I
was in a member’s house this week and saw a notification that the Warriors
swept the Cavs. Good for the Warriors!
hahah!
This week was
nuts! TRANSFERRED! hahaha! MAJOR........ Wednesday was the most uncomfortable
day on my mission yet! Like, just not
knowing where I was going. On the tro-tro ride to Kumasi I had a friend call me
and ask me if I knew where I was going, I said “no!” He just laughed! Sweet, that makes me feel awesome! haha! I finally got to the stake center in Kumasi
and found out I was going to Tamale! The
NORTH! The Middle East of Ghana! Muslims
everywhere. That’s the main (and just about the only) religion here in Tamale. So it’s going to be interesting. Tamale (pronounced tah-mah-lay) is a super
nice place though! We have a natural water heater!!! Sun, sun, sun ahaha!
The Sun here is so hot! It's not even the hot season yet!
Tamale
My new companion
is Elder Barnum a super chill guy from sunny San Diego. He likes to work super hard and he’s a
consecrated missionary! I'm excited to see what Tamale will bring us!
Contacting here is
not easy with this different language up here.
They speak Dagbani (sounds like dog-bwani). The key is just to start talking about Christ.
His Divinity! Muslims believe that Jesus
Christ is real, like a prophet... just not that he’s actually the Christ! The
Son of God! It's mind blowing for a
Mormon boy from Utah! But yeah, just
seeing how they respond will tell you if we can teach them. If they allow the missionaries to teach them,
we have to go and interview them! So we
do a lot of interviews just to see if everyone will be safe during the lessons
and all that. So yeah Tamale is
basically a different mission altogether! It’s not tropical anymore but more Savanna
desert type.
This week I was
able to start the Book of Mormon again. Something that stood out to me was how many
times that Nephi and his brothers in those first chapters of the Book of
Mormon, bring up the words "Keep the Commandments!" It reminds me of the primary song!
Keep the Commandments,
Keep the Commandments,
In this there is safety and peace.
Just keep singing
it in your mind!
Anyway Tamale is
dope haha! I hope everything is cool for everyone!
Elder Turner
Lounging in the Mission Home
My Companion
Elder Garret, Elder Blanchard and Me
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