Danso's Baptism

Dear America,

This week one of our investigators was baptized! He's the first one in a long time that this branch has had. His name is Danso and he lives in the same house as one of the really strong families in the branch. The missionaries found him quite a while ago, but he kind of resisted efforts to teach him. So we left him alone for a while and eventually he started coming to church with the family because he didn't like being the only one left in the house on Sunday mornings. This is an example of positive peer pressure. He loves church, participates well, gives good contributions, and already has a lot of friends in the church. So we started sneakily teaching him the missionary lessons whenever he came to church and now he's baptized.

Our zone covers a lot of area, so we do a lot of traveling back and forth to take care of business. At first I liked it, but it's getting kind of old. The cars are always sketchy and the drivers are even sketchier. But the funny thing is that whenever I drive in a nice, smooth, air conditioned car (like President Cosgrave's) I get carsick. I'm so used to a bouncy, windy, stinky, packed tro that I feel nauseous in a real car. So life is going to be rough when I get home.

Speaking of spending a lot of time on the road, I'll have almost no time to proselyte this week because I'll be running back and forth from meetings in Kumasi and Nkawkaw. I'm not looking forward to it too much.

Love,

Elder Nelson

The pictures are before the baptism and of a pineapple farm. I'd never seen a pineapple farm before.