President Interviews, My Bald Head, Edward's Baptism, Transfer News, and Mother's Day!!!

Hello Family and Friends! :) How are you all doing? I hope that everything is going well for all of you! I hope that you had a nice Mother's day last week, and were able to tell your mom's how much you love them. I hope the weather is nice over there and that you are enjoying the sunshine.

Okay so as for this week, wow... what a week! Lots of fun stuff happened:

Monday- Was P- Day of course, I worked out, so I can work off all the calories I ate from the Family Pack challenge, so that was nice, but I definitely am not in shape, so I need to improve.

Tuesday came and we did Supplies! :) Yay! District Meeting was canceled due to the Green Hill Sisters having their President Interviews, so we had a nice full day of supplies. Then we saw Cecilia and Phillip and listened to a chapter from the B.O.M. in Fante so she could understand, and that was really nice! We choose 2nd Nephi 31, and it was a nice lesson. Then we saw Edward, and we went over the Baptismal Interview Questions and it was so great! It really has been neat to see how much he has progressed and it was a neat lesson, and I could just feel that he was ready to be baptized. Okay so funny story time.... I decided to get a haircut before mother's day, so I could look good. We were in Cape Coast on Tuesday and there is this guy named Elementor who cuts hair so we decided to go, and I got my hair cut. He really is a sweet guy, and it was nice to talk to him, but... I am not sure if I was specific enough because he cut my sides SUPER SHORT but kept my top long. (He still is a cool guy though) SO I thought this is not appropriate at all, and Mother's day is coming up and I have president's interviews coming up. So I am at home and I have some scissors on my desk (You can see where this is going) and I decided to cut the top off myself but I wasn't good at it and I didn't ask for help so I have these really bad bald spot and my hair is even more of a mess so It wasn't the best night. But the other Elders told me the next morning (After they all laughed) that the best thing to do is just shave it off and then let it grow, so I went to another person and got it shaved to 1 or something but it's really short, but at least it feels like carpet :) So I am almost bald just so you know :)

Wednesday came around, and the first thing we did was fix my hair so that was nice, the guy that helped was really nice and it looks nice now. Then we saw Edward and talked about the Temple and Baptisms for the Dead and it was really nice. Then Elder Hodson and I tried to see some less active guy named Elder Hanson who is like a pioneer for Nkanfoa who brought the gospel there, but he is upset at the church because they let him go because he wasn't doing his job, so he has some back past hate. But we said hi at least so we will get there hopefully one day with him :) Elder Hodson and I are also trying to go and see the Mensah Family and the Abbakah Family as well so hopefully we will be able to. That night we saw Cecilia again and listened to 3rd Nephi 11 and it was really neat, to see Cecilia listening to the B.O.M. so it was great!

 

Thursday was a bit of a slower day. We had Edward's Interview after Weekly Planning and we found a translator (Luckily :) ) and everything worked out, and he passed! Yay! Then Elder Hodson and I rushed to the Mission Home for our interviews with President Stevenson. It was really nice. While we were waiting, Sister Stevenson talked to us about testimony and conversion and what they mean and it was really nice..

Then came Friday and we did Supplies! :) Before we did supplies though I got to interview 3 people of the Green Hill Sisters so that was really nice, but it was a nice supply day, and PEC was really great as well.

Saturday finally rolls around and Elder Hodson and I go out and we have lunch then we make sure everything is ready for Edward, and then we went to the twins home making sure they were still coming (Benjamin was preforming the baptism) and everything was good, and Edward was Baptized!!! Yay! The young men came and supported him and the spirit was really strong so that was great. After the Baptism we went with the Young Men to try to see some of their friends and invite them to church and that was fun. This was just the kick off activity so I am excited to see what happens next time. Then we had the Transfer Meeting that night. Okay so.... Elder Hodson is getting Transferred to the Takoradi Zone to Apowa to be with his TC Elder Igbeindeon, so he is going to enjoy. I am staying of course and my new companion is Elder Johnson (Chandler) we have 3 Johnson's in the missions so that's funny. I have heard of him. He is leaving his son Elder Maumau (Toa) so I am excited to talk to him and be his companion. I have heard good things so that's nice. :) I am sad that Elder Hodson is leaving though, he has been my longest companion and I have learned so much from him.

Sunday came and it was Mother's Day! YAY!!! I was really excited to call home :) but first we had church and Edward was confirmed a member and he was ordained a deacon (he is only 13 and then he will be 14 in like 3 weeks) so it was really neat! I really felt the spirit when we sang Where Can I turn for Peace and I just really love that song, and about how the Savior really does give us peace, and He is the only one that can do that. Anyways after Church Elder Hodson went to the Mission Home and then he Skyped home then I got to skype and it was really nice :) I really enjoyed seeing the family :) Afterwards then we went to see some members because Elder Hodson is saying goodbye so that was fun, but then that night we helped Jesse put some supplies in the truck before he goes so that was nice.

