Elder Green's Ghanaian Experience: He is doing what the Lord would have him do!

Hey it's been awhile, sorry for the long week of silence. Honestly I just wasn't in the mood to write last week. I'll make up for it though.
This week we had something very exciting take place:
On Tuesday (one of the days we normally go to Juapong) our District Council Meeting went longer than it typically does. That being said Elder Bautner and I decided to take an early lunch in Kpong-that way we can use as much time as possible in Juapong. As we were on our way to our first appointment we could tell that there was something 'different in the air.' As we drew closer to the Volta Star Textile Factory the sky was filled with the smoke of burning tires. The work force was protesting against the management for lack of pay. As we stood there watching the scene unravel I sensed the presence of a young man right next me. He was speaking in Ewe and I wasn't paying him any attention because I wanted to see what was happening at the Factory. Again, he persisted to gain my attention, this time however I felt a strong impression to listen to him.
He was speaking French, and he mentioned 'Church'. I turned to him and asked him in French if he knew the Book of Mormon. He confirmed by responding that he also knew le Doctrine et Alliances (D&C). To confirm if I heard him right I asked if he also knew le Perle de Gran Prix (PofGP). At this he became very excited and myself and my companion couldn't believe what we were actually hearing. "Did a member of the Church just find us?", "Are any members of his family a part of our Church as well" we wondered to ourselves as he led us through some narrow bush paths to his home.
Once we arrived he ran inside his home and brought out stacks of Church material-all in French. We had hardly began to look at the books when two women came walking along the path. At first glance the thought came to my mind that these two women are members-obviously related to this young man whom we just met. They walked straight to us and almost laughing they asked us "Since when did you come here?" There big, warm smiles assured us that they were also members of the Church. They sat down with us and I felt so overwhelmed with joy that all I could do was place my hand over my mouth, smile, laugh, and thank God for allowing us to meet. They rehearsed how they joined the Church in 2012 in Osu and Aladjo and had both recently moved to Juapong. They both felt very discouraged because they looked and looked but couldn't find the Church anywhere. They only prayed that the Church would find them.
Now, this young man who we met joined the Church this past June, along with his whole family in Lome, Togo. He was leaving the very next day to Ho for school. The two women who were passing on the path had never scene the boy until that day. These two Sisters, their Mother and two of their Children are also members of the Church. On Friday we took one of the Members from Juapong to meet them-on Sunday one of the Sisters was able to come to Church.
Our entire morning was disturbed. We were not on time, we did things in a different order, almost everything about our morning was different from our normal routine. I know that God was leading us and placed these different obstacles in our way so that we would meet these 'lost sheep'. Currently the young man is no longer in Juapong and his family has gone back to Togo (I'll have to double check, but i believe they said they would leave in a weeks time)
This week has been very good. We are also seeing a lot of progress in a few individuals that we are teaching near the Chapel. A man named Matthew who was formerly a heavy drunk is making leaps and bounds of progress. As he says he is 'Forcing himself to stop'. The biggest difference I've seen in him is that 'Light' has returned to his eyes. He looks and acts happier.
I'm so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve and I pray that we will all listen to the 'Still Small Voice" that guides us and protects us. Let us be worthy to receive these promptings from the Spirit. I love you all and wish you a wonderful week.

Elder Green