tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48801983019512872692024-03-13T08:22:46.059-06:00Elder Price in West AfricaLiberia Monrovia Mission: Sept 2013 to Aug 2014;
Ghana Cape Coast Mission: Aug 2014 to Sept 2015Elder Makani Rain Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16892930398345289678noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-81412072799130817142015-09-14T07:00:00.000-06:002015-09-14T19:38:27.129-06:00Two Years<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm
finding it a struggle to culminate my thoughts, feelings, and growth into a
final email; to bring such a dramatic life-and-character-changing experience
into some few poignant words at the finale of this adventure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But I
will do my best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Starting
from before the beginning, I had always had the thought in my mind to serve a
mission. I knew that was what <i>I </i>wanted. The age change came, however,
and I realized something about myself: I wasn't ready. I was far from prepared
to serve the Lord, and, as growing up in Utah county would have it, many of my
friends and acquaintances celebrated the opportunity to serve earlier. I
didn't. I had this sinking feeling in my heart, a growing knowledge that I had
sought to repress time and time again, that I wasn't worthy. This announcement
became a bucket of cold water poured on my head, a wake-up call of what was
important to me. So it took some time, and I prepared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I can't
say that I was fully prepared even going into the mission field. I don't think
it's possible to be fully prepared, except that it was possible to be prepared
to change. And that's what I was. Coming on mission, I knew that whoever I was
before could, and should, be different upon my return. As I reached the MTC, I
quickly realized that I wasn't prepared for the separation that those changes
required in order for the influence of Him to be present. I found myself
separated from anyone that I knew, in a foreign country whose culture and people
were nothing like anything or anyone I had ever come in contact with before. In
the MTC, I found myself saying, "if it is like this when I reach Liberia,
I'm going home." That was a decision in my mind. Thus I let another
circumstance shape my decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
reached Liberia, and, in a manner of using brief words, I knew it was right. I
knew that was where I was supposed to be. It wasn't easy. It was one of the
hardest times of my life, and those times shaped who I am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Experience
after experience, companion after companion, I began to learn. I began to
understand in part the power of the Atonement of Christ, and I learned to rely
on Him, for I was in places and in situations unlike any I had encountered
before. I made mistakes. I wasn't perfect. Through my weaknesses, however, I
learned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I didn't
learn everything. But it was, and is, my aim. Coming on mission, I didn't know
what the gospel meant to me. I grew up in American Fork, Utah, where I was
surrounded by other members, and the words and counsels given to me often
sounded routine in my ears. They didn't mean much to me, and I didn't
understand the vibrant way I saw others fulfilling their responsibilities,
taking part in activities, and serving selflessly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Time
passed. I became more comfortable with life as a missionary. For the first time
in my life, I would initiate conversations about gospel topics. I would share
my beliefs with others. I began to learn what it meant to love someone else and
share the things that have blessed my life, but first I had to learn what
blessings <i>I </i>had because of these things. Each day I learned something
new. I was corrected, chastised, and instructed time and time again, but I
found that each time I received such things I grew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My
companions changed, my assignments changed, and my responsibilities changed. Each
change in circumstance brought a greater change in me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And then
Ebola was in Liberia, and I found myself somewhere else. I had to take a step
back and reevaluate myself. It took time, and I began to see what my personal
"Goliaths" are. I began to understand what it meant to be sensitive
to the spirit, what it meant to love those around, and how I could do those
things a bit better. Just a bit better, each time. A bit better, that's all I
needed to do each day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
adapted, over time, and made friends. I had lingering doubts, and negative
feelings from not having closure through the evacuation persisted. I noticed,
however, even up to this day, that experiences came, and I met new people each
time, to provide just what I needed to progress a bit more. Some people have
meant so much to me that I would even consider them family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And
that's something I have loved about mission. Family. I have been away from my
family for two years, yet I have found that there are connections between us
that we have simply forgotten. We really are all family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It's
time for another change. It's time for my circumstances to be different, and
adaptation needs to take place once again. I pray that the lessons I have
learned while I have been out here will stay with me throughout my life.
Although my calling is changing, I have still made covenants, and I am still
the same son of our Heavenly Father. I know that He would not have me learn so
many things and feel so many of these things for it to go to waste after a set
date, no, there are more things to be learned. There are more adventures
waiting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do
know these things are true. I have stood and sat before countless people of all
different backgrounds and occupations, and I will simply and boldly share these
things with you as much as I would with those before. This church is true, and
is governed by our Savior. Joseph Smith, no matter what slander and lies are
presented and proclaimed about him, is a true prophet, and he did experience
those things that he testified and died for. The Book of Mormon is a true
record, and the knowledge of this truth will set one free, as the scriptures
state. I know the Atonement is real. Jesus Christ suffered and died for each of
us, and He knows us personally. We are the children of our Heavenly Father, and
as such we have divine potential, potential that our Heavenly Father, in His
love, wishes for us to reach, even in such great love to give his Only Begotten
Son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I do
know these things are true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">No
matter the circumstances, we can change and follow Him, be it a 180 degree or a
1 degree change. I know that He lives, and He loves us, come what may.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">See you
soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Makani Rain Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-35709033036180667702015-09-14T06:56:00.002-06:002015-09-14T16:27:41.414-06:00Melancholy Feelings Abounded<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will
be splitting this final email into two pieces, in similar fashion to the emails
you sent to me this week. I'll be giving a regular update in this email, and
more of a reflection email in the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thank
you for the suggestions for packing and traveling! That's good stuff for me to
keep in mind, seeing as I'm in the process of packing <i>right now</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As for
sacrament meeting on Sunday, I would really like to sing <a href="https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/the-lord-is-my-light?lang=eng" target="_blank">hymn 89</a>, The Lord is My Light. I do
believe that the handbook mentions that it's supposed to be standing, anyway
(can't tell you that with 100% confidence, however). :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That
weather report is interesting. I'm glad blankets exist. I had a dream last
night that I was back home talking to family and friends, and one statement I
made in the dream was: "there is <i>no</i> water in the air!!! How do
you LIVE like this???" and I also remember being really cold in my dream.
We'll have fun seeing my adaptation to the atmosphere up there. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I loved
reading your email: it was a good one! I won't waste much time, though, and
I'll go into how my week was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monday:
it was sweet! We had a Family Home Evening with President Quanson and his
family. We watched a church video and had a great evening; the Hemang elders
joined us, too! They were around for emailing right before the time to
proselyte, and then their own Family Home Evening appointment cancelled, so we
invited them to join us! It was nice. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tuesday:
It was a full proselyting day! Though we spent a bit of our planning time
preparing for the zone conference the next day. We did get out and see some
people! We were bounced around a little bit at the beginning of the day, but
then we had a lesson with Tony, mostly about 3 Nephi 11 and the events
occurring in that. We went around some more, visited some people, and taught
another lesson to Gina! She's doing well. She's one sister that has come to
church a few times that we have been teaching. We had a nice lesson with her
and her friend about the Plan of Salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wednesday
was Zone Conference! You saw some pictures of that. Elder Malatji and I
instructed during it, and there was a musical number, as you saw. We sang
"We'll Bring the World His Truth"! It was thrown together the night
before by Elder Jones and me by the light of a flashlight (light was off...
Light was off quite a bit this week here in Praso). After the meeting, I
received my package!!! I was very happy. :) We've been eating/using the things
inside it ever since. :) After the meeting and everything was finished, we went
along with Dunkwa elders up to Dunkwa to do a couple baptismal interviews.
After the long trotro ride, which was spent by me and Elder Hardy talking the
entire time (he's a good friend), we arrived and did the various interviews.
That evening we had a nice meal, provided by the package and the cooking
talents of the elders there, of mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, etc. :) It
was GOOD.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The next
day we made our way back to Praso, and eventually got home, though it wasn't
the most comfortable ride I've had in a trotro for two hours. We went and did an interview for Hemang after we made it back to Praso,
and everything went well. I realized after I interviewed the lady in Hemang for
baptism that she was the last person I would interview for baptism out here.
Melancholy feelings abounded, just like the rest of the week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday
was nice! We went and taught people. :) Saturday was good, too, with the
proselyting. We taught a couple lessons on both days, and I was happy. There
was a baptism on Saturday in Praso for the Hemang elders, too! But let me tell
you about the best part of Saturday. I received a visit from... Benjamin and
Akua!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D They drove up to Praso! We met them at the chapel,
and we talked for a good while. :) I was so happy. Soooo happy. Yep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That
evening, after the baptism (the meeting with Benjamin and Akua was before the
baptism), we tagged along with the Hemang elders back to Hemang to have a
lesson with a Muslim that they have begun teaching, as the new policy states
that the zone leaders go and check one or two things before the teaching gets
into fulls swing. So that was good! The man is great, and it was good to see a
few members around in Hemang. :) Oh yeah, I almost forgot, we received transfer
news on Saturday night. A Ghanaian named Elder Tyson is coming to replace me,
various people (Elder Hannemann and Elder Garry) are training, etc. I didn't
pay much attention to it this time around. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sunday
was church! Last church meeting. It went well, and we had two investigators at
church: one from the Nursing Training College, Helena, and Gina. I bore my
testimony in the meeting, and it was a good last Sunday. After church for the
other branch they had a baptism, so we attended that, followed by an FM from
someone in the other Praso elders' area, followed by the normal Sunday fufu.
The Sunday fufu is from Auntie Alice, a member who has been feeding
missionaries every Sunday for YEARS. :) After that we spent some time with
Theresa and her family (and I took a wonderful video of my companion going
Chinese martial arts on the kids. It was HILARIOUS). We came back to the
apartment and closed our day and week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So far
today we've just spent our time at the apartment. I've been packing, as I need
to be packed by tomorrow morning (meaning tonight for me) for Elder Hanlon to
take my bags down to Cape Coast before transfer day. Today, Dunkwa elders are
coming down (again...) for the MLC report tomorrow! We've organized it however, so that we can have an activity today with them around, so we'll be
playing football this afternoon! I'm pumped. It'll be good to see all these
elders around before Wednesday, even though it means that my companion and I
need to instruct tomorrow, and it's also harder to pack with a ton of visitors
in the apartment. It'll be okay, though. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This
week has been good and memorable. Just like this mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">See you
soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Makani Rain Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-21863371578803986592015-09-07T14:16:00.002-06:002015-09-07T14:24:19.115-06:00It was the best<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear Family!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wow. Well, this won't be my
last email, but it's getting there. Week 6 has come, and with the schedule
that's coming, it'll go really fast, too. We're hosting a bunch of missionaries
at our apartment on Tuesday because zone conference is on Wednesday, then we're
going up to Dunkwa for a baptism interview, then coming back to Praso on
Thursday only to go to Hemang that same day to do another interview, a planned
service project on Saturday, and a singing activity for all of Praso District
(members, not missionaries) that I'm not sure if we'll be around for on that
same Saturday, plus branch leader rounds on Saturday and Sunday, and... Well,
there's a lot. And that's what we have scheduled <i>before</i> this entire
week has started. Crazy? Yeah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, anyway, yes, I got some
medication. Some off-brand nyquil. I used it, and I realized a side-effect that
happened to me: insomnia! Yes, drowsiness was there, but the insomnia part was
too! It was wonderful. ;) It helped me feel better, though. I'm still getting
over the trailing end of the sickness, but I feel good now, so that's a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">MLC was good! <i>[Mission Leadership Conference, in Cape Coast]</i> I enjoyed it. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was interesting to see three other of my MTC group at MLC! Elders Hinckley, Collins, and Kaiser. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We
went down on Tuesday evening, making it to the station and then finding our way
to the mission home where the Assistants' apartment is, too. We stayed the
night there, having some funny times with Elder Mocke entertaining us all, and
then I slept in the freezing room of A/C, wishing I had more blankets. We got
up, and had pancakes provided by Elder Hinckley and Elder Makoti. After that I
received one package! Freetown!!! :D I was so happy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the topic of packages, I'll
mention the others now. I'm not sure about the padded envelope that you've
sent, but I do know about the big box. It's here. :) I don't have it, <i>yet</i>,
but I will on Wednesday, maybe even Tuesday night. The Cape Coast Zone Leaders
sent me a text saying that a lady called saying that she was going to bring it
the next day (Sunday) to Cape Coast. She did, and she left it with the bishop
of that ward, who proceeded to give it to the zone leaders, who have given it
to the assistants, who are bringing it to me! I'm pumped. Looks like I won't be
buying food for the rest of the week! ;) <i>[earlier this summer, we sent a large box via slow boat with a friend. It's had a long, adventurous journey, but it will be the largest box he's received on his mission]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MLC itself was really good.
