Hello everyone,                                                                                   Oct. 7, 2013

This week was fantastic in Ghana. We were really blessed as far as the teaching goes. We had some really good lessons this week and were really able to help some people progress. First off though, this week we had some major highlights.  First, I found strawberry jam and peanut butter. It’s the same stuff that Mom always gets from Winco, I'm super excited to try some. Second is last night I took the time to boil some water to add it to the water for my bucket shower. BEST THING EVER. That was the first time I've had a hot shower since I came here and it was fantastic.  I could keep on going on about how amazing it was but I'll stop at that.

We taught some really great lessons this week. One was to a woman that we had been teaching for a while and she wouldn't accept some of what we were teaching her so we had kind of stopped seeing her. We were standing on the road thinking of what to do because an appointment just fell through and she walked up and asked if we could come to teach her again. We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she was really interested in the Spirit world and that missionary work goes on there. We read some parts from the Bible (1 Peter) and she loved it. She said she was going to go and ask her pastor about it to see what he had to say. I told her that he might not agree with what we taught her but she said that because she saw it in the bible she knew it was true.   It could be the turning poin. We have our fingers crossed. We taught another guy the same thing and he really liked it too. People in Ghana really like the Plan of Salvation.  Maybe that's just the world.

Oh yeah, we had the best rejection so far yesterday. I've had some pretty good one but yesterday was the one I've been waiting for for the longest time.  We went to meet a man at his house. We contacted him and then he saw us on the street and he asked us to come yesterday. So we went to the house and knocked but nobody answered. So I called the man and heard his phone ringing inside the house.  I figured he probably just left his phone at home and then I heard him answer. Then he explained that he was sorry but he left to go to a funeral.  I heard him talking on the phone and through window.   After I hung up I went to the window and told him to have a great day.

This week I read the Living Christ, I would invite everyone to read that again this week. It is amazing.  I love it!  I also read the chapter from Jesus the Christ about the atonement.  It’s amazing how much Christ went through for all of us. The Atonement is something I really want to learn more about and be able to apply more in my life but I know with all my heart the Jesus Christ IS the son of God. He suffered and died for my sins and the sins of every single person that has ever lived. He is our Savior and Redeemer, our older brother and the perfect example for all of us.

Have a T-rrific day!

Love,

Elder Clark