Saturday, December 29, 2007

 

Surprises !!


Imagine our surprise to learn that the young couple that had come from Ivory Coast with no appointment and no family to be sealed to each other, that everyone was rushing about to accomodate, was our very own Soeur Kouadio. She began her mission April 24, 2006. She certainly is one of the very best of the Sister missionaries that we have seen. The families of the couple were giving much opposition to their marrying so soon after her mission...so they finally came to Accra...were married and came immediately to the temple to be sealed. We were able to stand in for her family...and as things turn out...the newly arrived couple from the US, Elder and Sister Cobb, were working in the temple office and realized that they had taught and baptized the young man that would eventually find Sister Kouadios husband in Ivory Coast and lay the foundation for his conversion...so he felt like he had someone to stand in for his family. The sad part of the story is...that she is now in Ivory Coast and he is looking for work in Ghana. We don't know if they have told their parents or not yet. We do know it is not good for young couples to begin their married life apart...hopefully things will work out quickly for them.

 

Our Christmas Group - two photos for the price of one

This is what they looked liked the first Sunday they were with us - fourteen wonderful young people - two from the United States, one from England, one from Sierra Leone, one from Togo, four from Ghana and five from Nigeria. Sister Nielson had had a day's experience with our Elder from Togo ( Elder Abangbeji) - although a french speaker he has been called to serve in an English speaking mission ( Nigeria Lagos East ) - but the day Sister Dil and Sister Nielson spent shopping in Togo, he was their translator and guide -- so it was wonderful to welcome him here at the MTC. Christmas followed hard upon the heels of their arrival and so we had to have our celebration two days after the above picture was taken - so here they are (below) resplendent in the Kente weave ties and scarves that "Santa" delivered on Christmas morning. It is a welcomed, small group and will be the final group that we send out into the mission field as the next incoming group will be sent out by President and Sister Harmon. We'll only be with them for 7 days.
Editor note - sorry this was so late posting - it has been almost three weeks since we could access the blogger spot on the web and down load pictures!!!

Monday, December 10, 2007

 

November 30 Group

Sorry this posting is a little late - our missionary from South Africa missed his initial flight and had to wait two days for another - hence he wasn't here for a group picture on the first Sunday, so we waited and took it on the second Sunday the group were here. Those following the blog will recognize that the setting for the picture changed - No, not that we wanted all to know and see that we have a Christmas tree set up, but rather because this group earned the prize for the world's best squinters!!!! Our outdoor picture (even though we took four) found the majority of the missionaries with their eyes either fully or partially shut - so we retook it indoors where open eyes were the order of the day.
This group is composed of 5 missionaries from the United States, two of which are of Tongan roots, one from New Zealand (going to President Dil's mission (they are from New Zealand also)), one from South Africa, four from NIgeria, three from Ghana, and four french speakers- three from the DRCongo and one from Rep. du Congo - a total of 19 and quite a relief after having had the large group of 41.

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