President talked a lot about the Sabbath Day (obviously I added a few things to
my homecoming talk notes page in my notebook. ;) <i>[His assigned topic for his sacrament meeting talk on Sept 20th is the Sabbath Day, along with sharing missionary experiences] </i>), and it was a great
meeting. I said goodbye to some people that I'm gonna miss a ton, like Elder
Etim and some others that I won't see before I leave, and we eventually made it
back to Praso.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, Thursday was pretty normal.
We finally got to be in our area! For most of the day, that is. We started an
exchange that evening into Hemang. I went with Elder Berrett to Hemang, and we
met up at a members house there and first watched Freetown [the movie]. I have quite a few
comments about it running around my head, and I think I need to watch it again
with a less critical mind. It's hard to believe it for me sometimes when it's
so obviously Ghana and not Liberia, but it's okay. It's a good movie. :) I
haven't seen the last couple minutes, however, so I definitely need to watch it
again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That evening we played Monopoly
deal in the Hemang apartment. That game is the best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday. What a wonderful day.
Seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, we went to a further village
to teach the Elders Quorum President, and Elder Berrett and I went to a place <i>very</i> close
to that village: Kakum! We didn't go on the canopy walkway or anything, but we
went to the gift shop. It was just gonna be a short little thing until...
TAKORADI STAKE YOUTH WERE THERE! All of the youth from Takoradi stake, INCLUDING
SEKONDI, were there! I saw a recent convert, Alice (the only youth convert I
had in Sekondi), and a couple leaders. It made my day. And week. Almost my
transfer, too. It was the best. I took some few pictures, gave my contact info to a
couple, and was just so happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That was the highlight of the
exchange for me. :) Best surprise. We still even taught some more lessons! It
was a great day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saturday started with us getting
to a service project a little bit late and missing it (they went to farm
without us... Next week! We rescheduled!). The day was a bit rough, literally
no lessons... But we talked to a bunch of people! So it was still productive.
The area's still improving.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday was fast and testimony
meeting! I bore my testimony. Also, a student at the nursing training school
(in our area) stood up and sang "I Know That My Reedemer Lives"
before bearing her testimony. She did great, and it was a memorable and sweet
testimony, unique! We went through the rest of church, and then after the
sacrament meeting for the other branch, the district president's wife, Sister
Asamoah (in branch 1), asked me to teach some people how to conduct. So I went
and did that! I had a blast. It was a good class. :) Then the other
missionaries had a baptism that we attended, and we went and visited some less
actives with our branch leaders! We ended up being late for the weekly fufu,
but we eventually got there and had a wonderful meal to end the night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's pretty much it for this
week. Things are good. Thank you for the great email; I <i>did </i>read it!
Keep enjoying Alaska. I love you all! I can't believe time has gone this much,
but there's still more to do. Always more to do, right? ;) Have a wonderful
week; do good things! I've been going through waves of happiness and sadness of
leaving, but I know it's not the wrong thing which gives me some consolation.
My thoughts are all over the place, and the time is so short. Last week, here I
come. :) I love you so much!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">my comp
and people at night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dancing
kid wearing my sunglasses. Awesome. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">impressive: riding a bike AND carrying a stereo on your head.</span></td></tr>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-2538806185885785372015-08-31T17:56:00.000-06:002015-09-07T14:28:41.253-06:00Coal for Chalk<div class="MsoNormal">
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Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello!
Forgive me if this letter seems a little off; I'm sick right now so things are
a little confusing in my head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, my
week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tuesday:
We had our district meeting, taught a lesson, and then had our branch training
meeting! It was really cool. Our branch president here is awesome, and he's
really come up with a great plan to strengthen the branch. It was a good
evening, and the "lesson" or in our missionary terms: instruction,
that we gave on conversion was successful. It was nice!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wednesday:
we taught a few more lessons! It was a pretty productive day, and we felt good,
though several plans fell through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thursday:
Weekly planning! And an FM from a wonderful member who is only in town until
Tuesday. She's the older sister of Asante, the boy who works with us a ton, and
it was great to start the day of proselyting like that. We went on and taught
Gina, our investigator who is slowly progressing, and we met a couple guys
while we were at her workplace who were very interested in the Book of Mormon.
That was cool!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday:
Plenty lessons! A funny start, though. Benjamin, you know, from Sekondi, called
and said that he was driving to Kumasi so he would be passing through Praso on
the way up. Well, he called us in the morning(ish) and said that he was there.
So we went to the Praso station to meet him, because for some reason it wasn't
working to direct him to a better place. We walked up to the station, and he
wasn't around! So I called back, and that's when we all learned that there is someplace
called Assin Praso. That is <i>not</i> Twifu Praso. Oops! Hopefully
another day, though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We had
some nice lessons, and ended the evening visiting with Theresa, who finally
came back for a few days from the holiday they were taking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Saturday:
we started the day off by going to the Youth Conference! They had invited the
Praso missionaries, especially because they wanted me to do a short little
lesson about music, specifically reading it. That was in Nyenasi, a branch that
is under the other Praso elders' area. So, they invited me up in front of all
the youth in the district! We got a chalkboard, but they couldn't find chalk
for a while so they handed me some coal. So I used coal as black chalk. :D
Elder Hannemann was on exchange with Elder Akudago that day, so he stood up
there and helped me. We taught very simple basics of music! "if the dots
go up, the sound is higher. [demonstration]" Many of the members feel
ashamed at their lack of knowledge in regards to the hymns, so it helped show
the youth that there's method to the madness! oh, and we got white chalk later
on during the lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the day was good; we had planned to go with the branch leaders, but many of
them were busy, so we had the 1st counselor in the branch presidency accompany
us to a couple lessons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quite the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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exhausted, so I went to bed a little bit early.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sunday:
turns out that exhaustion was sickness! I got a bad cold. It progressed
steadily through the course of the day. Church was still good, though, and we had
branch visits in the afternoon! Then we ended with the fufu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Well, nothing much is planned. I'll go rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh yeah,
random tidbit: this week I decided to go on my new diet plan! It basically
involves eating very small portions. I've already lost a significant amount of
weight! It's even noticeable to those around me, so it's working. I actually
don't feel hungry or bad (besides the cold), so I don't think I'm doing it a
bad way for my body. Woohoo for weight loss!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That was
pretty much it for the week! I'm just hoping to get better from this cold.
Mission is good. It's bizarre that I'm going into week five of the transfer; only
one official week after this. It's turning into the length of a vacation, or a
long business trip. There are more things to be done!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love
you all so much! I'm happy to see all the pictures of Adara! :D It's also nice
to see photos from where Rikki and Zakk live. But anyway, have a great week. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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small bags so that everyone can have theirs and drink out of it. Drink it in a
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Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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good good, questions first. That way I see them! ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My
health is good! I didn't do the follow-up visit to the hospital on Wednesday.
Everything is good! My eyes might be nice to have checked out when I get home, too. Really, I
have no idea what's gone wrong (I forgot how to spell awry... wait, is it awry?
ah-righ? dangit english...) with my body since I've been out here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>[Missionaries are returning to Liberia in September. He shared some of his feelings about it. It's difficult for him to be in the mission field, watching others (currently serving in Ghana) learning they will go to Liberia, yet not being a part of it because he's returning home so soon. Here's a small excerpt:] </i></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I do love Ghana, and I'm happy for the country of Liberia to be receiving new missionaries... The work of God continues!... it's creating some crazy feelings inside of me."</span></div>
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The zone meeting! We had that up in Dunkwa, and we made it through our report.
After the meeting we had a zone meal at a nearby chop bar, and then we got in a
trotro and went back to Praso. Okay, well, it wasn't as simple as that for the
trip back to Praso. We had a </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">crazy</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> driver. I had the front seat
(left alone, not being able to sit with my fellow missionaries in the back...
It was lonely), which was surprisingly comfortable. Unfortunately,
however, the fear of death was a bit higher in that seat, causing me to
actually use a seat belt. Luckily he went slow for all the dirt road parts,
which is most of the ride. :) That night we had an exchange with the Hemang
elders, Elder Hannemann coming with me in Praso.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wednesday:
We had our exchange! We taught a few lessons, and it was really interesting to
be on an exchange with someone from so close to home! Elder Hannemann is from
Alpine, Utah. He went to Lone Peak, graduating a year after me. I also found
out later that he's part Samoan, about as much as I am Hawaiian (1/8th). But I
have the Asian stuff to add to my ethnicity. ;) It was a really fun exchange. We got a
new investigator, Gina! She's come to church twice, and though she doesn't
speak English, she's very interested and wanting to join. We ended the evening
with a wonderful meal from the Relief Society president of Hemang branch. YUMMY!
:) So much food.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Weekly planning! All my notes are seriously just notes from the meeting we had
with President Quanson, the branch president, in the evening. We seriously
discussed the state of the branch, and it was a <i>really</i> good
meeting. It made me happy. We also taught a lesson on Thursday to Mer., who is
still doing well, even though we can only see her about once a week.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday:
We really tried to teach a lot of people, and we ended up teaching a couple
lessons. We also went to a mission homecoming activity that we were asked
to attend for the return missionary that you read about on President's blog! [an Elder that just returned from serving in Nigeria]. That was fun! We bore our testimonies and participated, and it was a good
meeting/activity!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Random
notes that I wrote on this day: I want to leave a lot of physical things here
for the sake of weight. <i>[edited out questions about bringing home slacks and shoes and such...]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Saturday:
We worked! Didn't have too much success, but we tried. We attended the baptism
for Hemang, and that was great. We also visited President Quanson's house again
for a planning meeting of the things we're going to be doing with the branch.
