No More Sisters

Dear America,

This has been an interesting and stretching week. There used to be two sets of missionaries here in Dwumoh branch (us and the sisters), but they went on transfer and there aren't enough missionaries right now to replace them. So we have our hands full with our area and theirs. This is exactly how I was trained at the beginning of my mission, and it's interesting that my son gets the same treatment. Except these areas are huge. We now have a lot of recent converts and potential investigators to take care of. We're doing our best.

On Saturday we had a big member-missionary football match for all of the branches in Techiman. It ended in a tie, 2-2. Nobody was hurt or offended, which is the best that could be hoped for. Then we had two baptisms. One of them was the referral that I wrote about two weeks ago. He's really neat and powerful. He has had several significant trials of faith, but he stayed true and doubted his doubts before he doubted his faith. It all worked out and now he's on a good path.

Elder Bednar is coming to our mission on Saturday of this week. Anticipation is building all across the mission. Everyone has fresh haircuts and bright spirits.

Martin's Cove looked like a lot of fun. I had to look for a while to spot Pace, while Dad's salt-and-pepper beard is looking more and more salty every day. You're right on about the pioneers. They weren't pioneers because they walked a long way. It's because they sacrificed. Which is something I'm learning in Dwumoh.

Brother Andoh was so happy that you replied. He always asks me questions about my family and my home, so I told him just to ask you. It will not be a form of communication with me. But you are free to ask him questions that you have about the church in Ghana or answer questions he has. He's one of the real pioneers that I have met here. So if you want to learn about pioneers, that's where you'll do it.

I had a really weird fruit this week. The small white part is edible and tastes like a mixture of fresh garden peas and cheese curds. The black part is deadly and if you eat it you won't live long enough to regret it. So that was interesting. Picture is included. My camera works again! Miracle.

Love,

Elder Nelson