Week 91 Kumasi

Week 91 was just crazy. Elder Garrett and I were basically living out of our car and this upcoming week doesn't sound like it is gonna be any different!

The week did go by a little slow if you want me to be honest.  Nothing too noteworthy went down.  Elder Garrett and I have been planning everything for a mission tour that is happening throughout the next week. Elder Dube from Zimbabwe is coming to our mission so we are excited for that! I hope he really touches the hearts of all our missionaries.  Planning for the mission tour was a joy.  We delivered mats to different apartments for people to sleep on when they come to Kumasi. There will be a lot of zones coming in, so we just had to drive around running errands.  Doesn't sound too bad......... But this is Kumasi.......... Driving is not fun in this city.  

Here is a little description of driving in Ghana.  Driving is a combination of “bumper cars on a highway”, “dodge ball in vehicles” and a “medieval joust” while playing chicken with every other vehicle on the road.  Ghanaian roads add to this challenge because they are a mixture of vehicle eating potholes, mountain sized speed bumps and DIY vehicle repair shops in the middle of the roadway.  There are no consistent road rules for unregulated intersections, non-functioning stoplights and oversized truckloads.  Now adding to this obstacle course you have 10 million kiddie car sized taxis, over-stuffed tro-tros, motorized scooters and motorcycles all mixing with millions of pedestrians darting in and out of the roadway. It is an adventure to simply get behind the wheel.  So yeah, the time it takes to drive just 15 kilometers is like driving 150 back home! Hahahaha! Just crazy. 

We also got a small amount of proselyting in!  Man was it a rough week for missionary working our area!  The investigators we have in our teaching pool were all on their Easter breaks.  They leave to go back home to see their families and all that. Not that it’s a bad thing but it leaves us with some contacting to do!  We managed though! 

Boga is still progressing along with the other people in our pool. It’s not that bad! It just comes down to finding time this week. 

This next week we have Elder Dube around so it should be a great week! I’m sure we will be learning a lot and feeling the spirit! 

Thanks everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Easter! 

Elder Turner