So it was a productive day. Sister Quanson can <i>cook</i>. MMMmmmmMMmmm. Such
good food.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unfortunately, no investigators at church. We visited some investigators after
church, ate our fufu, and visited some members before going home. Yep!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monday:
We went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakum_National_Park" target="_blank">Kakum National Park</a>! It was really cool. It was worth it. :) No
animals, unfortunately, but we went on the canopy walkway, which was all rope
bridges over the trees. It was great! I got some good photos. :) A</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">t Kakum we ran into Elmina zone,
which included Elder Wight, Elder Bayoh, and Elder Kaiser. <i>[Elder Wight and Elder Bayoh are two of the five that are being sent to Liberia from Cape Coast next month and Elder Kaiser served in Liberia with Elder Price].</i> It was a good chat with Elder Kaiser, and I was happy to talk with Elder Wight. <i>[He had served with Elder Wight in Sekondi, so this was probably a good chance to share Liberia-bound missionary advice.]</i></span></div>
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day's been pretty crazy with failed attempts at getting home (the trotro broke
down), failed attempts to pull subsistence (our apartment wasn't able to get it
until later in the day, and that was a miracle), and what we thought would be a
day without emailing (until the Hanlon's came back with enough time for us to
come over)! Also having the facts verified about the assignments to Liberia was
a pretty big thing in my mind. Things will be okay, though. God's will be done.</span><br />
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-31482209128056582692015-08-17T17:26:00.000-06:002015-08-24T21:56:59.820-06:00The Shot<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
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Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Monday, the 16th of August, 2015!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week was a pretty interesting one, let's see how fast I can type and get these
things in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monday
evening: We had a nice FHE with Theresa. We watched the Testaments, you know,
the Book of Mormon Christ coming video! It was really spiritual, and she had
some really sincere thoughts of wishing that more people really knew that
Christ had visited the Americas and the truthfulness of the gospel. Good
experiences. :) Monday was also when I taught my companion how to play
chess!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tuesday:
We had our district meeting! Everything was successful, and we proselyted!
After eating lunch, however, I started to have pain right beneath my ribcage on
the right side. It HURT! Ahh. Well, after making it through a couple lessons,
one with Ko. and one with Mer. (Mer.'s awesome! She <i>just</i> texted us
reminding us of the appointment we have with her tomorrow!), we celebrated
Elder Hanlon's birthday at his apartment with some chili and cookies. The
district was there, and it was a nice evening, despite the pain. The pain,
however, increased so much that evening. I was in serious... I would say agony,
but I don't want to scare you. ;) It wasn't fun. I called Sister Stevenson, she
told me that it might be my gall bladder so I shouldn't eat anything fatty. So
my new diet began!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wednesday:
MLC! <i>[Mission Leadership Council]</i> That took all day. We left in the morning, came back in the evening. The
district leaders were there. I got my own lunch from Sister Stevenson! That's
basically the day. Lots of time spent in a trotro, but it was really good to see
so many friends at the meeting. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We proselyted! I mean, we had our weekly planning first, but we went and
taught. We didn't have too much, but we had a sweet lesson with Ko.'s wife!
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So, things happened! We had a day planned, but then things changed when, after
preparing for the day, I still wasn't feeling good so I took my temperature. I
had a fever, so I called Sis. Stevenson, and then I went to the local hospital.
Elder Hanlon helped us through a bit of it, and we made it through just fine. I
even got a butt shot! :P I was surprised as he called me to come stand behind a
curtain and motioned to his buttocks. I asked if it could be anywhere else. He
said no. So on it went! And they took my blood for tests and such. They didn't
find any significant problem, so they gave me a couple things and asked me to
come back on Wednesday. That was most of the day! We still managed to teach a
lesson, but that's how it went.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Saturday:
All Africa service project!!! We went and cleaned up and repaired a 3 kilometer </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">road </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(3 miles? I don't know. He said 3 miles, but I'm not quite sure. It WAS
really long though) between Nuamakrom and Kenkwasi, two villages with
branches of the church in them. I weeded a TON! I can use a cutlass paaa.
Though you would call it a machete. Maybe I'll bring one home with me. :) I can
clear the weeds in our backyard. I have blisters from the project still!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday:
We had a good Sunday, pretty normal stuff. Nothing too interesting. (time is
getting small, so I'm rushing)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monday:
So far we've come from Praso to Dunkwa, had a fun football match with the zone,
and now we're emailing! That's basically it. Tomorrow is a meeting with the
whole zone, so I'm hoping that goes well!</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Things
are going well. I'm trying to hit these last weeks hard. I know I say that
every week, but it's true. It's something that's in my thoughts; I can only do
this once. I think it's crazy how fast the time is flying; we're going into
week 3 of the transfer already, but "there is work enough to do, ere the
sun goes down!" I hope all is well! I loved your update. Have an amazing
week and do good things!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
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exhausted. The game was good. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yeah, I should mention, I feel good now. Elder Hanlon said that it could be a
rib out of place that may have done it. I did some stretches to help put it
back (I've been lifting weights a lot) and also taking the meds (antibiotics
are among) and I feel great now. :) And yeah, please schedule dental and a physical that'd be nice.</span></div>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-76591797119666883292015-08-10T08:30:00.000-06:002015-08-10T20:23:22.582-06:00Well Week<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear Family,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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My new companion (Elder Malatji) is good! ZL training is going well. He's a
(self-acknowledged) quiet person, but we still have some good conversations. :)
Elder Tugume is the new guy! He's from Uganda. Some stories to come about how it is to have him in the apartment!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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This week was a little bit crazy, but things worked out! I'll go ahead and
give my report. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday: Well, I emailed you people! But we also had an activity in Hemang,
and we had Elders Loader and Hardy at the apartment when we returned home! I
had a nice game of scrabble with Elder Hardy. That game, however, brought back
a lot of Latin vocabulary! "Agh that word's Latin, not English!!!"<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Tuesday: We had our district meeting. Last one for a couple people, Elders
Bolabasaga and Andrews. They will be missed. It was a good meeting, and Elder
Etim was around the apartment preparing for transfers, making sure he had stuff
packed, etc. I taught Elder Hardy how to do a Rubik's cube! So that was cool. The
day was mostly made up of having Elder Etim say goodbye to people.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Wednesday: Transfers! They went successfully, and, honestly, transfers are
depressing. That middle moment between losing your companion and receiving your
new one is so sad. But I eventually received my companion and my new apartment
mate, Elder Tugume! I've been having fun with this one, because I've told him
that I'm just over a year on my mission. I want to at least make it to the week
before the transfer ends before he'll find out the truth, but it's a rather fun
thing to build up to. I can still mention me going home by saying something
like: mekofie! (I'm going home!) And other things in Twi that he won't
understand. ;D Well, this day I introduced Elder Malatji to the new people and
the area, and we went forward!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Thursday: Weekly planning first, but then teaching! We managed to teach a
few lessons, and we had a hilarious moment while we were sitting on the latched
and locked well at the chapel for a few minutes waiting for a member, Bro
Listowell, to join us. My companion was playing with the pen that he had just
bought, and trying to remove a rock that was keeping the well lid from
completely shutting. Well, we were both talking when all the sudden,
"WHOOSH!" the pen slipped right inside the gap and went down the well.
So much for his new pen. :) We also met a woman that evening who was telling us
that she has two sons who have served missions, but one is still currently
serving. The one still serving actually served in Liberia first! He was even
trained by Elder Gunnell! I believe his name is Elder Agyei. Well, I talked to
the son who is already home (on the phone), and this was all made clear. How cool
is that?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Friday: No notes. But we taught some people! We tried really hard to teach
a lot, but unfortunately most people bounced us and we didn't see as many as we
hoped. BUT we did see Ko. and he's on track for his baptism at the end
of August! Woohoo! It was a pretty simple day like that, and we finished with a
lesson with Da., a rather deep lesson as he came to that realization that we
really are saying that the priesthood is in the Church and he realized that he
REALLY needs to pray about this to know if it's true. Then we talked to Asa. and his mom at their house for the end of the evening and came back home!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Saturday: We had an incredible 5 lessons. I was humbled: prayers are really
answered. After the previous days of me leading the area completely and many
appointments failing, I prayed really hard for a miraculous day, and see what
happened! Well, we had some great lessons. Hard ones, because the people we're
teaching right now aren't what we would term "easy" investigators.
Smart people who have their beliefs already. We had some success, though, and
we even managed to visit the branch president in the evening! It was a good
day.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Sunday: Ko. came to church!!! That was so great! Church went as
normal; I played the keyboard, things went on really well, and we even had a
counselor in the branch presidency as well as another member join us in a
lesson right after church with Da.! We have decided to just start reading the
Book of Mormon with Da. and hope for a big confirmation to come to him as he
prays. After everything we visited Theresa and her family before eating our
wonderful fufu. :)</span><br />
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That's pretty much how the week went! I even had my hair cut this morning! I
wasn't exactly jumping for joy when I resigned to the finished result, so when
we came back to the apartment I used the clippers I have and cleaned it up a
lot myself. It's really short: maybe I won't need another haircut this month!
;) </span><br />
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Well, time really is getting shorter. You could be using one block to count
my weeks left, I know. I'm grateful for this time that I have left, but I'm
getting slowly more adapted to the idea that the mission really does have an end. I
love the people here, and I love the people in Liberia, but I also really love
some people back in Utah (and other various people on the same continent ;)). I
received a letter from a branch missionary in Doe Community branch, written in
May and sent through pouch. That letter really... I don't know how to word it
very well, but it feels like the letter solidified the fact that I really did
make lasting friendships in Liberia, and that my experience there WASN'T just a
dream, as at times it feels like. I'm so grateful for the experience I've had
thus far, and I'm trying to hit the finish line at a sprint. :)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I love you so much. I hope all is well; have a great week!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
Love,<br />
Elder Makani Rain Price<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Twi phrase of the week: "Utah mebaaaa!" means "Utah, I'm coming!"</span><br />
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Plus a photo from our house--it explains the "one block" comment. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taken on Friday evening, Aug 7th. Elder Price returns Sept 18th.</span></td></tr>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-91385833039309545112015-08-03T18:45:00.001-06:002015-08-03T23:41:25.604-06:00Dunkwa Visit<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello!
Happy 5th of August and whatever holiday it may be!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
email was great. :) I like the deck. And I can't believe that Uncle Terry is
going to be on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. O.O<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'll
start with answering your questions: Transfer news, yep! There were some
changes, yes. We have THREE new elders coming to the zone! Here's the whole
rundown:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Praso 1 ... E. Akudago is training! That means I get a new missionary in
my apartment for my last transfer. :D This will be fun!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hemang 1
... Elder Seaman is training,
too! So another new guy. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hemang 2 ... E. Barrett is
receiving E. Hanneman or something like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dunkwa:
All the same, but E. Loader is going home while E. Hardy is receiving a new
missionary!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Praso 2
(ME!): sooooo.... Elder Etim is going!!!! He's going to be the zone leader in
Kojokrom (over by Takoradi). I am receiving Elder Malatji, from South Africa.
