It was a great week for me. I was able to do a lot. The missionaries in Techiman organized a member-missionary fireside that ended up running late, but everyone seemed to enjoy it. The branch presidencey forgot to assign talks for sacrament meeting on Sunday, so the sister missionaries and I gave some hastily-prepared but nicely done remarks on the topics of faith, hope, and charity. I'm grateful for intermediate hymns. I played hymn #2 (The Spirit of God), which is always a marathon hymn to get through. But at Afriiiicaaaaan speeeeeeeeeed it took the whole of fifteen minutes to sing just before I gave a talk. Which is good because it meant that I didn't have to speak for thirty minutes.
Speaking of hymns, I've been teaching a young man named Ofosu Gyarko how to play the keyboard in hopes that he'll be able to do it when I'm gone. It's going fantastically so far. He learns really quickly. By the time I leave, he'll be able to play just about anything from the simplified hymnbook, lead the music, sing the hymns, and teach other members -- all at the same time. Haha just kidding, not at the same time. But seriously, he'll be a powerful tool to help the branch. Right now the members only know how to sing a few songs and none can lead or play the keyboard. So he'll be really useful.
I went on an exchange with Elder Dadzie this week. We carried water for Bro and Sister Andoh. Everyone on the street was pointing and laughing at the white man with water on his head. It was great. I also made a garbage bag poncho so we could go out one day. We got soaked. But I found out that if you put your scriptures in a plastic bag inside your scripture case, it does a really good job of keeping them dry.
Today when I did my washing I tried using rubber gloves for the first time. My fingers were bleeding like they usually do, but as soon as I started using the gloves it didn't hurt at all. It was so amazing. I can't believe I didn't try it sooner because I don't think I'll ever wash without them again. P day just got a little bit better for me.
Elder Nelson
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