How is everyone this week? Sorry I did not explain the pictures last week, We email at internet cafes and I was runnin out of time. When you run out of time, it exits you out whether you send it or not, so I hurried and sent it. So I'll explain the pics. The one with me and two other guys in all white is a picture of the guys being baptized- Ferdinand and Yaovi. Ferdinand is half British/half Ghanaian, Yaovi is half Ghanaian/half Togonese. Then there is a picture of Elder Noble, their families, the ward mission leader (David Asiedu, in the back left next to Ferdi) and myself. The next picture is elder Noble and I with some of our investigators that came to church and then the baptism- Andrews, Yaovi again wit his little brother, Felix, Daniel, and Jocela. The other pictures are just me and some of the members of the ward.
Anyway, This week wasn't anything crazy. The only super exciting thing that happened is that Ferdi and Yao were confirmed so they are now official members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! It is so awesome. I just love seeing the smiles they have on their faces. It makes all this hard work and occasional struggle worth it.
Also on sunday, we had the best meal ever. Sister Solo, a member in Boukrom, invited us (Elders Noble, Robinson, Seyoum, Amadi, Riddle, and Holmquist) over for dinner as a goodbye dinner for Elder Riddle. He will be home Wednesday of this week. She made us the best fufuo I've had yet! It was fufuo with light soup, chicken, and. The thing about fufuo is that you don't chew it, you swallow it. It is the best food you will ever have. Trust me. I love it. Another thing is that I pride myself in being able to swallow bigger pieces of fufuo than any person I chop fufuo with. Instead of saying "eat," Ghanains say "chop." I've picked up that slang because it sounds cool and it's actually kind of catchy. However, The English they speak here is not the best and it's making mine worse. So please bare with me if I'm hard to understand at times.
I can't really think of much to write... It wasn't really an exciting week. We survived again... but I do have some cool pictures! I took some shots of some areas that Elder Noble and I proselyte in. We have one of the largest proselyting areas in the mission. We haven't even been able to touch half of it because we can't reach it without a car. So when you walk everywhere, it makes it a little tough to get there.... But a really cool thing I noticed is that when Ghana has rainbows,they form a circle around the sun. I think it's because Ghana is so close to the equator, but I'm not too sure. But anyway, Here's some pics! Enjoy! I hope you all have a great week ad are safe! I love y'all!
Oh! Thought for the week-
In sacrament, a returned missionary named Felix gave a talk, and he used this quote (No idea where it is from)- "They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." That is so very true. All caps, underline, and bold that statement. People don't care how smart you are, what you've done, or anything until they know that you care for them. Show people how much you care. Serve them and love them. It will definitely make life easier for both you and for them.
Love,
Elder Robinson
P.S.- Some picture of Ghana, the fufuo before, during and after, and then Elder Riddle with his good bye cake this morning
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