Ghana Gazette

Two years later and a lifetime full of memories our day of departure has arrived. We waited to take this photo on the day that both the incoming President and his wife (Harmon from Provo Utah) could be here and the departing President and his wife (Nielson from Canada (Mt. View) could both be in the picture. The second reason it is so late is that our three missionaries from Sierra Leone did not arrive until Tuesday evening being five days late for the beginning of our program. Coupled with that we were able to go to the Temple twice this week as it won't be open for the balance of the month ... but at any rate, here they are - 25 missionaries and one volunteer (Sister Wellington)who was willing to come (she's waiting for her call to come) so that Sister Oweseni could have a companion while she was here. The group is made up of six french speakers (4 from the Congo and 2 from Ivory Coast) and 20 english speakers hailing from: United States (2), Sierra leone (3), Ghana (9) and Nigeria (6). We have grown to love them in the 9 days we've been with them and I know the Harmon's will also love them when they leave in 10 days. We are grateful for this experience - we have trained over 800 missionaries in the two years we've been here and go home with a bit of trepidation in regards to keeping busy, doing meaningful things, and -20 winter conditions!!!! This is a great country with good people whom we've grown to love very much.