Week 78 Berekum

That’s another week in the books and it was a crazy fast one as well! This week was just another great week of missionary work as well. 

Nothing too wild happened this week to be honest. This week we found ourselves working with part member families and other referrals.  That is always a nice thing, right??  Out of nowhere we had a woman in our branch give us THREE solid referrals!  We visited her one day and she had three people there and we taught them!  It was great! 

We also found out that some of our members have kids away in High school that haven't been baptized or taught. They are all on break right now from their boarding schools.  So we are teaching 2 of them and when they go back they have a church to go to!  We have plenty of referrals to work on now... The Berekum members are giving us work to do! 

One of the coolest things happened yesterday at church!  During Sacrament Meeting that "Korihor" guy, the one I wrote about last week, called us and said he was outside the church! HE CAME! I was seriously in shock! Let me give you an idea of this guy. He's about 26 or so and has a huge tattoo on his shoulder (In Ghana that is an abomination). He weighs about 130 pounds and has long hair and he scams people online for a living.  His name is Clifford BTW.  Hahahah! We had a lesson with him where we simply talked about the life and testimony of Joseph Smith. He was very interested and humbled by what we talked about.... I love Clifford! Such a cool guy now that we have "common ground" hahaha! 

This week I just couldn't get over 3 verses in 1 Nephi chapter 21. 15-17.... (Also Isaiah 49)

15 For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

17 Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

The Lord will NEVER forsake us! Our walls (Challenges, struggles, disappointments, sufferings) are continually before him! Don't forsake him! 

Anyway, This week was cool!  Like, it just goes by so fast!  I hope people back home are loving the snow!  People on missions, Enjoy!

ELDER ELIJAH T. TURNER

GHANA KUMASI MISSION

Our Baptism that happened last week

Me, Eric Appiah, Isaac, Nana Kwame, and his grandma Nana Hema, and Elder Brown kneeling.

A market in town

This guy feels like he can help with quite a lot of things!