission was getting Audited (Checking on our Finances or something like that) so Elder Hodson and I weren't able to get our impress for the mail, so we weren't able to get any mail because they were just Duty Packages, so we actually were able to get out early and proselyte. We saw John and we talked about the Plan of Salvation and it was a nice lesson. Then we saw Anita, and again just a review from the beginning of The Plan of Salvation. Elder Hodson and I did meet a new guy named Ebenezer and we talked to him and had a good lesson with him, so he seems like he has good potential! At the end of the night we saw Gloria and talked to her about coming to church (she is having a hard time with that lately) and then we saw Priscillia and we talked to her more about The Plan of Salvation and it was a Great Lesson ,(Christiana is a big help to us!)

Then Saturday rolled around and Elder Hodson and I were together for the beginning of the day and we met with A-Boss (one our security guards) and just went into the Book of Mormon and that was nice. Then I went on an exchange with Elder Reyes! We went to the activity small, but they started it really late so we went out and I gave my camera to Beverly to take pictures (They want to get a camera for the ward, but they just use mine for now and take the pictures from my camera and put them on the computer) but they had scripture contests and a food contest and it looked like a lot of fun!!! Elder Reyes and I went to his area, so we went to see some members and we actually found this sweet old woman that we were trying to see and it was so great! Eventually we went to see another investigator Regina (She is The Young Men's President's Date Brother Bwabin, and a little  back story: they are seriously dating and they want to get married, but Regina doesn’t want to join the church for the wrong reasons, because she wants to join if she feels it’s right). It was good to meet and talk to her small and we talked about prayer and how she can know if what we are sharing is true (and we answered her question about women and the Priesthood, because that is a big concern for her) But it was a great day!

Ward Youth Eating Competition

Sunday was a nice fast Sunday. I really enjoyed it. Elder Hodson and I went out a little after church to see some people and we were able to see Agness and it was difficult due to the kids around us, but we were able to talk about faith. Her neighbor and her son came over and sat down and funny story, this little boy wasn't wearing any clothes expect for his shirt and his mom is holding him (Sitting opposite from me) but I guess he needed to pee because he just starts peeing on the  ground, and he pees on my shoe! I felt bad for the kid and I hope the best for him, so it was an okay lesson. We were then just able to see some members because our other lessons fell through but it was a nice night.

Well that's all about it except for mission news..... SO we found out at Zone Conference that Elder Ronald A. Rasband is coming to our mission (he is going to split the Takoradi Stake) and he wants to speak to all of us, so he is coming on March 18th to speak to all of the missionaries for 2 hours in Takoradi!!!!! Isn't that so exciting!! We get to hear an Apostle of the Lord!!! We have to look really professional so we are told to wear our long sleeve shirts, which makes sense, but I am really excited to hear from him!!!

I love you all, and I hope that you feel our Savior's love always and as you feel His love, you will want to be become His disciple and follow Him to the best of your ability. Have a great week! :)

Love,

Elder Harward

A Closer Look at Being a Supply Elder

This week it definitely was a better week than last week (no sickness; smile).

Monday night- Elder Hodson and I were able to See Hannah and that was nice, but we are having a hard time getting her to church, but hopefully she will progress small small.

Tuesday- Of course was District Meeting, but it was combined with the other district to welcome in the new members of the Cape Coast Zone. The Sister Training Leaders instructed and it was on Charity, and it was good! After that we had Supplies!!!! Yay! Okay so I will tell you more in depth what a typical day is like for supplies. So we come in before district meeting at the office and we look at the orders for apartments (We have a separate email for supplies), respond back to the apartments, and print out the orders. We then look through the orders, and the supplies in the back to make sure we have the items needed, and then we make a shopping list of supplies. Then we usually will grab our imprest (A.K.A the money) and take it with us if we need to buy supplies. After District Meeting I will drive Elder Hodson and I in to Cape Coast and then we go to the post office and get mail! (We like going to the mail place, because it's exciting to see if something is for you, or for someone else) After that we will go shopping, Melcom's, Kofi's, and this Sweet Woman's shop (who gets stuff for us in bulk) are the main places to get stuff. After that then we grab lunch from Dynasty (Fried Rice... ha-ha not too healthy) and a drink and head back to the office. Then we have Lunch, sort the mail/Packages, and fill the orders for the apartments. We also organize any shipments of Pamphlets, and things like that and make sure the supply Room is tidy and clean. And then we go out at 6:00 P.M. So that's a typical day in the office. Sometimes we will switch it up a bit and get supplies first then mail, but it just depends on what we need and the time we have. (Like Kofi's closes at 4:00 P.M. so we have to get stuff before then) or sometimes we have to get pillows but it's a lot of fun! It's a lot of work but it's good! Whenever Jesse Calls we have to go to the office and help him load the supplies for the apartments and that's about it! It's a lot of work but also fun! So anyways Tuesday night we saw Christiana and we just talked and she wanted to watch the restoration DVD so we said Friday we will watch it.

