HOT! Oct. 23, 2017

These last two weeks were pretty good. The dry season finally hit and when I said Ghana wasn't as hot or humid as I expected I take that back. I'm still loving it here in Axim and we've been teaching a lot more people lately. There's a man named Richmond and when we first met him it was because he was at a shop that his daughter, who we were teaching, owns and that lesson was just pretty much a 45 min argument over what the gift of tongues was. The spirit wasn't present at all and finally Elder Suah, who was with us because his companion was at a district leader meeting, bore his testimony and it was super strong and the argument stopped. Anyway, he agreed to take a Book Of Mormon and wanted to meet again. When we went to teach him again I wasn't too exited because I thought it was just gonna be another bible bash, but he was telling us how he was skeptical about the BoM but he read the intro and some parts and he was really interested and the next couple lessons were really good. He's super smart and its nice to teach someone like that cause most of the other people we have to simplify a lot cause they don't understand very well. But I'm still enjoying every second of the mission and it's been a great experience so far. I've only been in the feild for about a month but I've improved in so many ways spiritually.

Elder Harris 

  Our church building

 Baptismal font

We kill a few of these roaches every morning.  They're about 2 inches long.

Rain Rain Rain Oct. 9, 2017

This week it rained more then I've ever seen. It was probably raining 70% of the time and it gets super muddy. The mud here is really thick like clay and the bottom of our pants always get so muddy. I've had a lot of FM's (free meals) this week and there are some interesting meals in Ghana. But one member made us spaghetti and it was good but there was so much pepe on it. They really put pepe in everything. The power goes out all the time too. It doesn't get incredibly hot in the day but you sweat like crazy. It also gets really cool at night. Its weird here cause it gets light at 7 in the morning but is dark by 6:15 and everyone goes to bed at like 6:30-7 except the people who drink all night. Everybody here loves the U.S. and always want us to tell them about it cause they all want to go there. I've seen way more American flags and things like that way more than any Ghana stuff. Church here is also in Fante or Ezma so me and my companion can't understand a word so it gets a little boring but its still fun. I am learning a little fante.   I'm still loving Ghana and the people here are really sweet. 

 This little guy's name is Courage and he is my favorite.  They are new members and any time we come by, their mom, Sister Beatrice feeds us amazing food.  She is a great cook.  She makes these cinnamon pancake type things that are so good.

I Made it to the Mission Field Oct. 2, 2017

        Well, I finally made it to the mission field and its been great, my companion, Elder Hess, is from Ashton. It's funny we live about 15 min away yet the first time we ever meet just happened to be in the middle of Africa haha. I'm in a town in west Ghana called Axim and its awesome. Were right on the coast and we have a balcony on our apartment that looks over the ocean. I guess we also have the best apartment in the cape coast mission and its probably the nicest building in Axim. People here are awesome and especially the members. All the little kids always yell "obroonie" over and over when they see us and run up to give us high fives. The food here is actually pretty good. I finally had Fu-Fu and its actually really good. Its just pounded casava in a bowl of groundnut soup. The problem is that its really filling and I had to eat like 3 pounds of it in a gallon of soup and the rule is you have to eat it all, i could barely finish it and then when I thought I was given another bowl. Luckily one of the other elders there loves fu-fu and when the sister wasnt looking he hurry and took half of it but I still had to put down another half a bowl. I was so full I didn't eat untill lunch the next day. I also already own a machete cause we farm every saturday morning on a member Brother Armoos farm. He grows pinapples, mangos, and casava. He also has to kill at least one python a week cause there's so many at his farm. All the fruit here is amazing and especially the pinapple. Brother Armoo is known for having the best pinapple in all of West Ghana so I'm excited for the harvest at the end of this month cause I guess he gives the missionarys loads of 'em. I'm really loving Ghana and I'm glad this is where the Lord wants me to be. 

 First meal in Mission Home

President and Sister Hillam from Idaho Falls, Idaho

 All the new missionaries from the MTC

getting some training before we head out

Elder Hess from Ashton, Id

                                     
                                                              Pineapple farm

My machete is about 3 inches wide to compare how big this centipede is.  It's bigger around than my finger.

Our apartment.  We have mosquito nets although so far I have only seen maybe 2 mosquitos.

MTC

Hey Mom, I made it to the mtc and I'm doing good. The plane rides were not that bad but they were really long, we never had more than a 30 min layover at any of the airports. At salt lake there was 35 elders. It wasnt as hot as I thought and the humidity wasnt as bad as iIthought it would be but there's definitely a difference. We're the 2nd group to go through the new mtc and theres 200 exactly. I'm companions with a native ghana missionary Elder Osei, he's going to serve in Nigeria. Africa is not what i thought and Accra is a really big and modern city. The airport lost all three of the bags for the natives and I was at the Ghana airport for 4 hours before they finally found 2 of them and are sending the third one today, I will have to stay at the mtc for 3 weeks but im glad im not a french speaking mission cause they have to be here for 2 months. I already miss home a little but glad I'm here. I cant wait untill i actually get out on my mission cause from what I hear the mtc isnt that fun. Tell everyone hi, love ya 

 1st companion- Elder Osei from Kumasi, Ghana.  He will be serving in Nigeria

 We still get American food once in a while.

 this little tiny Elder is 25 years old

my bedroom 

view out of my bedroom window in the mtc.. Accra