But anyways that's all for the week! I love you all so much! I hope that you are all having lots of fun adventures. Keep relying upon the Savior, He really is the only one that give us peace. Have a great week okay!

Love,

Elder Harward

Prayer List
1. Elder Hodson- That he might love his new area and companion and that we will always stay good friends :)
2. Elder Johnson- That he might be ready to be my companion that  we might love each other and work hard together
3. Members/Less Actives- So that we might be able to strengthen the ward, as well as find those who may have lost there way, and for us to find more people to teach as we ask for referrals.
That's about it. If you could keep a prayer in for me that would be nice. :) Sometimes I doubt myself and stuff but I am trying to be better. I love you so much thank you for all that you do. Do you think you could put just some small more money in my account, so we can get food? I am hoping not to pull it, but we may have to get some more stuff with 5 people being in the apartment soon, but I will keep you updated. :) I love you so much, have a great week okay? :)

Food we have at Transfer Night

A few things about Elder Hodsen...and more

Hello Family and Friends! How are you all doing today! I hope that you are all enjoying the nice summer weather coming on, and are about to enjoy the month of May! Okay new words for you guys to practice: Kwesida E Som- Keep the Sabbath Day Holy, Kakra- Younger Twin Payne- Older Twin.

This was a great week! But before I get to the week I want to talk a little bit about Elder Hodson. I have been with Elder Hodson for 3 transfers know and it has been really nice to get to know him, so I would like to share some insights with you, so you can know him too :) Elder Hodson has three main things about him. 1. Mankessim- He LOVES that area. It was his first place and he had a lot of success there, and he will usually reference it from time to time. So we like to say "In Mankessim..." He says he will go back there sometime, either there or Saltpond 2. One of Elder Hodson's favorite quotes "Don't Worry about it" Ha-ha he says it a lot, just after random stuff he will just say it, and it's pretty great. 3. He also says this "I don't lie... I just don't always tell the truth" ha-ha Elder Hodson sometimes lies but he likes to say that it's not always telling the truth so that's pretty funny. Also I like to say Elder Hodson is the "Best Supply Elder in the GCCM" Elder Hodson works so hard, and knows how to do supplies very well, so I have been trying to learn from him and he is a great guy, and he also can read very fast. He goes through books so fast, and he is very intelligent Oh and he likes Country Music, so sometimes he will sing at random times during the day. Finally Elder Hodson likes Chewing Gum, Magic Malt, and talking to people. When he gets with new people he will just start talking to them forever and it's a really nice ice breaker, so that's a little bit about my companion! Ha-ha He might get transferred because this Saturday is transfer new so we shall see.

SO for the week it was nice!

Monday- was a nice P Day :)

Tuesday- Was District Meeting and Elder Reyes instructed on Humility and it was really nice. Then we had District Lunch! :) Sister Namutebi made Chapattis and Zumbis's and it was so good! We brought Fan Yango and we had water, and then we took some pictures! It was fun!  Then we did Supplies of course! :) After that we didn't see anyone because we had to pick Elder Magopolo from Cape Coast for our Exchanges with the Zone Leaders! 

So Wednesday I was on Exchanges with the Zone Leaders! Elder Hodson went to Cape Coast and Elder Magopolo came with me to Nkanfoa and it was really nice. We had a good time and I learned a lot of good things from him. This was my first exchange with a zone leader so that was cool. We saw Edward, Sylvester, Franics, and Christiana and it was really nice.

Thursday was a bit slower day for Elder Hodson and me. but we did see Edward and talked about the law of Chasity (since we did word of wisdom last time) and then we saw Francis and talked to him small, but then the rain came so we had to wait it out after that, but we did see Christiana as she was going home and we talked to her for a little bit and she is doing well.

Friday was a nice day with Supplies! Elder Hodson and I also organized some of the boxes of pamphlets in the back so that was sweet. Then we had PEC and had a great discussion about the ward, and then we saw Edward and talked about Tithing and Fast Offerings and Honoring the Law and it was a good lesson. He really is understand and progressing well!

