July 22

Hey Everyone!                                                                  

Man, what a crazy week! Things are going well over here. My companion and I are getting things established and working on getting the work going in our new area. The work is picking up. We are finding some  good people to teach and teaching some powerful lessons.  Man we had some good days.
Monday was the normal P-day and we did our washing for a few hours. The best part was Family Home evening. We usually go to a the home of a man in the Ward . He is a great guy. He was the branch president for 8 years then in the district presidency for 10 years. He has us over every week. For the lesson he wrote things down on paper for each person to do. Some people had tell a joke or something.  Mine was to sing my favorite hymn haha. I ended up singing a solo of Be Still My Soul and nobodies ears were bleeding so I guess it wasn't too bad.

 

Tuesday we had some really powerful lessons with some people I contacted. We went to an appointment but the people had gone out and we were about to leave and I wanted to go and contact the neighbors in the room next door. We did and ended up teaching about a 2 hour lesson to one woman and her brother about the Book of Mormon. The spirit was so strong in that lesson. After we finished we road our bikes out to the main path and we both just stopped and looked at each other for a few minutes and just took it in.  It was fantastic.  We have seen them one other time, I don't know if anything big will come from the lesson anytime soon but we planted the seed. Sometimes it just takes time for seeds to grow into flowers. I guess you can tell I'm pretty excited about it if I'm getting poetic like that haha.

Thursday one of Elder D’s investigators gave us a chicken. That was pretty exciting. Friday morning we butchered it.  It was my first time butchering a chicken.  It was an adventure!  Anyway we are having a member of the branch cook it for us nicely so we will get it today.

Sunday President Hill came to the area.  He split our branch which is super good. We are really excited.  I know the new branch president pretty well and he is a serious man so we will get a lot of work done with him.  I can't wait for all the changes that are going to be happening soon.  President Hill challenged us to set our eyes of a goal of building a stake in Oda.  He said he already picked out places he can have another chapel built. We have our work cut out for us but I know if the members are willing we can do it.  I was just excited to be here for the split. The work here is incredible!

I think it was Thursday night I had a pretty good crash on my bike. We were all riding fast and we went into this turn and all the roads are dirt so we all love to lock up the back tire and drift in the turns.  So that is what I did and then I shifted and the chain came off the gears and got tangled in the frame and the pedals locked up and I hit the ground pretty hard.  I've got some pretty nice cuts on my arm and leg.  I did rip a small hole in my pants, sorry Mom haha. I think my recent convert  can mend them for me though. We'll see.

Well this week was an incredible week of memories and moments. Thanks for the emails, sorry it’s pretty boring back home. You're always welcome to come to Ghana! It's not even very hot here right now.  I don't sweat tons.  It’s the cool season now so it’s pretty nice. It’s actually cooler here than it is in Idaho from the sounds of it and it’s not humid at all. It’s like the spring in Idaho.    I love you all, have a great week!

Love,

Elder Clark

PS Members make all the difference in the world in missionary work, if you meet somebody, don't be afraid to open your mouth, we're all brothers and sisters down here :)