Dear America,
It was a sweet week for me. My birthday was on Wednesday. I wasn't expecting too much to happen, but as soon as I got up and stepped out of my room I had several large buckets of water poured on top of me by the other missionaries in the apartment. At 9:00, all of the other missionaries in the zone came over to the Dwumoh chapel for a surprise birthday party. I had water dumped on me again, then we all had cake for breakfast. Sister Wood (the senior couple) made the cake and apparently found out that it's a tradition in my family to eat it for breakfast. A lot of people had birthdays on the same day -- one sister missionary, two members from Dwumoh, and me. There were also two girls with birthdays on Saturday that joined us for the celebration.
In the evening, we picked up the entire Tamale zone at the tro station and made sure that they all got to the apartments that they were supposed to be in. They were staying the night in preparation for the zone conference the next day. It was fun to have them over.
Well, transfer news has arrived. Elder Khumalo is leaving to Kumasi. I'll be staying in Dwumoh and training a new missionary. Dwumoh is a good place. I'm glad that I'll be staying here a while longer. President Cosgrave told me that there are two requirements to be a trainer: exact obedience and unconditional love for the elder I train.It was a sweet week for me. My birthday was on Wednesday. I wasn't expecting too much to happen, but as soon as I got up and stepped out of my room I had several large buckets of water poured on top of me by the other missionaries in the apartment. At 9:00, all of the other missionaries in the zone came over to the Dwumoh chapel for a surprise birthday party. I had water dumped on me again, then we all had cake for breakfast. Sister Wood (the senior couple) made the cake and apparently found out that it's a tradition in my family to eat it for breakfast. A lot of people had birthdays on the same day -- one sister missionary, two members from Dwumoh, and me. There were also two girls with birthdays on Saturday that joined us for the celebration.
In the evening, we picked up the entire Tamale zone at the tro station and made sure that they all got to the apartments that they were supposed to be in. They were staying the night in preparation for the zone conference the next day. It was fun to have them over.
Prince Dankwah was baptized on Saturday. He and his friend have both decided to join the church recently. He was confirmed on Elder Khumalo's last Sunday here. Also, on Sunday Ofosu Gyarko played the keyboard for the first time in Sacrament meeting. I've been teaching him for about eight weeks on and off now. He played "Come, Ye Children of the Lord" from the simplified hymnbook as the opening hymn while I conducted the music. He did a really good job. Then he led the music while I played for the rest of the meeting.
We had two FMs in a row on Sunday, which is the first time that's happened to either of us in Techiman. People know that Elder Khumalo likes food, and they're doing their best to wish him goodbye. He calls himself "Khumalo baku p3", which is pretty much saying "the one and only Khumalo". It's caught on and now everyone calls him that. The branch is going to miss him. He was a large contributor to its development. It'll be hard to replace him.
Love,
Elder Nelson
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