Saturday- Was a really nice day! It was a little slow at first but we did see (You guessed it) Edward! He really is great, and we just finished the commandments with him and he make sure to review him what we talked about last time so that everything is still okay. But it was nice. Then Brother Emmanuel Bwabin (Our Young Men's President) Came with us to show us some members (We talked a little bit about that in PEC) and we saw where Brother Joseph Wa Tree and his sons the "Twins" Kakra and Payne (it come in handy in Ghana because they go by older and smaller) Benjamin Karka and Mogabi are really sweet priest and they are so cool and we also met there two less active brother s Samuel wo is older and the really young Samuel and it was nice to meet with them. Then we saw the Abbakah Family where Mercy is staying (She is going on her mission at the end of this transfer) and we saw her mother and it was really nice. Then I went on my exchange with Elder Reyes and we saw Lydia (this sweet old woman who lives on a hill) and Emmanuel and Abigail's Family and talked to them for a bit, and it was really nice. Ha-ha we took some pictures of our exchange as well.

Sunday- May 1st Fast Sunday and Mom's Birthday! It was a really nice day. Edward came to church and we gave him some ties that he could wear and it was good to see him, and even we had 3 or 4 less actives come to church including both of Benjamin and Mogabi's Brothers Samuel! It was SO neat. Elder Hodson and I are really going to focus on the members and less actives and really strengthening them so that everything will go well and that we might be happy to find some new people to teach. After Church we saw... Edward! Again! Yay! And we talked a little bit about the Priesthood and him becoming a Teacher and things like that, and it was really great. After we saw him then the office elders, the assistants and we broke our fast with.... The Family Pack Challenge!!!! So I guess it's a thing in the mission but you’re supposed to cook this HUGE thing of Indo Mie (meant for a family) with 6 eggs and eat all of it, (Plus a 1.5 liter of soda) SO we did it! And I included pictures! We didn't have enough fruit punch for every single person but we just shared the drinks but 4 out of the 6 finished all of their food. Elder Stulce, Elder Reyes, Elder Hannemann, and Me :) I felt SO FAT after that meal, but it was fun. (Ha-ha I worked out on today because I ate so much food... so I am going to try to be healthier. After Lunch we went back to the chapel and went to the Young Men Training so that they could go out the missionaries and what was expected of them, and it was really neat! Even Edward Came! I included pictures :) But it was a great meeting, and they are going out this Saturday to see some of the referrals that the young men come up with, and then they will give them to us, so that's very nice. :) Finally Elder Hodson and I saw the Quartson's and just said hi to them and their crazy boy Moroni (He has a really cool Book of Mormon name for sure).

But that's all for this week! I hope you are all having lots of fun and are enjoying life. Keeping moving forward, you are all amazing and I love you all :) P.S. This next week is BIG, we have President Interviews, Edward's Baptism, Transfer News, and Mother's Day all in the same week!!! So Crazy, but it should be so good!!! Love you!

Love,

Elder Harward

Prayer List

1. Edward- For his baptism interview to go well as well as his baptism :) Benjamin the Priest is actually baptizing him so that's really neat.

2. Emmanuel (From Green Hill Ward) - Remember the guy I baptized on Sunday for Green Hill? Well he didn't get confirmed this week. Some Member didn't say the nicest stuff and he didn't feel worthy so he didn't come to church so he could use some prayers because he really needs the Gift of The Holy Ghost.

3. The Members- That we might be able to see them and love them and show them our support for them.

4. Elder Hodson- He mostly get transferred so keep him in your prayers so that he will be comfortable going to his new area. 

Mission Tour and Greenhill Baptism

This week was our Mission Tour!!! (For Central Region) and we got to hear from the area seventy Elder Vinson who is the first Counselor in the presidency. We got to the chapel first and then we had lunch and said hi to everyone. Of course everyone is happy and talking to each other. Then after lunch the meeting starts. We heard from Elder Stulce, Sister Stevenson, Elder Warner, President Stevenson, Sister Vinson, and Elder Vinson. It was a really good meeting. I don't remember everything about the meeting, but it was really good. Elder Vinson talked about our potential and where we could go, and how we could ask for good referrals. It was a nice meeting. After that was the Membership Fireside for the Cape Coast Stake and that was really sweet. Elder and Sister Vinson talked about being the Lord's Hands from Dieter F. Uchtdorf and it was SO good. Even though it was a lot for the members I really took it for me too that I need to be the lord's hands and it was a good lesson for me to learn.

Also this week we saw Sylvester again and we just talked to him about how he is doing. He was a little bit drunk so it was a little bit shaky and so it wasn’t the best lesson but hopefully we can really help him; we then had Coordination Meeting that night so it was okay.

