Hey Everyone,

I hope all is well. Last week was busy and this week is going to be super busy too. Hannah I don't know how you knew but I am being transferred from my wonderful home of Oda to a new place. It's called Buduburum in the Kasoa Zone. I'll be relatively close to where the Hofmans are, I think.  I've been called to be the district leader there so that will be a little busy. I'll be doing the second half of a missionaries training as well. I'm really excited though. I've been saying goodbye to old friends and members here since yesterday. I found out yesterday morning before church so I was able to announce it in church. Lots of people have invited us over to come and eat food with them.  We're going to be busy the next 2 days with me packing and visiting people and then Wednesday we get to get up early to go to Accra again for transfers.  I'm just excited to be going to a place with running water!!

Anyway back to the report. I've got a lot for this week. Sunday we had a missionary Sunday, meaning that we did everything.  Another elder and I spoke in sacrament meeting, and then the branch president translated everything. I spoke about how members can be missionaries. I thought it went really well. I think we all can do better at being missionaries.  It was a really good meeting. The members are really starting to get involved in the missionary work.

We had our 2 regular investigators come to church again.  We felt prompted to visit one of them Friday evening even though we had plans to see other people. We stopped by and found him drunk. It was pretty hard to see but we had a great lesson and then he came to church and we did the same lesson again because last time he was intoxicated. He bored his testimony to us that even though he’s addicted and he knows it will be really hard he is going to do everything he can to stop drinking because he knows that the messages we are sharing with him bring true and everlasting happiness. It's so true; this gospel really is the only source of everlasting joy and happiness. What a great guy. The other guy heard that the branch is going to have a temple trip soon and he really wants to go. He knew that he has to be baptized first so he's ready to be baptized at the next service. They are 2 really great guys.  It's hard to leave them but all that matters is that they truly have embraced the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Speaking of the temple, OH MY GOSH!! I love the temple so much. What a great experience. It was so incredible to be able to visit the house of the Lord again. It reminded me a lot of when I went through the temple for the first time in Logan with Mom, Dad, and Matthew. Man, the temple was so cool. I love the temple. I was so overcome with gratitude in the temple.  I started getting emotional seeing how incredibly blessed we are in America. I had some really sweet experiences there this week.  It truly is the closest place to heaven on earth.  I am so grateful that we have been sealed together as a family for time and eternity. Ya done good Mom and Dad.

Before the temple we had some cooking lessons. I was really excited. We learned an easy way to make tortillas and Bisquick mix for pancakes and other things. We also learned how to make fried rice. I don't cook much but I plan to cook more with my new companion.

 
Hmm, what else? We came across a really cute bunch of puppies with week. We're giving piano lessons to the branch president which is cool. Umm, that’s pretty much it. Lots of exciting work going on here.  I love Oda!  It’s a fantastic place.  I can't wait for you all to see it someday!!

Love,

Elder Clark

PS: Dad, the well is super nice.  It's probably a good 35-40 feet deep. Yep we just have a bucket on the end of some rope that we heave up. I think the idea of a well in the crawl space is great but I'm pretty sure the water table here is a lot higher than in Idaho. Yep, they're dug by hand too. They just lower a guy down in there.

PPS: An Elder from Idaho was telling me how his Dad is a crop duster. He told me he'll give me flying lessons when I get back so that I can get my pilot’s license!! He also builds his own planes so..... (A long time dream of Tim’s)