Monday, August 11, 2014
How dedicated are you?
Okay. First I would like to say thank you for all the concern that many of you have shown me concerning the Ebola Virus. Ghana has not, to my knowledge, had an outbreak. Besides, who's on the Lord's side who? :)
So to Elder Kay's and mine own disappointment we did not receive any new missionaries this week, even though we were told we would. Still trying to figure that one out haha oh well.
Senchi Branch is doing really well. We were so surprised yesterday at Church. We had 8 investigators at Church! All but one came in late, and I happened to be giving a talk, so I could see them walk in, but I couldn't do anything to help them or show them where to sit and my companion was already busy helping another investigator. It was a bit funny, but everything worked out very well.
The work here is definitely hastening. Senchi has been pegged for a long time as a 'dead' area. I haven't seen that at all.
I would like to share with you all a little bit about a man named Peter. Peter is 22 and joined the Church in Dodowa during the month of April. One day he just showed up to Church and told us he was a member. He told us he stayed in Akosombo (a very nice, big city about a 30min car ride from the chapel) so naturally we were super excited since we have very few members living there since most people say its too far to walk and they don't want to pay for a bus ride. Anyways, we wanted to pay him a visit at his house. We met at the main taxi station in Akosombo(the heart of the town) and expected him to lead us to his house. We walked, and walked, and walked. We left the Akosombo, climbed a mountain, reached a village, passed that village and proceeded to climb the next mountain. It was a good 2 hour walk from the outskirts of Akosombo which is already a very long distance from Akrade (where the Church is). Up until yesterday, we had always assumed that he took a bus to the Church but we were informed not by him, but by another member who works in Akosombo that he walks the distance to and from church every Sunday. He has never complained or made mention of the distance. He must walk about 4 hours each direction. He arrives exactly on time for Church (most people run on 'Africa time' which means they have no regard for keeping time) every Sunday. I almost wept when our Branch President told us he saw him walking home while he was on his way home from work (He works every other Sunday).
I wanted to share that with you all since he has made me question my own dedication to the Gospel. I now often ask myself if I would be that willing to walk that far and sacrifice that much time just for Church. Truly amazing young man.
Well I love you all and hope everyone has a great week. I love my mission and bid thee all farewell! Till next week.
Elder Green
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