Half way mark

HUMP DAY!!!! Check it out! Well I'm half way down and half way more to go. Couldn't be any more stoked to get out and work.
So this week in Sacrament we were able to have two investigators from Juapong come and visit it us at the Church again. Bear in mind that Juapong is really far and the cost of transport is 5 cedis in and out (Which for most people is a fair amount of money to spend on travel costs). Their names are Sister Rose and Peace. They are two lovely women, Rose being the very first person we contacted in Juapong and Peace being a referral from Rose.
Sister Rose and and Sister Peace are both very excited about the Book of Mormon and we have already begun to see differences in both of them since we began visiting them. When they came to Church they were warmly welcomed and they also knew one of the members who lives in Juapong. They both seemed to enjoy Church very much and we are planning for their baptisms on the 16th of next month. Hopefully things will go the way our Father in Heaven wants them to.
I am very happy to be here serving the Lord in the wonderful country of Ghana and I pray that I'll be able to do all that the Lord would have me do. I love you all very much and wish you the best week possible.
Love, Elder Green

The work continues to go forward!

Hello everybody!
So time is getting all jumbled together and I am having a hard time figuring out what I actually did this past week (and not like three weeks ago)
1. On Wednesday we (Elder Bautner and I) cooked up some super delicious marinated pork chops with steamed vegetables and mashed potatoes. We're broadening our diet horizons :)
2. We were actually able to have some good one on one lessons with some of our investigators in Juapong (most of our lessons have been group lessons of 4-7 people) Time to find those elect individuals!
3.Spent two days in the apartment straight. (Elder Bautner was sick)
4. We had a baptism on Sunday!! Woot Woot! Also, we had two investigators from Juapong visit us at Church on Sunday(we're stoked about this!)
Throughout the week we were able to have some cocoa pods dashed(given to for free) to us. Super delicious as always, but you can't eat too much because they are quite acidic, and we are now drying the seeds out to hopefully make coco powder! We'll see how it goes. Sorry I don't have any pictures to send this week. The cafe I'm in doesn't allow me to do that anymore :/
Anyways, apart from all these fun little things that have happened this week I am very grateful for my Savior. In one of our lessons that we had early in the week. As we were talking we explained that we were here to find the 'elect of God'. A man named Confidence then asked us if God has 'his' people predetermined and that there was nothing for us to do except to hope that God has chosen us. We then discussed with the group how God has given us our agency (free will) and that it is up to us to choose to follow him. We then used an example of school children and how even the brightest most intelligent student in the class could fail, if he doesn't work for his grades.
The Spirit was strongly felt in this lesson and I have found myself reflecting often on this experience. I've learned again that the Lord has blessed us with our own ability to make choices. We are accountable to the decisions that we make, whether they be for better or for worse.We choose our happiness, likewise we also choose our misery and heartache. True, hardships and trials which are out of our control come into our lives. However, we choose how we react and handle the situation. Just like the athlete breaks down his body and stresses his muscles until they beg for relief; for the purpose of improving his game or to build strength and endurance. The Lord allows the adversary to 'stress' us, for the purpose of strengthening ourselves and learning to rely upon the Lord. I know God lives, and I know that he is here to guide all of us-if we only allow him to do so. I love you all and wish a good week.
Love Elder Green

PICTURES!!!

1. Elder Bautner and I caught out in the rain one of our first days together

2-5. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3735554/ Movie set, director and actors of the upcoming movie titled 'Freetown' a group of native Liberian missionaries make a desperate cross-country trip through their war torn country to save one of their own.

6 . The Tinkorang family. They live in Elko, NV. George finally got his visa and he went home to the States. Will miss that family very much.

7. my first attempt of making cornbread on the stovetop. HUGE SUCCESS!

8. myself and Shadrack Jacob, a recent convert to the Church. He was proselyting with us a few days ago.

So Much Work!

Hello everybody! So this week has gone by so quickly! However, I had a small cold which brought me in the house for about a whole day-no worries I'm strong and healthy today :)
So Juapong is a very interesting area. We've likened the place to the Hydra. We cut of one head (meet with one person) and five more grow back (five more people sit down and are interested to hear what we have to say and want us to come back). Like it's super cool and I Don't feel worthy of receiving all these blessings. Unfortunately, we've only been allowed 2 days a week to go there so there is just too many people that we've met it's become very difficult to have follow up lessons with these people.
One really cool story that was shared with us took place in Juapong-on our first day there.
A man who we met, Eric, was in front of a chop bar(Ghana's equivalent of a 'fast food' restaurant. all local food.) that we had been directed to go for some lunch. He approached us, we explained to him that we were going to eat, but afterwards we'd meet with him. He agreed, and told us he'd wait for us to finish. After we had finished, we went back to meet him. However, he was nowhere to be found.
3 weeks later from the time we first met him, we saw him again. We sat down with him and his friend who we had given a Book of Mormon to earlier. As we were talking he told us that he and his friend shared the Book of Mormon and had both read the section that we marked. Naturally we were both very impressed. Eric, then, began to share with us that he hadn't been going to Church for a long time and that he knew he needed to change his ways and start going to church again. He explained to us that he had been fasting for many days-seeking guidance from our Father in Heaven as to where he should go and what he should do to change his life. He then explained to us that the day he closed his fast was the day that he met us(our very first day in Juapong). The Spirit was strong in this lesson and it was a powerful testimony to myself and my companion that we were led by the Spirit to speak to the people we spoke to that first day and that God has a plan designed for all of us. A plan of Happiness. We just need exercise our Faith in Him and then we'll see his plans laid out before us. I know God lives and I know that he loves us all very much.
Love, Elder Green