11th companion in the field. He should be my last one, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Also,
it's interesting to note that Elder 'Atu'ake is now companions with Elder
Pohahau in Kweikuma, Elder Hanson is now training, and Elder Johnson is still
there [in Sekondi]. Oh how I wish I could visit that district!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, this
week, if I can get through it:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tuesday:
First was our district meeting. Elder Etim gave an impromptu instruction
because Elder Bolabasaga and Elder Barrett were both sent down to Cape Coast to
undergo some tests to see if their Malaria was finally gone. The meeting went
well, but the tests didn't! They're still sick. After that we taught a recent
convert lesson and gave a blessing to one of our investigators before getting
in a trotro and going to Dunkwa. My first time! The ride was exhausting. VERY
bumpy. It did, however, make me miss camping a LOT. We didn't even wear white
shirts for the ride because of how dusty it gets. Well, we eventually made it
to Dunkwa, and light went off right as we drove in. Don't worry, though, light
never stays off for a long time there, so we even had electricity when we went
to bed! My companion and I split and he went to one apartment while I went to
the other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"Elder
Garry pounding some rice or something for some animal to eat. I think. It was
dark. I couldn't see what we were pounding."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was mainly with Elder Garry and Elder Okwii, but I had a chance to
talk to everyone there, like Elders Loader and Hardy. I had a rough night of
sleep (hardly slept), and we come to</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wednesday!
We had our exchange. We taught a lot, and I saw Dunkwa. It's really close to
Kumasi. It's not bush. It's just far away, and in our mission because of
demarcations, not because of convenience, if you understand that. ;) We had a
great day, and I was happy to talk to everyone there and do what I do. They fed
me well. They also inspired me to work out, but I'll come to that in a second
(or a minute, depending on your reading speed). I had another really bad night
of sleep; I guess something about no pillow and no earplugs does not help me
sleep!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"What they
fed me on Wednesday morning in Dunkwa. PANCAKES! :D "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"Random
picture of Elder Garry and Elder Okwii conversing with some kids."</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thursday:
we went back to Praso. In the process I found the Dunkwa elders skinning a
goat. Crazy, right? It was surprising for me to see. <i>[He sent a couple photos. I chose to leave them off the blog. ;-) ] </i></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But we eventually made it
back to Praso! The ride was much worse than the way there, mainly because I was
so exhausted but I couldn't fall asleep in the conditions we were traveling in
(something about trotros). We got home, cleaned up, and I took a nap. Then we
got going again and went to Hemang to do a baptismal interview! The interview
went well, apparently. Elder Etim spared me and did it. :) I also started my
first night of working out! We happen to have a bench press here that I never
use, so I decided to start doing stuff each evening. I managed to do it every
evening so far (excluding Sunday)! When I was in Dunkwa the elders at the
apartment I was staying in go to a real gym every morning and work out. Very
different from how Praso apartment goes. haha :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"The Prah
river that we crossed coming back."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday:
Started off with normal studies, we did our weekly planning session, and I
picked up some shampoo that I asked the Hanlon's to buy for me. We spent most
of the day trying to figure out a way to fill up the baptism font and having
some failed appointments. We also helped some elders who were coming back from
Cape Coast for their "Trainer's Meeting", and I received my
package!!! :D I loved it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Saturday:
We had a service project!!! The Praso elders. We all went and moved a pile of
bricks from one place to another. Big bricks, not the small kind we use back
home. I think you've seen pictures of the ones I'm talking about. Well, after
carrying about 3 or 4 on my head (an arranged dead palm leaf to protect my
skull), my head started to hurt so I carried some with my arms. Then we used a
wheelbarrow. Those bricks were <i>old</i> and <i>nasty</i>. So many
creatures. Well, on the way home from that our branch president called us and
we went to the chapel to show a plumber from Cape Coast the problems our
building was having. We had to go to another place to get the key, too, but
finally we sorted everything out. Then we went home! And we prepared for the
day. We got out, attended the baptism for Hemang, and taught Eb.! He's
still sweet. Unfortunately he didn't come to church, but we're hoping for next
week now. We had a great lesson about the Book of Mormon, prayer, and the
spirit. It was nice! We also received transfer news that night, so that was
exciting. :)</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Elder
Etim and me on our stairs before going to church."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">The
branch president's son. He's adorable. You can even see my reflection in those
giant eyes of his!"</span> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sunday:
We had a lady referred to us; she came with a member to church! So that's
amazing. We'll start teaching her. :) I played the piano, of course, and I'm
still improving! It's pretty fun, though two sacrament meetings gets to be a
bit long. After church we went and visited some people and ate. The end! Elder
Etim is starting to say goodbye to everyone, so that's always interesting to
see. He's been here for 6 months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today
we're going to go play some sports with Hemang branch, so that will be fun!
It's also kind of an interesting day: Monday of week 1 of my last transfer. So
that's pretty weird for me to think about. I am now using my last planner. I
want to finish stronger than I have been so far on mission. The feelings about
the end drawing nigh fluctuate; sometimes I'm excited to go home, and other
times I'm really sad. It just depends on the day/hour. One year in Ghana, too, I
almost forgot about that. Technically that's on Wednesday, I think. Anyway, the
work is moving along, and I'm happy to be a part of it. I love you all so much!
Have a wonderful week! Do good things!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Elder Bolabasaga playing with one of the normal kids toys that they have here. :) "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"A random butterfly! It's not too common for them to hold still long enough for pictures."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-60243231292323555212015-07-27T22:00:00.000-06:002015-07-28T17:42:43.224-06:00Amazing Prepared People<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm an
uncle!!! But the cooler thing is: RIKKI'S A MOM!!!! Crazy talk! :) July 23rd.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My week has
been pretty interesting, but I forgot to write down notes, so here goes!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Yes, I washed all of those shirts. All mine. Maybe I won't have to wash many more times until I use a washing machine again! ;)"</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday:
Well, no district meeting. We taught a ton of great lessons.
NEW AWESOME PERSON! M. She's wonderful, speaks so intelligently (with such
AMAZING English, truly), and we introduced our message. We saw her again later
in the week and taught fully the Restoration, and it was pretty great to see
her comprehend the message we were sharing. We have high hopes for her, though
she is busy for this week. We taught several other lessons, too, and it was a
good day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Random shot of us during the day... no real point to it, and not the best looking, but that's us!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wednesday:
We visited brother Eb. for the first time! We had contacted him on
Tuesday, and we visited on Wednesday. As we were welcomed into his home, we
invited his wife to join us, and we had a sweet lesson. We had a couple more
lessons with them throughout the week, and we can determine that they are
progressing quite well already and that the spirit is real. Normally we don't
teach too deep when we are there for the first lesson, but in this case we felt
prompted to immediately start testifying about eternal families and marriages
and the like. Spirit wo ho! in other words, the spirit was quite present. :)
And that evening the Assistants came over!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thursday:
We had our interviews with President Stevenson! It was a good day, and I
enjoyed my interview. Strange to think about how it was my last normal
scheduled one, but it was a good one. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Elder Garry! Yeah, Elder Garry was
telling me about how Uncle Ryan was his Spanish teacher. He's up in Dunkwa. My zone!"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Elder <span style="background-color: white; color: #424242; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; text-align: start;">Akudago with Elder Price</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The meeting went well, too, and we went
and taught a lesson afterwards while waiting for the meeting of the Dunkwa
district to end so that the Assistants could come proselyte with us. Well,
during that time, we went to visit an investigator named Em. She was busy,
but her husband was around! So we taught him. He had some interesting concerns
and preconceived notions, but we could see that he was a wonderful guy and
welcomed us. More on him later: his name was To. After a while we had the
assistants with us, and we split up and taught. I went with Elder Halversen and
Elder Nklaahtgosi (or something of that nature... To all those from Botswana,
please forgive me! He was there because he was going with the assistants that
evening to Cape Coast that evening) to see Eb. and his wife again. Well, Eb. wasn't around, so we taught Su.! It was such a great lesson, again. :)
After everything, we had a meal from Theresa with all five of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday:
We didn't have quite as successful of a day, but we did manage to have a good weekly planning and a good lesson with Da., so it wasn't a bad day
at all. :) I wasn't feeling the best, the reason for that I do not know, but we
made it through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saturday:
We were trying to have the District Coordination Meeting which, eventually, was
postponed a day, so we spent quite a bit of time at the chapel. We visited To. at his work place: he does electrical work! He has gone deep and has studied
many things. During our conversation he showed us some of his work, and he's
making his own inverter to charge large batteries for a power bank in his home!
It was a really sweet conversation, and I was reminded that I like those
things. :) We visited Eb. and his wife in the evening, and we had such a
great lesson! Those two are so wonderful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday:
Well, we had batteries for the piano, so I played for everything. I'm getting
better! I still simply do chording for the hymns, but I'm starting to do
chording for the normal hymnbook with most hymns. We also had our meeting with
the district, and everything went well. The afternoon was good, too, and we
taught To. at his home about the Book of Mormon. Another great lesson. This
week was full of those. Amazing, prepared people!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today:
We got subsistence and hung around the apartment with no water because the
electricity is off. :) Don't worry, we're managing. It'll be on (hopefully)
this evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everything is going well here, however nothing too crazy. My companion keeps telling me how good dog tastes, but I can't agree. Okay, I can agree, but I don't feel like trying it again (since Elmina). ;) As far as miracles here, all those new people. We fasted last week for the specific progression of some people, and although those people haven't progressed much, we have some new people who miraculously fell out of the sky and are progressing. It's crazy to think that we're going into the last week of the transfer already, but I guess that's how this works. I hope you all have a wonderful week! Say hello to Adara for me. :) I love you!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder
Price</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"The branch made food... it was cool. "</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"<span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Meat pies! :) There's a bit of meat, onions, and other spices in it."</span></span></td></tr>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-50193544894659578552015-07-20T13:00:00.000-06:002015-07-20T17:53:37.242-06:00Scripture Baby<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, the
week! But I should preface the email with the fact that this week wasn't the
greatest, so I don't know what I have to write about. <i>[and with that, he proceeds to write another entertaining letter.]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday
was spent trying very hard to teach people, and then I went to Hemang to be with
Elder Bolabasaga for the next day! That brings me to Wednesday. We had an
interestingly uneventful but in its own way eventful day. We fetched water from
a well for our baths, brought in SO MANY bags of sachet water, and SO MANY 5
gallon jugs of water into the apartment, and these things all because Hemang
doesn't have any flowing water! I think they still don't, actually. Some
problem with the local water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also hung around the apartment while waiting
for a repair guy to come work on something else in their apartment. When all
was said and done, we finally got out and I did a baptismal interview for them.
Then we went and Elder Bolabasaga went and did an interview for the other
elders. Then I came home! Ahem, I went back to the Praso apartment. It's home
enough for me, now. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thursday. We tried to teach more people, and we got a lesson! Same thing on Friday,
except the one guy we got was a complete drunk, sooooo... we shared things to
help him. It was actually pretty depressing to see how enslaved he was to
alcohol. I hope he finds his way to the path of soberness. It made for a
crazy lesson, however!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saturday
had an amazing lesson with K., our progressing investigator. We taught him
the first bit of the Plan of Salvation, and he just stopped us during it and
said, "Does that mean I can become like God?" It was <i>really</i> cool.
