Abnormal

Dear America,

Transfers happened this week. I took Elder Austin to Kumasi and came back with Elder Robson and some other members of the zone. I spent eighteen hours on a bus. It was a nice bus, though, so I wasn't even annoyed. It took two days to go down and come back. It was nice to see Kumasi again. After I arrived at the mission home, I went to teach a little bit with one of the APs. Other than that, the trip was relatively uneventful, which is good. it was better than last time, when the bus broke down:P 

Elder Robson is a Nigerian. He's from the Akwa Ibom state, which is at the very south next to the ocean. He's a lot of fun to be around because he's always laughing and being friendly with people. He's an experienced missionary--he only has a few months left to go home. He has only served in Kumasi for the whole time, though, so he's used to the bigger city and not the far extremities of the mission (like Tamale). When he met the branch president, the branch president told us that Tamale was abnormal. So whenever somebody does something funny, we just call it "abnormal" and laugh about it.

We've come into contact with an unusual amount of pastors lately.... I came up with a theory that God wants us to baptize pastors so that the Church in Tamale will have a strong foundation of committed members. The harder they are to catch, the more they are worth catching, I guess. 

I passed my one-year mark this week. I had a huge celebration by drinking an extra cup of cold water and turning my fan up to the #2 setting. Woot woot. 

Love, Elder Nelson