How's it going, everyone? How are things going in the states? Everything is normal here; just casually doing the work of the Lord. This week was a really good week. I got a lot done. It was just a solid, productive week.
Monday was just a chill P-day. Nothing really happened; we just rested ourselves. We went out proselytizing around 4 and did our new tradition of heading to someone's house. This week it was the Boatengs. They live in Amanfrom (the zone leaders' area). They are a super good family, and it was a joy to spend some time with them. David Boateng is the father, and he was considered an eternal investigator. They had been visiting him for almost 6 months but would not accept baptism. He was reading Alma 34 in the Book of Mormon and decided baptism was right for him. The Book of Mormon is so powerful! The wife and kids will soon follow. The dad is a gospel singer; he showed us his song, and it was actually really good. It's called "Judgment Day No Bribe." We danced the night away and then chopped some Jollof rice.
Tuesday we had District council. There has been a new area open up, so we had two new elders move into the district. It's such a good thing because now we have more people to give insights when before it was only 6 elders, so not much was said. It was a good change.
Wednesday - Saturday were normal proselytizing days, just seeing our investigators and helping people find a love for Jesus Christ and his teachings. Saturday evening was our branch party. It was very unorganized because I kind of forced them to have an activity because they haven't had one in like 8 months. But although it was unorganized, it was a success. It was like a family game night sorta deal with rice and chicken. There were so many people that showed up too! We had many of our investigators come, and they all had so much fun. Elder Adu and I gave instruction on how to have a structured family home evening.
Sunday was a beautiful day as usual. After church, there wasn't too much to do, so we chilled in the apartment. Our landlord/neighbor got a dog a few months back and named it Gilbert, after me. Sooner than later, we discovered Gilbert was a girl! So we changed the name to Gilberta. It's a dang cute dog, but the dogs here in Africa are very neglected. Gilberta had some flies following her around, and we didn't want her to get ganafied, so we gave her a bath. It was so funny, and now she goes down in history as being the only dog washed in Ghana.
Anyways, that's a wrap on this wonderful week! I love and miss you all, and I'll talk to you next week! ~Elder Gilbert
Pictures:
A kid was picking on me, so I picked on him.
Dancing at the Boatengs.
Jollof rice.
A video of the group of kids that usually follow us around. These ones were more middle-aged; usually, they're much younger.
Bathing Gilberta.
Elder Riley found Jif peanut butter and mac and cheese. He knows Jif is my favorite, so he picked me up a jar! He found it on Wednesday, and it's already gone. I'm saving the mac and cheese for a special occasion.