:) He also took time after everything we taught, after he understood it, to
explain to all of his children who were also gathered around. A unique thing
for me, and it was awesome. :) We also attended the baptism for Hemang that
afternoon! We actually spent part of the day trying to find some way to fill
the font. And we managed to do it! Hooked up a hose to a pipe, the normal. ;)
We also got free lunch when we were at the chapel trying to do that from the
YSA who happened to have some devotional as we were filling the font. AND we
got free banku from some people who we're trying really hard to start teaching,
but they're always busy. Friendly, though! And I bought three mangos that evening.
It dawned on me that I can't get fresh mangos in Utah, so I'm going to be
eating a lot of those for the next weeks!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday
was Nuamakrom's Branch Conference; we wanted to attend, but we couldn't. So we
came to Praso! Half the branch went to Nuamakrom, it seemed like. I taught
Sunday School! :) That went well. We also had a really awesome guy just come to
church! We had never met him before, but he's the coworker with the 2nd
counselor in the branch presidency, so he visited! I hope we can see him.
Unfortunately, K. couldn't come to church, but we think next week will be the
week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This
morning we played football (please, just translate football to soccer. I'm
tired of writing both. :P :)) on a really nice full grass field! An investigator
of the other Praso elders came, and he's <i>really</i> good, so it made
for an interesting match. He was on my team, along with Elder Etim and Elder
Akudago. We faced the team of Elder Naivanawalu, and 3 members or locals. I
know one is a strong member, I think another one is, and the 3rd I wasn't quite
sure. But I think they all were! We had a great game, and I got 2 hattricks:
6 goals. :D Okay, admittedly, Elder Etim and Bro. Boafo or whatever his name is
and however you spell it, really contributed to me getting so many goals, but,
as Elder Etim put it: "The other team really did great in making you look
like you're great at football!" It was a really entertaining activity,
though Hemang couldn't come. We won. It was nice. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm
doing well! Interviews are this week! Hopefully things go well. :) I love you
all so much. It's hard not to remember how much time I have until I see you,
but at the same time I'm happy that I still can do more out here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder
Price</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"my scripture baby. ;) "</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Our nearly daily breakfast: Fresh bread (really fresh! mmmmm) and porridge/cocoa. <br />It's not cocoa-ey so I don't know why they call it that."</span></td></tr>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-20388635567233954642015-07-13T21:10:00.000-06:002015-07-13T21:10:01.686-06:00Nuamakrom!<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hope
you enjoyed the pictures, because I'm not sure how much I'll write for this
week. There aren't really as many eventful stories to tell. We'll see how it
goes, though, right? :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, to
go through the week...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Monday
(last week): After emailing, we played football with the Praso district members!
It was fun. That night we hosted the Dunkwa elders in our apartment. Why?
Because:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tuesday
was our zone meeting! It went well, and I don't really know what to say about
it. Before the meeting we went to pay a bill. Well, when we were going to
grab the bill to pay it, we couldn't find it! We had no idea where it was.
Elder Etim went to go look for it, and I had no idea. I said a prayer, and 10
seconds later he comes in with it in his hand. It had been put into the trash!!! He
cleaned it off and everything was successful. Just like the meeting. The
meeting was made more successful with the cookies that the Hanlons brought. :)
That was the most meaningful part of the day. There really wasn't much else
done, though we taught a lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wednesday:
We had an exchange! I went with Elder Akudago into my area. That was the first
time I led my area, so I knew I wasn't the most knowledgeable of it, but things
went well! It was interesting to have my companion translating the lessons. We
did have success in having 5 lessons! It was a good day, and several new
investigators. :) <i>[Elder Akudago is from Ghana, having spent most of his life in Kumasi]</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thursday:
teaching! That's what we did. We had our weekly planning, and then we taught
people. Another 5 lesson day, and a couple more new investigators. :) Hopefully
they can all start progressing soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday:
I WENT TO NUAMAKROM! I was very happy about that. We cover that branch, but
it's so far away. Elder Loader and Elder Allen were there together way back
when, but now it's a closed area because of lack of progression. We went there
with Elder Hanlon! It was a pretty place, but not very busy. I can understand
why it's a once a week thing, but I do hope that we can at least support the
members out there. That was about it for the day. We didn't have much other
success. It's about a 30 minute drive on a dirt road to get there, by the way.
There's a branch out there, and even one PAST that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"We went
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Saturday:
We had a few lessons, and they were really good! It was a long day, but it was
filled with talking to people and being out. Felt good. :) We had one lesson
with a woman named El., who is a long time Catholic, and the spirit was
so strong as we explained the restoration and tenderly but firmly testified of
the things we know to be true. It was neat, and we got the Book of Mormon
involved, so I'm hoping that she'll recognize the spirit that was present. That
was about it for Saturday. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sunday
consisted of church, playing the piano a ton, and other good things. The piano
stuff: I learned the name of what I'm doing! The back of the children's
songbook calls it "chording". That's what I've been doing. It's the
easy way out. :) It helps, especially because I don't know all the hymns at
all! So it was good. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I taught
a member, Asante, some basic music things. He wants to learn to play the
piano, so this is what I made him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Oh, and we taught a great lesson to another new investigator, did a couple zone
leader things, ate fufu, and closed the day. It was a good week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This Monday: We played football on a really really nice field made of a puzzle piece
outdoor material with really nice basketball hoops and stuff. It was at the
Forever Young (member owned) school in Hemang. I had fun playing basketball,
too, but we mostly played football. They had handball nets that work as
football goals, so it was a good set up! I scored a couple times. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That's
how things are going. The feelings are intensifying as the time grows
shorter, and I lay awake in bed this morning thinking about those things and
how much I already miss some of my areas (notably Sekondi), though I'm
learning to love Praso and the people here. I just occasionally realize that I
will never experience this again, even if I come back. I gotta push forward and
harder until I don't have anything else to give.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I really
do know that this work is true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have a
great week. I love you all. Rikki, take the classic hospital baby pictures and
send them to me. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Price<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bonus Photos:</span></div>
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crazy rainstorm, and the sky looked really interesting right before it hit."</span></div>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-50061271374772635602015-07-06T17:42:00.001-06:002015-07-07T09:47:21.577-06:00Fufu with a Seventy<div class="MsoNormal">
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:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm on
today, once again! I'm counting my blessings each week as I email here. I know
this is only the second time [emailing from Praso], but I'm glad everything has been working well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As for
my week, there's SO much to share! So much that I think I'm only gonna share
the bullets that I wrote down!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tuesday:
District meeting! It was a rather funny district meeting, we had a quiz
instruction! It was a nice one, and Elder Keetch was the moderator with the
questions. My team was the one on the left in the picture I sent you. Well, we won through our cunning. ;) We were
losing so bad, but then the last question was a cool one where you can bet your
points (up to all of yours) to receive double if you get it right or lose those
if you get it wrong. Well, we had no idea of the answer. So we bet 0. The
other team bet a ton, and missed the question, so we ended up winning! :D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had the first leg of the trip to Cape Coast. That night we traveled there and
slept at the Assistants' apartment. A/C, hot water, everything. It was pretty
neat! The cake they made that night was a nice addition, too. :) The ride was
so long and bumpy, it was nice to have some comforts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wednesday:
MLC-Mission Leadership Council! It was good. Elder [Von] Keetch's part was really
great too, and it was a good meeting. I enjoyed it. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>[By way of explanation, Elder Price's letter talks about two different Elder Keetch's. The Elder Keetch whom Elder Price has been serving "in a threesome" with while waiting for parents to arrive is the son of Elder Von G. Keetch. In April 2015, Elder Von Keetch was sustained as a General Authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. Having a General Authority in your midst is a pretty exciting thing.]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After everything we traveled home. Just as long, and I was so tired. We made it back and taught Da.! It was a really great lesson about the priesthood and the Book of Mormon. We had to teach him so thoroughly, his questions are great.</span></div>
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Thursday:
We had a good day, weekly planning, and then fufu with a Seventy. Definitely a
highlight for me. :) It was sweet. We were at Th.'s house, the one with the
kids and the balloons [later in the letter] (the balloons were on Sunday afternoon). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We also enjoyed a great fireside that evening in Hemang! Though the light went off in the middle of it, it was great to have another instruction from Elder Keetch. Following the fireside, I went with Elder Seaman for an exchange!</span><br />
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Well, it started with a problem in the pipe from the shower of the Hemang
apartment, and.. We took bucket baths out in the outdoor washrooms! They're
not exactly the most sanitary or private of places, but we hung a shower
curtain and the only thing above the little cement outdoor stall was my head,
so it wasn't bad. Don't worry, I wore slippers. :) The exchange went well, and
Elder Seaman and I had a fun time talking about television shows, namely Dr.
Who. It was a good day! I came across this ancient hymnbook. Okay, not too
ancient. Grandma and Grandpa may have used it when they were little kids. :) It
was a good day!</span></div>
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We had a meeting with the District Presidency, the high councilors, and the
branch presidents (the one who came). It was a really good meeting, though,
and some important problems were addressed. That was mostly the day. We went
and taught some lessons, too, so everything was good. One of the only days I
really had to teach in my area, and there was STILL a meeting! Oh, and to
celebrate the occasion [Fourth of July], I made hotdogs with sliced bread and some canned
hotdogs that a place nearby sells. They tasted almost kinda somewhat like
hotdogs back home. Enough to remind me of real hotdogs. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sunday:
I played the piano for the first time EVER in sacrament meeting! I came
prepared with four hymns to play for sacrament meeting. It went well! None of </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">our</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> investigators
came to church. Just one guy from a far place away who visited for the first
time and had a good experience. Well, back to the piano: the other branch
proceeded to ask me to play for them. Unfortunately for me, I had no idea how
to play those hymns.. But I made it through, and they didn't sound too
bad. :) The day was good, and I gave some balloon animals to Th.'s kids.
