Dear Family
& Friends,
Just finished
washing clothes and stuff, now we are café-ing. This will be my last week with
Elder Tohouri, I’m looking forward to it, but I’m also going to miss him a TON.
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| Elder Peters once wrote that a mission is "a lot of hellos and goodbyes" Elder Tohouri has been a great companion and he will be missed. |
Elder
Tohouri and I have a lot of fun every day.
We had nobody show up to church for the 4th week in a row and
we spent a lot of time biking from one failed appointment to another, but we
had a LOT OF FUN doing it!
So yeah…sometimes
mission has rough patches, and the work isn't going the way you want it to
despite your best efforts, but there are still some great moments. Like on Wednesday
when we came back from a district meeting to drop off some stuff at our
apartment and grab some lunch and there's a stark naked mad man having a
serious conversation with the tree in front of your house. This guy had a huge
beard and all the goats that usually hide themselves under the tree for shade
from the heat of the afternoon hesitantly watched this guy from a distance
waiting for him to find another inanimate object to debate with so they can
return to their hang out spot. I wanted to take a picture, but didn't for
obvious reasons...
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| I tried to find a photo of goats under a tree in Ghana and found this! Apparently Ghanaian goats can also climb trees? |
This week as
I was reading my book of Mormon I came across a really cool scripture in Nephi
chapter 17ish. (I was looking for the exact reference but I can't find it.) But
Nephi basically says if I hadn't prayed about the vision that my father had,
and then seen it myself I would have wanted to return to Jerusalem. And
it also reminded me of something similar that Joseph smith said about how if he
had not seen the things he had (referring to the first vision) he
wouldn't have believed them himself. I know that sometimes it’s difficult to
accept the truth or reality of a situation, especially when we can't
"see" God's hand in it. Having the faith to ask him to help you
understand, even if it that understanding doesn't come until later (like Nephi);
will give you the strength to carry on. I have felt that a lot this week in
trying to raise up our area.
Elder
Tohouri and I had the opportunity to travel to the Ofankor Ward this past Sunday
and visit them. Elder Tohouri served there for 9 months and asked President if
he could go there and say goodbye to all of his recent converts and friends
there before he went home and President said that he could. It was fun to go to
their ward and feel the welcome and friendliness of meeting new members.
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| Another missionary posted this photo of some kids in Ofankor playing soccer in the street. |
While we
were there we went to the Valiant 9 class (Elder Tohouri used to teach them)
and the teacher was really kind and friendly. A little kid in the class asked a
question that made me laugh and think of Mom and all the time she’s spent in
primary. The girls name is Gloria and we were talking about the restoration of
the priesthood and the teacher held up the picture of John the Baptist conferring
the Aaronic Priesthood upon Joseph Smith and Gloria asked, "um I learned
that when we resurrect we become young and healthy, why is John the Baptist so
old?" The teacher was stunned. Me and Elder Tohouri were laughing and the
teacher said “uhhh I don't really know maybe the elders can help us”... so we
had to explain that it was just a painting, not for sure.
Things are
good. I did 600 push-ups this week. I’m trying to get to 1000, but small
small.
I love you
guys a ton!
Love, Elder Peters
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