Friday was another Supply Day! WOOO, haha it's kind of exciting for packages and stuff. I actually sent my family package this day so hopefully it gets there :) But after Supplies we had PEC and it was good. Then after PEC we saw Christiana's friend Patricia and Christiana was with us. We talked to her small before that,  but tonight we saw her and we talked to her and it was nice.

Saturday was a nice! Elder Hodson and I went to see Edward. IT was really good. HE PRAYED!!!!! YES!! we were so happy. He says he knows it's true which is SO good. We talked with about Lesson 3 and it was good! We actually are pushing his baptism to May 7th so that we have a week to review everything. But he even came to church on Sunday so that was nice! I also had 4 ceddis of fufu for lunch which is a lot and not healthy at all, but it was really good. After that I did an interview of The Green Hill Sisters for a guy named Emmanuel and it was SO sweet. He is a great guy, and he invited us to come and we said of course we would come. It was a nice spiritual experience. But after that we didn't see anyone after that because everything else fell though.

Sunday was good. We had church and Edward and Charity (She was a surprise) came to church and it was good. WE then went to the baptism for the Greeen Hill Sisters Baptism and we got there and they wanted me to perform it. It was another humbling and great experience. Then we had lunch and then we saw Ben, and talked to him about Lesson 3: Baptism and Authority. But he still has some questions so we need to talk to him some more.

But that's all for this week! I love you all so much! I hope you all have a great week!! Have lots of fun adventures!

Love,

Elder Harward

New Words and Fruit Carrying Experiment

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! SO I apologize for not doing my word of the week thing but I have been learning some new words, so I hope that you will all try them out some time. Gedi- Faith Insunu- Repentance Esu Bow- Baptism Sum Sum Konkon- Gift Of The Holy Ghost, N Kwa O Yiewia Ye- Endure to the End and Finally Ewiye- Sun, Bosum- Moon, Nroraba- Stars (I will explain why I learned these words)

Okay so this week Elder Hodson was feeling much better and we were able to go out and see some people this week! :)

 

During the first half of the week Elder Hodson and I  saw Sylvester and we talked with him about the Temple and explained a little about it. He is doing okay, it's just getting him to come to church and keep his commitments that are a problem. Then we saw Phillip and his siblings and they are sweet (I included pictures of them and of Cecilia). 

Also there is this girl we know who always carries fruit on her head, so I asked her if I could carry it and she said yes and I tried it; but I had to hold onto it with my hands, and it's not very easy at all. Carrying stuff on your head is definitely a talent for sure. 

Okay after we saw Phillip we went to see our member Sister Teresa and she is so great! She is a single mom (I included pictures) of two sweet girls one named patience and the young one named Teresa and she is really great. She is a sweet member, and we met her sister who is deaf, and it was nice to sit down and talk with them. At the end of the night we saw Christiana and we talked to her about the Word of Wisdom and had a nice lesson with her.

Then one day we met this guy named Godfred  and he just stops us as we are walking and wants a book, so we give a Restoration Pamphlet and we start talking and we want to meet with him, so he shows us his house and it's in a new site, really nice. (So I guess he lives with his aunt because his mom died and he had nowhere to go, so she took him in when he was young). The house is really nice and even the dog they have is really an American Dog, it truly was SO BIG!!!! Anyways we met his sister and everyone and it was really sweet.

On Sunday I got to speak in Sacrament Meeting, but I speak too much Brofo, so I am sure some of the members didn't understand what I said, but they seemed to enjoy it. We saw Victor after Church and just answered his questions then had lunch rice and stew :) After that we saw Francis (Our less active who actually came to church YES! ) and just talked to him and it was sweet, Then we saw Agness and talked to her about Prayer and Studying the Scriptures and she is doing well, it's just getting her to church. Then we saw Albert passing by and talked to him small and encouraged him to remember what he was taught and what he has felt. It was nice. Then we saw the Quartsons and then we saw Edward and we finished Lesson 2. That's where I got the words because we have taught lesson 3 a lot lately and as we were teaching Edward, I wanted to know what sun moon and stars were and Anita (His Aunt/mother) helped me out and it was fun. I said Nroraba Na Kraaa (The Stars are not nice at all) haha. Then we saw Christina and we just talked to her small and it was a great lesson.

Anyways that was our week! IT was sweet. Our Prayer list. Edward: He is doing so well, and he wants to be baptized, he just hasn't prayed yet at all, and that's a problem so PLEASE keep him in your prayers so that he will pray and get baptized because he really wants to; in fact when we told him we might push it back, he wasn't too happy, so we told him that he just needs to find out for himself if it's true then everything else will be okay for his baptism on the30th. And for the Members- So we can have translators come with us. :) That is all. I love you and I hope that you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Harward

Below: Pics from our apartment

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