So big news! I got transferred out of Achimota and am now at Senchi Branch. Senchi is near the Akosombo Bridge right on the Border of the Volta Region. After spending 9 months in the choked, overcrowded city of Accra I am so happy to have a change of pace.
That being said I am really sad to leave Achimota ward. That ward had done almost a complete 180 since I had gotten there. Sacrament attendance was really low and the members did not want to work the missionaries at all, but now they loved us there and were always asking us when they could come out and proselyte with us. I am happy to see how far forward that ward has moved--but still a bit sad that I am no longer there.
So let me tell you about Senchi. The church is a rented building that was formerly the home of a chief in this area and our apartment is on the second level. It tickles me everytime I think of how I live in a church now. It is only a two man apartment so it's just me and my companion who rule the whole Senchi (Akosombo) area. The branch members are really great and most seem very active in their callings and are very excited about the Church.
So a little bit about my area. Yes. I'm in the bush. Complete with all the mud huts and grass roofs, the bush meat and since I'm next to the River Volta there is a lot of fishing here. AAAAAAnd I'm up the mountains!! This area is pretty sweet so far. The only downsides are that the villages are so far apart that it gets expensive having to take a tro tro everywhere (you could only be crazy if you wanted to bike it all).
One really cool experience that I had this past week starts almost 7 months ago. In my first area I had the opportunity to teach and baptize a really cool guy named Emmanuel Asare. He was probably one of the most prepared people I've met and he is super smart. Anyways after I left Klagon I lost contact with him. All I knew was that he had moved from that area. Well on my way to Senchi a bunch of the other missionaries kept talking about this recent convert who was crazy smart. I wasn't really paying attention to what they were saying until the mentioned his name. Turns out it was him. I met him the second night that I was in Senchi and he and I were able to have a really good talk and we were able to clear up some concerns that he had about the Church. It was the most wonderful surprise to see him again.
Well that's all for today folks, keep to the faith!
Elder Green
