Friday, September 21, 2007
NOW THAT'S FISHING!!!
Ever since Brad sent his tale of conquest in the watery depths of our Waterton fishing hole - and the tale of tape - the Pike that never got away - (by the way, we haven't seen a picture yet!), Dad figured he needed to top the fish story - so there you are - two "pikes" to top all pikes. Right out of Ghana waters. In reality the story is this - we had two car loads of Koreans stop in front of the MTC and were studying it carefully. Mom and I were in the apartment when she said you should go down and see what the crowd is all about. When I went down, the guard at the gate didn't want to let them in, but their interest was in the building - so I invited them to come in - have a little tour and told them a little of what we were doing. They were a fishing company and were just in the throes of beginning a building here in Tema, but liked ours so well, they wanted to see it and know about how it was built and details, etc... So we set them up with an appointment with the project manager in Accra at the Area Office. Two days after their visit, they brought these two fish to say thank to us for letting them tour and helping them get the information they would like to have in starting their building program - We gave the two that brought the fish a copy of the Book of Mormon and thanked them so much - Sister Howard our cook will now be faced with the challenge of frying filets off these two wonderful fish.
Monday, September 17, 2007
A Week Late - but Here!!!
NO - NOT THE MISSIONARIES - THE PICTURE!! We had quite a time getting everyone here on time, or finding out why they weren't here. When the dust settled we were two shy of what we expected - but we are very pleased with the large group we do have. There are ten different countries represented in this particular group - and for the first time since we have been here we have more French speaking missionaries than English - that would even have been a larger French speaking group if the other two who didn't come, had arrived (one was from Ivory Coast - the other from France). As it now stands there are 21 who speak french coming from Ivory Coast, D.R. Congo, Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Benin and Tahiti. And 14 who speak English coming from Nigeria, Ghana, England, and Ethiopia. Our Elder from Ethiopia had visa problems and was delayed a day - but luckily that was at his home airport and so it wasn't too serious in terms of displacement. The group is highlighted by our first missionary from Benin -a small french speaking country between Ghana and Nigeria. He is well prepared and represents his country very well. Another first with this group is that we have two districts for the french and two for the English - making four districts - we had to re-recruit our two former teachers, the two Mintah brothers to help us with this group.THANKS TO A THOUGHTFUL PARENT - WE HAVE DISCOVERED YOU CAN ENHANCE AND ENLARGE THE PICTURE BY SIMPLY DOUBLE CLICKING ON IT. THAT WAY YOU PARENTS CAN GET A BETTER LOOK AT YOUR MISSIONARY.
To those parents and others who have left comments on our blog, thank you...we have just discovered them as well. Don't fret...we have a better understanding of young men and young women than we do of electronics and websites and blog spots. FYI...the MTC will not have missionaries in training following this group for just one session, as we paint, fix and renovate, in order to maintain this beautiful building.
