Settling in.... to mission life

Hey Mom!

It's good to hear that everyone is doing well! For thanksgiving we're probably going to be having some Ostrich and potatoes! Haha but we still proselyte till 9.

Haha and that dress is the coolest thing ever!! Everyone wears them! And tell Emma congratulations on being able to open the door.....she must be proud. ;)

It's rained a couple of times here and man-when it rains it pours. It makes traveling impossible though since almost all the roads are dirt everything just turns into a giant lake of mud and sewage. But aside from that the weather has been, well, hot.



The Branch that I'm in is really small and new. The members honestly aren't that strong on the whole and it's kinda the culture to attend one church for a few years and then move on to a new one. But Elder Moss and I are working really hard on strengthening the leaders and almost all of our lessons with recent converts and less active members are on the Book of Mormon because people are super unfamiliar with it.

On Sunday, I was able to Baptize two young men; Justice and Festus. They are both 18 years old and are best friends. They were referrals from one of the recently converted members, Richard-who is Justice's older brother. Anyways really cool guys and Festus has a really strong testimony that this is God's church on Earth.
It's really funny how big the Church of Christ is here in Ghana. Almost none of it's members understand that it is a break off the LDS church and a serious part of the culture here is to attend one church for a few years and then switch to another one so it makes retaining people more difficult. Elder Moss and I have been working really hard to strengthen the leadership in the Branch. Our Branch President reminds me so much of Pres Watson. Very similar personalities.

I'll send some photos of the Baptism in a little bit...the internet is slow again. And I have not heard anything of a package for me as of yet so as much as I'd love one I think it should rather wait. Also from what all the other Elders have said no matter what I'll have to pay some kind of fee for my package no matter what, but I'll try and get more information on that matter.

Well for now I am doing well and currently have 5 people scheduled for Baptism on the 8th of December! Wahoo! haha well I'll talk to you soon Mom.


Love, Elder Green

We Have Water!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Water situation has been cleared up and I am in good health! Haha don't worry mom :) and my companion and I work in perfect harmony with eachother I'd say the talking is like 60-40 me being the lesser on that. he is usually the one to start the lessons but I'm getting better! Haha it's great to see Audrey with that deer! That really is exciting! and I am jealous about the snow! It is still super hot and dusty here so not much has changed. Tate is going to email you some pictures because I can't get them to attatch to the email (I blame it on the crappy internet and old computers) so I really do apologize for that. I love you all very much and Yes I am trying very hard to learn twi. But theres also Ga, Ewya, and a few others from the Volta region so it's all pretty hit or miss. But we usually teach around 35 lessons total in a week.
The branch we are in is relatively small and has a few problems but I will expound on that next week when I have more time to email. I again apologize for the shortness of the email but I am doing well and I am in good health! Haha it's exciting to hear that Kaden comes over-what exactly does he do when he's there? haha anyways next time you see him tell him to email me! Love you mom and I willl talk to you longer next week.


Elder Green

Settling in to mission life

                  

Hey Mom! Thank you so much for the package!! That is so rad that you were able to get me those scriptures! And thanks a ton for the food! Yeah anything that you can just add water too would be amazing. Dairy is pretty much non existent-except for in powder milk form. Bailey has teeth???? Finally! Hahah that is so great! And I am so glad to hear about Carl! That truly is a blessing! And thank you so much for the money transfer. Next package you feel like sending me can you include a shower loofah? Never realized how much I was going to miss that thing haha. Thanks a million again.
Well as for cool things I've seen I'm not sure I have seen many amazing things. Klagon is a super dusty town the size of Farr West with only three developed roads. Suffice it to say, the scenery isn't that amazing. Lizards and wall geckos are everywhere, even in your house so that is kind of cool haha However! we have gone two weeks without running water (The landlord ( who in in Togo for the next month) and tenant of the neighboring building are in a feud and the neighbor disconnected our water line-as in he cut it off and connected his own. The police and city have zero motivation to do anything about so we'll see how that goes for now).
I'm really glad to hear about the family and Ryan will never stop being a smart mouth will he?
Well as of right now we have 8 scheduled baptisms! 4 for the 24th of this month and another 4 for the 8th of December!
I love the people here! Ghana truly is a blessed country! I'd say that 9/10 people are always interested in hearing a message about God. However, the majority of Folks are uneducated and don't speak English very well so we have to dumb the lessons down a lot, which makes teaching more difficult. BUT! It is still such a blessing that I have this opportunity. We usually teach about 7 lessons a day so we are always busy and I get home completely exhausted.
Been eating more Ghanaian food. Still super spicy and weird but is alright. Seriously though don't get to disappointed in me but lets just say I don't currently have the technology to send any photos right now....it's a long story. Anyways I love you all very much and I am loving my mission life right now :)


Love Elder Green

Well I am in a little city called Klagon. Super dusty, not a lot of resources, we haven't had running water since I moved in but I love it here :) the work is going really well. We have 8 people committed to a baptism on the 24 of this month. However, probably only 3 will go through with it. My companion is super cool, he's from Boise and his name is Elder Moss. He's been out about 4 and a half months. We get along really well.
I'm so glad that Katie is starting to talk! Kinda bummed it took me leaving to get that to happen ;) haha oh and my diet literally consist of a loaf of bread a day, usually like half a pineapple, if I'm feeling rich I'll eat some eggs or biscuits and I usually have oatmeal for breakfast. In my apartment there are four of us. We all get along really well and they all say I was the best transfer they've had cause I'm a super cool kid and I like all the coolest bands and music and am pretty much the chillest most humble person around ;) hahaha don't worry I won't let it get to my head :) two nights ago I had this stuff called Banku. really gross and you eat with your hands and you don't chew it at all. Haha everyone says I'll learn to love it. Oh and the food is still crazy spicy. Anyways I'll send you pictures next week-I just forgot my camera and our house is like 20 minutes away. Well mom I love you lots and I'm sorry this email is kinda short-we don't get a lot of time at the internet cafe. But I will definitely try and show you what my area looks like next week with some photos.
Love Elder Green :)

(This is Banku)

oh p.s. This month we'll be going into Ashiamon to do a little gift shopping soooo yeah :) haha there are a lot of Muslim people here where we are so it makes things really...interesting


I forgot to mention that I am a dough head. Having a quad set is a huge bummer when trying to teach people. If possible do you think you could send me a Bible and Triple combination (Small/pocket size) sometime soon? Maybe some like teriyaki Jerky haha?? That way people aren't always like whoa! why is your Bible so big?? What other books you got there?? haha The Distribution Center is outside of our mission boundaries and it honestly has almost nothing except for garments. Oh yeah! forgot to say the the Temple ISN'T in my mission! The boundaries are the street that the Temple is on and it's on the wrong side of the street! haha but we still get to go like every 6 months so it's no big deal :) Anyways!! if that's possible that would be super cool! if not it's still cool :) Tell Christina that I got her letter!! but it's a lot easier to send email's because there really isn't any sort of mail box to drop stuff off except at the mission home and that is almost an hour away.