They had so much fun playing with them. We also had our weekly amazing and
massive fufu from Maame Alice. That's about it! The week was a very busy one,
but amazingly enough I don't feel </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">too</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> exhausted! :D</span></div>
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feeling good. I love you all so much! I'm praying for Rikki; I can't believe
it's already been that long <i>[his sister is 38 weeks along with her pregnancy]</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have an amazing week. Do good things! :) I will
admit that I'm slowly realizing how short the time is and thoughts of seeing
all of you again are sweet, but I've been trying to turn those thoughts and feelings to a greater desire to serve harder for this last bit. I know He'll prepare everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love
you so much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">[what’s the story behind the girl carrying a live bird while on her mother’s back?] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, there was just a bird with a hurt wing at the chapel, and someone picked it up. Then it eventually was just handed to the baby and the baby just kept holding it. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">[The photo of the rooster?] </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The rooster was nothing. It was right by the monkey from a long time ago. A nice looking rooster. Yummy. I wish I had the chance to eat it.</span></div>
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Sekondi?]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Naw... I think it's about the same amount of chickens. Maybe a little bit less. Well, there's just goats and chickens everywhere, I don't know if it's different between Sekondi and Praso. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">If you’re playing the piano, will you have a chance to practice much?] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yeah, the branch is allowing me to keep the keyboard at the apartment to practice. :) It's has a nice bag that makes it convenient! More on the playing of the piano later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't have any pics yet of the outside of the [new] apartment. We live on the top floor of a house. It's nice! No massive hill to climb before reaching the apartment!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I actually feel a lot more settled than before. Elder Keetch's stuff is gone, so I'm finally unpacked. I even put the glow in the dark snakes up on the ceiling finally!</span></div>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-88357921003471387982015-06-29T22:00:00.000-06:002015-07-01T18:19:19.123-06:00Goodbye Sekondi<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm
sorry I missed [emailing] last week. Dumb cafe. Well, internet access <i>is</i> more
limited now, in some ways, but in other ways it's really good. I'm currently
emailing from the Hanlons' apartment because there isn't any other good way to
email up here. Interesting, right? <i>[the Hanlons are a senior missionary couple serving in his zone]</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This
week has honestly been one of the longest ones of my mission. That's also
probably compounded with the fact that I didn't really get to report about last
week's adventures. Well, they're in the past, this week is full enough as it
is--some big changes and a lot of things to describe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was spent buying some things and preparing to leave. I bought a couple Twix
bars to keep me satisfied up here in Praso. Too bad I only have one of those
left.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tuesday
was a fast day. I'll be honest, I cried a couple times. That morning we did our
studies and everything, and as I was giving the closing prayer for our last
companion study, I gotta admit, it wasn't easy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to district meeting; that was a really good one. I said goodbye to the
wonderful district. Thoughts on leaving my district were.. Well, I learned so
many things during my time in Sekondi. I may have spent a while there, but
there was a reason for me to be there; there were things I needed to learn
during each transfer, month, week, and day. And I did learn. I'm so grateful
for the time I spent in Sekondi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We first
went to visit some members, success! We went to visit Br., and she took us
up to visit with her uncle. Her uncle then proceeded to explain to us that he's
not comfortable with her being baptized and becoming a member. Bummers. He
did it in a really kind and caring way, acting as the patriarch of the house
that he is. She told us after the meeting that she's confident that after a
couple visits that he'll warm up and permit her to be baptized. She's strong,
just a roadblock that will eventually work out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We then
visited Akua, and she was so nice. I was really sad to be in the Asante home
for the last time, but it's part of the work. They gave me a really nice gift
of a shirt, and I already miss them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We had a
farewell gathering at the chapel for both me and Lancelot, the member who is
leaving (has left) for his mission. It was really good. Good memories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That evening
we went up to the Julanders and sang a version of their birthday song that they
sing to the elders. I played the guitar and we sang "goodbye goodbye
Julanders..." to them. :) It was great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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packing. Lots of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then
moving. Into a trotro with all my stuff, and off to Praso.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Long
ride. Cramped spaces. Completely exhausted.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
arrived to Elder Keetch's stuff still there. Why? His parents are picking him
up this week! So I'm actually in a threesome. But it's been impossible to
unpack.. Well, it's not too much of a pain. It's cool to have him around!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The next
few days have been a rush. New people, chickens pecking at my sandals during
lessons, and some sweet new investigators. It's not too bushy, there are some
paved roads and it's a nice area! I'm looking forward to it, and Elder Etim is
a great guy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
received a package..The Hanlons brought it to me, and I actually said it
wasn't mine. No note, no nothing. I didn't believe it was for me; it didn't
have my name on it. But it turns out that it's from the Julanders. I knew it
right as I saw the subwoofer. Man.. That gift touched my heart. I love them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, I
don't have too much time for any more stories for this week. Church is back
into a small makeshift sort of building, not as bad as my first chapel on
mission, but it's hard to compare to Sekondi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is
where I'm supposed to be, but change isn't easy. I love Sekondi, and I love the
people there. I'm just going to work to let my heart love even more people and
places! I'm actually going to be playing the piano for this branch, now, so
that will be an adventure. :) Do good things!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">P.S. Two districts of 8 people each. Only 16 people in the zone. VERY spread out,
however. I'm the only American in this apartment once Elder Keetch leaves. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also, I'm glad that I had some transfers between being a zone leader in LIB and being a zone leader here. It definitely helped the transition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bonus Photos:</span><br />
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-16586517944007726622015-06-22T22:00:00.000-06:002015-07-01T18:20:06.788-06:00Heading to the Bush!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note from Mom: Not our regular email blog post this week. Elder Price mysteriously lost internet (or power?) </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">before writing his family email. Good thing he'd already sent me a few short emails with the transfer news:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">MRP: Hey momma, I'm bein' transferred!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Me: Where to???...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MRP: a place called Praso... It's bush. REALLY bush. And I'm the zone leader.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Me: Would it be listed as Twifo Praso on the map? Like north of Sekondi?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MRP: Yes, it's Twifo Praso. :) North... ish. It's central region instead of Western Region.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a map of where he's headed on Wednesday. He'll serve there for the next six weeks, and likely the six weeks after that before coming home in September.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Transferred to Praso Zone (Twifo Praso, Central Region, Ghana)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fortunately for me (and all of you dear readers), Elder Johnson (Elder Price's companion) managed to write a fantastic letter to </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">his</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> mother about this past week's events and she's given me permission to share it here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Hey Momma! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another great week in Africa. We're getting Br and Th ready
for their baptisms next weekend. Br is well loved in the Relief Society and is
going to be a huge help to them. I am especially excited because she wants me
to baptize her. Hopefully I don't mess it up, haha. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Tuesday I had my first Zone Conference. President gave a great presentation using the story of the tree of life in first Nephi. The point of it was for us to focus more on recent converts, and less actives rather than just talking to people on the street. It was sad to see Elder and Sister Julander give their Farewell testimonies. They will be greatly missed, and I am so thankful to have been able to get to know them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday, while we were conversing with Vincent at his
house, President Stevenson called to talk to Elder Price. He called him to be a
Zone Leader in Praso which is one of the bushiest places in the mission. My new
companion's name is Elder Ble. He is from Ivory Coast, and I heard that he can
speak great French. I am really going to miss Elder Price. He's made a huge
impact on my life, and has taught me a lot on how to be a great missionary. I
am grateful for the time we have had as companions, and I am proud to call him
my trainer. Even though I am sad to see him go, I am also really happy to see
him become a Zone leader. He is going to be a huge blessing both to the people
and the missionaries there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">… I was able to get your package with my
scripture bag, the letters, and the Sour Patch Watermelons in it. I was really
happy to give Elder Price the Sour Patch Watermelons before he left. He said
God Bless you for thinking of him. :). I love you all so much and the work is
going well here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With Great Love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Elder Johnson"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bonus photos:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Jonfiah family had a little farewell thing for the
Julanders with the Asante family and the missionaries for Sekondi ward present
also. It was a really good night. :)</span></span><br />
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-495926202613466472015-06-15T17:30:00.000-06:002015-06-15T20:37:51.749-06:00Light On!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello!
Happy Monday! It's going okay; this cafe has been pretty frustrating. But
it's okay. The cafe guy decided that he could give me his admin code, so that's
nice. :) I don't know what the implications of that code are for me, seeing as
these are strictly linked up in a network, but who knows. If I ever have extra
time I'll explore. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Allen and Elder Barlow both got
crazy excited about Elder Latu. They both said that they knew him--really cool stuff! <i>[Elder Latu served in Sierra Leone and was evacuated in August at the same time Liberia missionaries were evacuated from that country. He is now serving in our ward in Utah. We met him on Saturday and when we realized "the connection," we took a picture to share with Elder Price.]</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Interesting
stuff about new missionaries being called to Liberia. Thanks for the info! Also
that's crazy to know my talk date. Ahhhh. Sept 20th. Just (not really) enough
time to recover from jet lag. Again, not really. <i>[He arrives in SLC the evening of Friday, Sept. 18th and is scheduled to speak on Sunday the 20th at 11am.]</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So,
this week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Week 11 of training: he leads it all!"</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday!
I successfully forgot that it was the mark of 100 days left! I remembered a few days later, and then I made a note of it in my planner. So that's how I
remember that it happened. It was a good day, with a really good district
meeting! I enjoyed it, and we talked about developing Christ-like attributes,
with a presentation of the talk "Beware of Pride." It was a good
instruction, and we had a couple good lessons. We have been teaching one
investigator named J. for quite a while now, and he's really knowledgeable
about the Bible. He's also blind, and we've been trying to find ways for him to
read the Book of Mormon more. Finally we have decided just to <b>read</b> it
with him, during the lessons, starting from the beginning. The lesson was
great, and so was the one we had with An., later!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wednesday
was a day full of teaching. We first visited Akua (she likes Akua, and it's
only <i>technically</i> spelled Ekua) and we helped her prepare for her talk on Sunday.
It was awesome, especially because we had to teach her how to use the Gospel
Library app! I enjoyed that. Then we went to teach Br.; another amazing
lesson with her. We taught a couple more lessons that day, and it was a pretty
simple day, to be honest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thursday
(haha, I have a few attempts at drawing Donald duck on this day in my
planner) we got a new/old investigator! One guy who we haven't met with in a
long time we finally saw again! It was really awesome to see him, and the
member with us, Georgina, thought that he had been taught for a long time! He's
doing good; we just hope that we'll be able to see him more often. After that
really uplifting lesson we taught N. and her husband! That wasn't as
productive, unfortunately. Maybe one day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday:
a repair guy came! Not really a repair guy, but a guy who wasn't with the same
group as the other inverter guy came. He knew what he was doing, and after some
troubleshooting he figured out how to fix the [solar panel] system. So that was sweet for him
to do! We stayed in the apartment while they were doing that. We then went down
and helped those guys get a room at a local hotel, and then we finally went out
and tried to teach. Too bad our appointments all cancelled. But on the way
home we were given some beesap from someone living around where we live. She
was really awesome about giving it, and gave it to us for free! She's
really nice, and I hope that we'll be able to teach her one of these
coming days. Beesap is a local drink that is made from hibiscus petals and some
other stuff, and normally having ginger. I like it. :) When we got home we had
fun pretending that it was alcoholic, Elder Allen playing along, and Elder
Johnson saying "you told me it wasn't!" while we were trying to have
a convincing act enough to fool Elder Hanson. Too bad Elder Hanson had some on
an exchange once.. Otherwise it would've been awesome. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had a couple things to mention! We helped Alice prepare for her talk and then
went and taught Br. That was a really great lesson, she has a baptismal
date now!!! June 25th! :D We're so excited for her, and she's loving
everything. She wants her niece to be baptized, too, and it was just a really
great lesson. :) We also taught that guy who talked to us last week about the
"light" and everything. He's cool! We haven't really gone too deep
with him yet, but we have high hopes. We spent the rest of the evening waiting
for our appointment at the chapel. and power went off! So we had fun being
scared in a big empty dark building. I'm more comfortable on the dark streets
than in a dark building! ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, during all of this, the repair guys came
again, installed new batteries, and a church employee came and changed all our
lightbulbs to energy saving lightbulbs! from 85 watts to 3 and 7 watt bulbs!
