Hello,                                                                                    Sept. 23, 2013 (Mom forgot to post last week)

Well another week has come and gone.   

Probably the most exciting thing that happened this week was yesterday. We went out proselyting and got caught out in a rain storm. We just left the house of somebody we contacted and it started raining like crazy. One thing about the rain in Ghana is that it is like a sprinter. It doesn't wind up, starting as a drizzle then getting harder. It goes straight to 100% instantly. So we ran with our bikes to a little shelter. Basically it was 4 wooden polls with a tin roof on them. It was an adventure.  After a few minutes we were standing in a small river that covered our shoes. We were right next to a soccer field and as soon as it started raining a bunch of little kids came running out to play soccer in the rain. They were splashing and sliding all over the place and ended up pretty playing in the water and mud.  I was super jealous but I was in my church clothes so joining them wasn't really an option.  I really wanted to though. I took lots of pictures; hopefully I'll be able to send some home sometime.

We contacted some really cool guys this week that hopefully we can start teaching. One contact was really funny. We knocked on the door to a house and a guy came out and we were talking to him and we invited him to church and he told us he was blind and couldn't make it. Then we gave him a Restoration pamphlet for his family and he read the title.... that was pretty interesting.  We've been really trying to go back and see people that we have already contacted in the past which is good. We had a pretty good week.

We contacted one husband and wife. Great people!  They had this really cool quote on their wall. That says "God grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." I loved it, adds a lot of perspective to life.

Other events in my life, I'm learning sign language from m companion. I've got the alphabet down and during church we'll sign to each other because we can't understand the Twi. He is also teaching me a little bit about how to draw. I finally found a way to get the Book of Mormon in Twi so I've having one brought to me by the Office Elders.  I'm pretty excited about that.  Maybe I'll have an Other Side of Heaven moment and read it all night then be able to speak Twi.  

Anyway, things are going well and we are working hard.

Love,
Elder Clark