Busy & Exhausted

As I am starting to write my e-mail it's a struggle every week to think of how to start the first sentence. I want to write something really awesome so people will read my emails :P  Now is the time that I should regret not really listening in English class so my emails would be a little more interesting.

Elder Harward and I at stake conference yesterday.

Anyway,  the work in the Nkanfoa ward/ Office is moving forward! This was a hard week though. My last area was very productive with so many people that were progressing towards baptism, but members were not being very helpful (most of the ward were converts of not many years so I can understand... kinda...). In Nkanfoa there is no one to teach and really only 1 or 2 people that can help very little. So, things are quite difficult at this moment.  It is like a rerun of the area I was trained in - walking around all day trying so hard to find people.

Our apartment entrance

Elder Harward and I put together a battle plan to help strengthen the ward. 

1) The ward had 200 or so members and 100 of them are less active.  So we have to find those less actives, which is difficult because addresses do not exist here and calling does no good.  During the week we were going on a wild goose chase for less actives we felt to find.  The process went this way - go to a member,  member would say this other member knows where they stay,  member #2 would say I know them but do not know their place, but member #3 will know, go to member #3 and they escort us to the less active.  We were able to find 4 less actives this week!

2) Know all the members and where they live (again no addresses so quite hard).


3) REFERRALS REFERRALS REFERRALS

Tuesday is for office duties. It consists of driving into Cape Coast,  going to the post office to get the missionaries mail and buying supplies.  When we got back to the mission home I told Elder Reyes, Elder Jager, and Elder Griffin how much I do not like driving in Ghana.  It is just a free for all on the road..  Now I know why Elder Harward wants me to drive.  It's nerve wracking.

Our apartment

Wednesday was the first annual less active member goose chase. Quite tiring but well worth it.

Thursday Elder Harward went to Takoradi to get his ID card renewed with others that came in his group.  I spent the day on exchanges in the office.  It was nice because there were plenty of things to do.  Lets just say the supply office side needs a little help with organization and other stuff.  I spent the day checking the orders from the apartment leaders and then packing the stuff they ordered.

Friday in the office.. AGAIN.  It's only supposed to really be on Tuesday and Friday unless something happens.  Elder Harward and I have been thinking of way's to make the supply office more efficient.  One idea that came to pass is an order list for us to go buy things.  This way we will not have too much of anything and it will save money that we are given.

The list that I made (4 pages long of things we supply) (Ps thank you chickfila)

Our kitchen

Saturday we spent at stake conference!  It was a wonderful session because President Stevenson and Sister Stevenson along with Elder Stanfill (a seventy that is now an Africa west area counselor) are awesome speakers.  We spent the evening in our area.


Sunday back to the stake center!  Cape Coast stake was split and now there is a Yamoransa stake.  I spent 1 week in Cape Coast stake and they kick me out... darn.

All in all it was a good week.  The office and the Nkanfoa area keep my companion and I very busy and very exhausted :)  Though we had a total of one whole lesson all week... :/

-- Elder Johnson