Plus, he installed a ceiling fan. And.. Now everything is working. We're so
grateful. Light on! :D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was great. Again. We had seven investigators at church! several of which was their
first times! Plus, Akua and Alice gave talks. Great talks, if I do say so
myself! Akua's was LONG! I was smiling throughout the meeting. It was a great
Sunday. After church we did splits and I taught Br. while Elder Johnson
taught Em. (basically) <i>all by himself</i>. He had a member
and stuff, 'cause it's splits with members, but still, it's unique! I enjoyed
that lesson. :) We went home and ate, and then studied, and then went out to
proselyte! After we made our way messily through some mud, we started to get
rained on. Then our appointment cancelled on us. And then it started pouring!
And then we got stuck in the rain. And we got soaked. It was an interesting
night. Ending with a wonderful dinner from the Julanders. :D They fed us taco
soup and Doritos and baked potatoes and apple crisp. It was such a good
dinner.. Mmmmmm..... I never expected a dinner like that on my mission, and it
was even kept on the down low amongst missionaries because it was just for the
Sekondi apartment. :D I loved it. Elder Johnson fell asleep on the couch, so we
hid behind the countertop, turned off the lights, changed the clock to two hours
forward, and Elder Julander came out saying "Elder Johnson, what are you
still doing here??! I thought you went down with the others!" It was so
funny; Elder Johnson legitimately believed it until he saw our slippers and
coats outside the door when we were walking out. DOH! It was funny to see him
try to comprehend all the implications of us going down without him and
everything, especially in his dazed and sleepy state. Awesome evening. :D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we had a district activity with our district and the Takoradi district. We
started with making doughnuts which took a really long time, but then we went up
to the Julanders and ate them while we watched Ephraim's Rescue! It's still a
pretty strong movie, emotionally, to me, so that's cool that it hasn't lost it's
touch even though I've seen it several times! I was freezing in that room...
But it was a really fun activity. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Everything
is going well here, and I'm trying to finish strong. It's weird to see the time
drawing nearer and nearer. I'm really nervous for this transfer news. It
comes on Saturday. We'll see what happens; it will determine what the rest of
my mission will be like. This work is true, this church is true, and I'm still
changing. I'm glad I have more time. :) I'm excited for things like being with
you guys again, playing sports (especially with Ryatt) and all those kinds of
things, but I'm grateful for the time I have left. It's always comforting to
think "God's will be done" with all things. I'm learning a lot. :)
Have a great week!</span><br />
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-77368404815540829412015-06-08T17:10:00.000-06:002015-06-08T18:03:05.639-06:00Making Memories<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello!
Happy 8th of June, 2015! Is today significant at all, though? I don't really
know. But anyway, it's great to hear from you once again! First, a couple
thoughts on your email this week: Okay, okay, I <i>do</i> read them, I
just chose not to comment on those jokes.. though I did show all the elders
in the cafe the funny picture. :D <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Your email was awesome! I loved the story about the new mission president for Liberia!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">WHOAH MY
FLIGHT PLANS. O.o Crazy. That'll be a long flight.. around 25 hours
cumulative. <i>[We received his return travel itinerary. He's currently scheduled to arrive home on September 18th.]</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So this
week had some fun stories! First, Tuesday. Tuesday is when we passed by a
monkey! It's in our area, but we normally don't pass by that way. We happened
to, so I took a bunch of pictures! :D </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Also, as we were walking through part of
our area, we passed a lady and started talking to her. She was pretty obviously
Muslim and we had a nice conversation; she even invited us to visit her at her
mosque! I thought that'd be a unique activity. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Wednesday
was an exchange! I went with Elder Allen into my area. It was a really great
exchange, and we had an amazing lesson with a less active member named R. We
had a member with us, Georgina, who was just the <i>perfect</i> person to
have for the impromptu lesson. The two just took off and R really opened up.
It was so great to feel the spirit there, even though we didn't say too much as
missionaries because we don't speak their language. :) We also taught a great
lesson with our investigator, B, the one that I said might be a
"slow-cooker". Yeah, no. She's doing AWESOME. She read the pamphlet a
few times before we came, and had been understanding everything. But that was
just the start. Wait a couple days for the really cool stuff. We also saw Alice
and her mom, Emma! It was sweet; we taught them about the Articles of Faith and
just helped them grow. More on them in a minute, too. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thursday
was a pretty normal day, and we had a really sweet lesson with An. We
were sitting with him inside his room, and we looked around and everything was
so much cleaner, he had a mosquito net hanging neatly over his bed with his
sweet little daughter on the bed, he was clean cut and wearing very good
clothes, and then he proceeded to talk to us about how some of his old friends
had visited him and looked at him and said that he's changed so much and then
left his room without him having to reject them. His whole demeanor and
countenance have changed, and he's so great. More later. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday.. Was quite the day. It started off with the zone meeting. Some good instruction
there! But I was disappointed that the zone leaders forgot to grab packages and
such when they went to Cape Coast, so now we have to wait a long time for them.
This frustrated me quite a bit because the office elders called me on Tuesday
telling me that Meet the Mormons was here for me (and venting about how they
wanted to steal it..)! Well, I guess I'll just wait for it to eventually get
to this side of the mission. <i>[Deseret Book will ship directly to Ghana, so I ordered him the Meet the Mormons DVD online, shipped directly to him via the mission office.]</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After that we decided to go to one of our
favorite rice and chicken places. They were out of chicken, so we decided to go
to this new one that we had only seen. We get in there and we ask the price.
It's a cedi more than what it normally is at a decent place <i>[that's about 25-30 cents US],</i> but after some
discussion we decide to order it anyway, hoping that it's good and worth it.
Well, they bring out the plates and there's nothing nice with the rice, no
lettuce, no mayo, no anything by it. So that's disappointing. I did my best to
be content. So I started eating my chicken. One bite. Yum! Second bite. As
I'm pulling the chicken away from my mouth, there happens to be around 7
maggots squirming inside the chicken that I just opened, right there, tucked
between the bone and the meat. It was such a wonderful sight, one that caused
me to immediately spit out EVERYTHING in my mouth onto the plate, and nearly
throw the chicken. We proceeded to be quite frustrated, and I went and drank a
coke. Somewhere else. Not there. Blahhhhhh. :P (that's a far from normal thing
here. All the people I've told that story, members and missionaries alike, have
all said that it's terrible and nasty. Memories, right? ;))<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were coming home from that fiasco, we noticed that it started to rain.
Wonderful! So we got out of the trotro and hid underneath a bus stop thing with two small umbrellas to cover all four of us. It was working somewhat well until it
started to rain sideways. The wind was strong! We finally found a place to sit
inside, a nearby shop, and waited for quite a while. It ended up raining the
entire day, and we weren't able to go out, unfortunately. It was also CRAZY
cold. I was wearing socks, jeans, thick shirt, my jacket, and wrapped up in a
sheet. The other elders said I was crazy. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Saturday
was a good day! We started off the day going to a member that had called and
asked for a blessing, but then we went and taught B again! And what a
wonderful lesson that was! We brought the Relief Society President with us,
Sister Zwennes, and B committed to coming to church! We also had a couple
other great lessons, and finally another one with Emmanuel. :) Since
he's been baptized, he's received a <i>nice</i> job, been given a nice car
from that company, and is just doing well! He's also been able to help another
member around get a job at the same place, and now they are the managers at
this soon to open import store! We'll go there sometime before I'm transferred.
:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Okay,
now here's the really awesome day: Sunday!!! It was Fast and Testimony Sunday,
and so that means everyone could bear their testimonies. A few people were
among those "everyone": Emma, with the sweetest testimony about a
priesthood blessing she had received, An., with a testimony about how he
didn't know any of these commandments like the Law of Chastity, Word of Wisdom,
but that he has now changed his life and found happiness in his life, and
Benjamin, giving his first testimony in the church about his journey here and
such powerful moments of his life and being able to join this church. It was
pretty incredible. I felt so sad thinking about how that might be my last Fast Sunday in this ward. I don't want to ever leave this area. :) Also, B came to church, and she had a GREAT time. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After
church we went and visited a member, Bernice, who then took us to visit her
neighbor, a lady who we had given a blessing to some time ago. We had blessed
the woman because she was VERY pregnant; the baby is born now! She showed us
the cute little baby boy, and we will have a couple people to teach now from
this. It was so cool to see the effect that the blessing had on this woman's
spirit and feelings, especially having gone successfully through labor and
everything working out. A guy sitting there also told us that he wants us to
teach him, that he has a Book of Mormon, and he REALLY wants to learn. He also
mentioned that he "sees something around [us] that [we] might not
see", and he described that he feels this light around us. That was a
pretty neat thing for him to say. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week's been good. I'm out of time, but I hope you enjoyed this week's letter! I
love you so much. Have an amazing week. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-64771153594108085562015-06-01T22:00:00.000-06:002015-06-08T18:03:55.293-06:00Farewell Frisbee<div class="MsoNormal">
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Family!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Another
week of no mouse and all keyboard. I <em>am</em>
getting fast at it, though. N</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ow I'm the nice
guy at the café who'll take the computer w/o the mouse! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Maybe this is supposed to train me for later in
my life! (You know, this is my problem with tablets, they don't have
keyboards very often! It makes it so shortcuts just don't exist! :P)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I guess
I'll just go straight into my week this time! I'll start with Tuesday. Bear
with me here, the days really blur together. Maybe there's a story or two in
this week that I just have to dig for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was good! We had our district meeting, another great one with just the normal
district. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After everything, we were able to teach Al. and An., the
two investigators preparing for their baptisms! Thinking about those lessons,
the lesson with An. was actually pretty funny. An. had his little
girl with him as we were teaching; he had just picked her up from her mother.
As we began to teach, she started <strong>crying</strong>
so much. So he checks her diaper. He excuses himself to change it.
