Hello everyone! It was a good week for me. I hope all was good for you. This week, it rained and poured. It rained almost every day this whole week, and Ghanaians seem to be scared of the rain. So not too many people are outside and feeling friendly when it is raining. It's a bit difficult for work, but when there is a break in the rain, we can hurry and run somewhere.
We received transfer news on Saturday. I will be staying with Elder Adu and in Nkawkaw for another transfer, which is a good thing because I have a lot of work to do here. At home, I always took the organization and maturity of the church for granted. Here, the church is so new and so small that things rarely run smoothly. It makes me aggravated sometimes because the branch president and his counselors have been taught and trained to run the branches. But they do not get run correctly at all; actually, nothing is done correctly. And when you try to teach the correct way or make any suggestions, they don't take you seriously. I love these people, but sometimes they really test my patience. Things are getting better, though, little by little. There is getting to be more organized and smoother running, but still far from perfect.
We created a new tradition two transfers ago where we go to Rock City with our district and get a pizza at the end of the transfer to celebrate a little bit. So that's exactly what we did. We headed and got a pizza. Speaking of pizza, there's an Italian dude that we met who said he would make us some pizza, so I really hope that happens.
I believe that's all for this week. Not too much happened, but of course, the work is still progressing anyway until next week - Elder Gilbert
For this week's photos:
The wonderful rain: Our apartment leaks when the wind is blowing. It pushes rain underneath the door and floods the place, and also water pours in from the windows. You're out of the elements, but at the same time, you're still not. I love it.
Rock City with the district
Eating a fufu of okra stew. It was nice. The okra stew was extra slimy
A picture with some rare cheese. It's impossible to find those here, and someone found a box, so we split a box between 6 people. They were so good we all took a photo with the box. I used to hate cheese, but my dad got me and the entire bishopric hooked on those things.
Something interesting about Ghana is their funerals are a week long, and the caskets are wild. There is a picture of me standing next to a needle casket (for a nurse) and a cocoa pod casket (for a cocoa farmer). There was also a Bible casket, but someone got mad at me for taking a photo with the first ones, so I wasn't able to get the one of the bible.