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| Elders at zone conference. Elder Peters looks pretty dang nerdy in this photo! |
Dear Family,
The Biggest
news of the week is that we Baptized Kwadwo and Derrick! It was a great service
and i got some good pictures! Unfortunately Emmanuel couldn't make it to his
baptism but we are planning for another one next week, so all is going well in
Kade!
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| The baptism of Kwadwo and Derrick! Such an awesome picture!!! |
We have been
really bored these past few p-days and so Elder Beall and I made fishing hooks
out of needles and we are going to try this pond in the bush about a half mile
away from our house this afternoon to see if we can catch anything. I saw some
kids catching catfish in some puddles this week and so we are encouraged!
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| Tramping through the Bush near the 'fishing hole' (hopefully next week we'll hear about any fish they caught) |
Something
funny happened last week, I was telling Elder Ofosu Hene about how I have never
baptized anyone on my mission that I have contacted. They were all either
member referrals, non-member referrals, or someone who contacted us as
missionaries. We were wandering around at this time and this family sitting
under a mango tree in front of their house called us over. Selassi and her
sister Rebecca ended up sticking around to listen to us after we sat down and
started the lesson. They have been reading from the Book of Mormon, and
praying, and telling us that they will come to church, and they actually came!
It was really cool because it was an experience that told me that i should
always rely on faith, than the school of hard knocks. Sometimes life can knock
us down, maybe even multiple times perhaps even to the point that we don't
think that we can rise up again, that it is normal to fail at our attempts. I
learned that Faith can conquer this this past week.
So I've been
having some trouble with my toes and ingrown toenails so I have been wearing my
Keen sandals to proselyte every day. I haven’t gone to the doctor yet because
we just have too much to do, and I don’t want to make the 3 hour, cramped
tro-tro trip to Accra and back. I fear that discomfort more than my toes
discomfort. Living in Ghana is a life of
discomfort that I’ve just gotten used too. You know how when you go camping you
just don’t ever feel fully clean or relaxed? That’s how I felt the first week
and a half of my mission and now I’ve just gotten used to it.
So as I was
sitting in front of our mirror one morning putting on my sandals, I thought
about how really nerdy I look. I had my glasses on, my worn-out slacks, my pen
in my pocket with my tag, my white handbook looked like a pocket protector, i
gave myself a terrible haircut a few weeks ago...I was amazed that I was having
any success at all. Who would want to
follow this “chingalingy” giant-white-nerd to church? It was kinda funny
because I ended up reminding myself that when we teach people, the Spirit is
carrying the gospel unto their hearts. The Spirit works past our own weirdness
(perhaps it uses it) to help other people come unto Christ.
Elder Ofusu
Hene is getting his patriarchal blessing in a week and a half (on the 17th
of May) so I’m going to see the doctor about my toe then.
The work is
work! And it’s the best work ever!
I love you
all, and can't wait to talk to you on Mothers Day!
Love, Elder Peters
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