Wednesday- We had a good day. We met this new woman named Anita and we were able to sit down with her and have a good first lesson with her. We also passed by Christiana's place and was able to teach her. We then saw Albert and we gave him the low down about us teaching him and gave him his biggest commitment to attend church again and he said he would (But he didn't, but that's okay, I think he just needs some time to figure things out)

Thursday- Weekly Planning, and now we make POPCORN Thursday for weekly Planning, and it's nice :) After that we met John Mensah. (John sells Credit for phones at his stand and one day was talking to Christiana, so we went up to them and started talking to them. Christina knows John because they were classmates in high school and Christiana used to attend the church that john attends, so we talked to John and he said he wanted to meet) So today we met him and it was good! I took a picture with him, and it was a REALLY good lesson. He had good questions and I think he has great potential, so hopefully things go well for him. 

John Mensah, our investigator

We then saw Victor and went over his duties as a new Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood, then we saw Phillip and Cecilia (His Mother) Our recent converts in NKanfoa and I got some pictures of Phillip and we had a good lesson with them.

Phillip, one of our recent converts

Friday- Another Day in Supplies, and it was good :) That night I went with Elder Day on another exchange and it was good. Our appointments fell through but we did go to Bishop Ewuzchie house and it was nice to see him.

Saturday was nice as well. Elder Hodson and I brought the Restoration DVD with us and the DVD player. We met a new guy named Sylvester who was a referral from the Assistants and we got to know him, and turns out he knew small about the church and even had a Book of Mormon. So then we decided to watch the restoration, and it was nice. The spirit was there. We then had some appointments fall through and we had to help Jesse with Supplies, but we were able to see Philip and Cecilia again and that was nice; finally at the end of the night we saw Christiana and we watched the movie and gave her a present. (We got her a triple combination and the Holy Bible from our distribution order, and she was very happy) The spirit was SO Strong during the small video and it was great. She asked us if that was it (because it was so short) we told her there was a longer version, and she wanted to watch it. So we decided to watch it on Sunday. We decided to make it a ward thing. We got some biscuits and treats and I made some Popcorn that night so that it would be nice for those that came.

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Sunday came and church was nice! We got a referral from the Arthurs on a young girl named Rita, who came to church, so we were able to meet with her. Bishop announced our movie night and we were excited to see all those who would come. Finally the time came we got the stuff for the movie, and we went over to the chapel and got everything ready and then we started the movie and handed out the treats, and it was a good turn out from the ward. Christiana came and our investigator Charity came too.  

But just to add one last spiritual moment that happened to me: As I watched the small restoration depiction, I really feel the spirit and when we watched the full length movie, I felt the spirit so strongly even more. I feel peace in knowing that Joseph Smith was a prophet of god, because that means this church is true, and that families can be together forever. I am so grateful for Joseph Smith, and his sacrifice and diligence to follow our Savior Jesus Christ. I know that he did see our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in the Spring of 1820. Yes he was young, but he had faith and a desire to follow Jesus Christ, and because of him we have the Book Of Mormon and it truly will make us happy. It's hard to explain how grateful I am for him, but my testimony has grown so much about him and the Restoration. If you apply Moroni's promise (Mornoi 10:3-5) you will know for yourself if the church is true, and if Joseph Smith truly was indeed a prophet of God. Through it all I know that I still need to continue to strengthen that testimony.

I love you all. I hope you have a great week!

Love,

Elder Harward