November 4, 2013

Well Hi there...

First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!  I hope you have an absolutely fantastic day!

October sure went by fast. Seems like every day goes by a little faster than the day before. This week will go by fast also. Wednesday we are going to Accra for a Temple trip. I'm so EXCITED!!  I haven't been to the temple in such a long time.  I love the temple.  It really is God's house on earth.  I remember when the Bishop (Bishop Firmage?) challenged us to double our temple attendance.  I bet that we all can double it again, and then double it again.  It's definitely worth it.  I remember at college I went Tuesday and Thursday in the mornings.  I promise the blessings come.

We had some pretty cool experiences.  In Ghana there are villages and towns. Those villages and towns all have a chief, like a king. The chief owns all of the land and people have to come to him to buy land or do anything.  So we were in one village waiting for a member.  While we were waiting I decided to go out and do some contacting, I hate standing around.  So we were contacting a little bit and one man called us over. Told us his name was Nana and he wanted to join the church.  Nana means chief. The chief then invited us to the palace that night.  We went and it turns out he is a less active member who wants to come back to church.  He’s a super nice guy. Coolest thing is that in his palace he actually has a throne.  SO COOL.  It's not made out of gold or anything but it’s a throne.  

Our dear brother E. gave me a heart attack yesterday. We called him in the morning before church to remind him and he said that he was already at HIS church.  I was SO bummed. We got to church though and there he was, waiting for us. I guess he got to church around 7AM and waited for us.  I made sure he knew we started at 11 and he said "I know but its Sunday, where else should I go?" To quote Mr. Gural, "What a guy!"  I guess on the phone he was referring to the LDS church as 'his' church.  I love him.

Other excitement for the week was the pig. We have a Fijian missionary in our district. We decided to buy and pig and cook it island style. It was a lot of work. We bought the pig Saturday morning, live. Had to build the fire and then kill the pig, it was a lot of work but worth it though. They cook the pig by building a big fire over a pit and throwing rocks in the fire to get them super hot. When the fire wood all burns up the hot rocks are left. We put the pig on the rocks and covered it in palm leaves and let it cook for 2 hours. Man in was so good. So good! So far I've butchered a chicken and a pig and eaten dog.

Hope all is going well for everyone. Have a great week!

Love,  

Elder Clark