Awesome, right? No more distractions. But little did we know that little baby
hadn't eaten in a longggg time. So we are trying to teach a lesson, and she
won't stop crying. Finally we finished a few principles when we decided to end
the lesson there and come back the next day. Don't worry, the baby was fed and
she stopped crying. Adorable little girl. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The next
day was a bit of running around to teach some few lessons in various places: We
taught Hamida a recent convert lesson, An. that one last lesson for him to
be ready for his interview the <em>next</em>
<em>day. </em>And we
taught T., a younger girl who lives out in Ketan who is the daughter of a
member and is preparing for her baptism (she's really excited for it. The only
bummer is that it has to wait until 20 June!). Something awesome during the day
was that when we finished teaching An. that lesson and preparing him for
the interview, he walked with us outside and introduced us to his neighbor,
B., a half Ghanaian, half Nigerian, woman who is interested in learning
what the Book of Mormon is. We set an appointment, and the day was great! After
the lesson with T. in Ketan, which happens to always be at Vincent's house
'cause she doesn't speak English, and he basically just teaches the lessons for
us, Vincent gave us some Popo! It was yummy. :) <i> [the last time he mentioned popo was when he was serving in Liberia. He described it then as "</i></span><i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 23.1000022888184px;">Popo is like cantaloupe. but it's not."] </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then it started to rain, and Vincent lent us some umbrellas and we made it home on the dark and scary train tracks
with smokers. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thursday
was (kinda) the day! At least, it was a pretty short day. Planning in the
morning, followed by apartment lunch at a member's restaurant in Sekondi,
picking up the shirt I got for Dad (the guy made it quite big; he said it's
better to be too big than too small! We can tailor it or something if it's too
massive. It's black with a cream or something embroidery; quite nice looking),
the lesson with B. (aforementioned), and the interviews! The lesson with
B. went great, and we're looking forward to teaching her as time goes on.
She doesn't seem like a fast conversion person, but who knows, with God all
things are possible! I'm excited to start teaching her. Then.. We went to the
interviews! Everything went smoothly, and they both passed. Obviously, from
the baptism pictures that I've sent. Anyway, it was great! We had a small PEC
meeting with the bishop, and then we went home. That night we got a surprise
visit from Elders Hinckley and Hodges, the Tarkwa Zone Leaders! They were
sleeping at the Julanders before going to the Finish Strong Seminar the next
morning. <i>[President Stevenson describes this on <a href="http://stevensons-in-ghana.blogspot.com/2015/05/no-storm-can-keep-me-in.html" target="_blank">his blog</a>, it was a special event for the 60 missionaries going home within the next three months, to encourage and inspire them to finish strong.]</i> They played a round of Scum (card game) with us and then went
upstairs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday. The meeting! Elder Barlow was awesome and came
over and made French toast for that morning. It was so wonderful, and he made
syrup, too! We really enjoyed. :) Then we all went to Cape Coast. We arrived
there around 12, ate lunch, mingled, and had a great meeting! It was
inspirational, and I was encouraged to work hard. Woohoo! Then we had another
long ride back home. It was a really good day, though it's hard to think of
anything to say about it.. Oops! The day got me <em>exhausted</em>, but it encouraged us to have
more energy! It was funny like that. ;) <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next
day. Chapel cleaning and the baptism! That's a pretty good summary of the
day. Oh, and I got a video of Elder Johnson saying that the Chargers are the
best (he lost a bet). :D Anyway. The baptism actually went smoothly! We didn't
have as many people at the baptism as we had hoped, but it wasn't too bad.
Light [power] also went off right before it! But then it came on right as we were
starting. :) It turned out great, and I could feel the spirit and everything
cool like that! People are changing their lives, and it's great! It was a fun
day, the highlight obviously being the immersion of the two, Al. and
An.!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Sunday
was good, too, and both came early and were confirmed just fine for
Sacrament meeting. The Julanders came to the ward, too, and bore their
departing testimonies to Sekondi ward. It made me sad. But at least we still
have another month with them. After everything in the day, we ended up teaching
a lesson to Alice, with her mother, Emma, and her father, Brother Hanson, all
present. It was such a great lesson, and we talked about patriarchal blessings
at the beginning, but then we talked about how awesome the priesthood is and we
all shared testimonies about it. It was a <em>really</em>
cool lesson, and I'm so happy that I've been able to work with this family. :)
After that we closed and played games with the other elders, and Elder
Barlow made us chips out of sliced up cassava! It was interesting, but tasty!
Fun night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today we
had a zone activity: Vienna Beach! It was a SWEET activity, full of games and
some nice food. The place was a really nice area, beautiful, and it was fun to
run on the beach a little bit. Something sad happened, though.. I lost my
Frisbee. :( We were throwing it around, and then it went into the water.. and
started to float away.. And kept going. I went after it, but I quickly
realized that I couldn't go any further without swimming, so I had to come
back. :( We asked a nearby guy to go and swim after it, but it was too far out
for his swimming ability.. Ah, few times on mission I have been frustrated
about the rule of no swimming, but today was one! Plus, the water there was
actually really beautiful. So it was quite sad. But we still had fun and we
played some two hand touch football and had fun! I got a cheeseburger there,
too. :) A great day, today! Everything has been going on well! My subsistence
(barely) held over, and everything is okay. Thank you for the great email this
week, I really liked it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love you all so much, and I still know that this work is directed by Him above. I hope that you have a great week, and do good things!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The wonderful Elder and Sister Julander :) "</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Showing his love for the his team--the bolt, the jersey, Charger color ties, and his African shirt made in Chargers colors. Elder Johnson photobombing. :)</span></td></tr>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-60316270444222956872015-05-25T12:00:00.000-06:002015-05-27T18:16:14.134-06:00Budgeting<div class="MsoNormal">
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Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello!
Greetings from Ghana! I'm emailing without a mouse! It sounds great, right? I'm
glad I used to challenge myself for fun back home by seeing if I could use the
computer without a mouse. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>[I asked him if there were no other computers. He said they were all taken, and Elder Allen was in line for one to open up, so he went ahead and used the one with a broken mouse]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This
week was good! We worked!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We
started off with an inspirational district meeting from Elder Allen! That was
fun. :) It was really funny to be sitting there in the Sekondi chapel with just
us six. The rest of the day was good, too! We had visit #1 with Ekua for the
week! We visited her twice. That was definitely a highlight for me, 'cause she
always makes the days good. After her we ended up seeing a great person:
An.! He's progressing great, and it's awesome to see 'cause he was a
normal street contact. It's rare for normal contacting to bring forth many
results, so it's a great thing to have him. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We've
also been teaching other people this week, one being Al. Al. is preparing
for her baptism on Saturday! She's so excited, and she was so happy when we
gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon. That makes two to be baptized on Saturday:
An. and Al. We were hoping for a couple more, but it doesn't look like
that will happen. It's still amazing to have these two, and the next two will
still come on, eventually. :) Most of the week was really spent teaching and
doing the stuff that seems so normal for me now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh yeah!
Something slightly kinda somehow interesting. I was <em>really</em> low on subsistence money, so this
past week I've been working SO hard to save my money (I only had enough for basically a week. And we had two weeks until subsistence). The miracle that
happened.. We just finished the week, and I even have MORE than I need to get
through for a normal, solid week! I'm glad, because it means that I <em>can</em> budget. I was starting
to lose hope for myself. ;) I can eat something now! Or maybe I'll just keep my
habits of not eating as much, for skinniness sake..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On
Sunday we had something incredible: all you can eat fufu. :D :D :D (okay, I
just realized how that looks, seeing as it's right after I talked about being
skinny..) Sister Akim, Lancelot's mother, cooked us groundnut soup with all
you can eat fufu. It was so wonderful. She did it for all of the
missionaries (us four); something that the former missionaries in this area were
trying <em>so hard</em>
to get to happen. We were given bowls full of fufu and soup, and then five minutes
in they came and said that we could ask for more fufu as we wanted. So Elder
Johnson and I both ate more. YUMMY! :D Such a great meal. Meat was normal stuff
like goat and fish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This
morning we played basketball with An. (the same one preparing for
baptism). He plays basketball seriously, and we went to a local court (one that
we go to pretty often) and played with him and a ton of great basketball
players. It happens to be some African holiday today, so they all were off work
and other things and came to play. It wasn't easy to play with them, but it was
fun! My legs are dead today.. Again..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The week
was good. I'm doing good, and I got my desk all organized this week; it also
feels really good to have a cleaner apartment. Mission is short, and I'm trying
to milk every moment I have left. The closer the end of this adventure gets,
the more I'm realizing how much more I want to learn while I am out here. I am
so far from being who I <em>can</em>
be, and I have so many weaknesses still. The time for improvement is short; and
I'm so grateful for this bit that I have.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think
that view could be applied to life, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have a
great week. :) Love you all!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder
Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hi! It
sounds like you had a busy week! Some great things to hear from back home. I'm
sad that I missed that luau; I'd like to be around that culture again! Thanks
for the great pictures and everything. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As for
my week:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We
started off with Monday night: We had FHE over with Vincent and his family!
That was really awesome. It was the first time that the other elders had been
into our area, and we had a nice time with them. They're such a strong family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tuesday
was zone meeting. That was pretty depressing: people going home! Like Elder
Judy, Sister Aidoo, and a couple more. It's strange to see good friends of
mission to be going home like that. Ah! Mission isn't <em>supposed</em> to end!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That day
we had some great lessons with A. and J. They're both progressing,
though at very different rates. A. will hopefully be baptized this
transfer. J.. Who knows. But they were both wonderful lessons!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
thought I'd take this moment to advertise a certain product: Egg sandwiches.
Have you had one? If so, then you've lived your life successfully. If not, then
you need to. If they don't appeal to you, then (a) you're crazy, or (b) you've
never had a good one. We're addicted to them in our apartment. There's a lady
at the base of the hill that we live on who sells these <em>incredible</em> egg
sandwiches. We're her loyal customers. What are they? </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">White
bread, a loaf that is sliced to whatever size (by the woman, forget pre-sliced)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">
and sliced in half. Then the eggs: put into a small bowl, whisked with a fork,
salt and lettuce and peppers and random little itty bitty things put inside it,
stirred up, then put onto the frying pan (with oil on the pan) for it to fry,
then flip the egg when one side is cooked and let the other side cook. Then
fold it and put it into your bread, put the bread on the pan, wait a moment,
press (like PUSH) the bread into the pan to squish it all together and toast
the bread, flip it, toast the other side, and then you got a yummy egg
sandwich! :D</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The next
day was a good day of teaching. We taught a few lessons, and we walked SO far.
(my legs are screaming their complaints even now, but I'll get to that later)
But it was good, 'cause we visited a less active out there. Good work! The next
day was pretty similar, though we didn't walk nearly as far. We helped
a recent convert, Hamida, prepare to teach Relief Society, and then
we taught G.! He's still doing great. We also had a PEC meeting in the
evening that went well. I love this ward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday
was an exchange! I went with Elder Hanson! That was a party. :) I finally
got to see the other Sekondi area! I've never been inside to their place called Essikado,
but I finally got the chance! We had a great day, with more
walking and hills, but things were good. Elder Hanson was fun to go with!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Saturday
was a messed up day. We started with the normal chapel cleaning. Nobody
showed up, except one member. So us five cleaned the entire
building.. Ahh. Well, it was for a good cause. So much mopping! It
took forever. After that we got ready for the day and studied. Then we went and
tried to see some people! A bunch of people that we weren't able to see! So we
decided to go visit a member family that is slightly into the other elders'
area, 'cause we needed his full name and such to put on a baptismal record. We
showed up, and they sat us down and fed us fufu. Well, don't mind if I do! ;)
We didn't tell the other guys. They don't really need to know.. hehe. I like
the food here. After that business, we taught an investigator, and then we
visited Lancelot (in attempts to teach someone at his house.. They weren't
there.)! He's an AWESOME member that I don't know if I've talked about before.
He's another one of my good friends as far as members go. He got his mission
call!!! He's going to Nigeria Calabar Mission, so we had a nice talk about
mission things. It made for a fun evening!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday
was exciting! Actually, we didn't do too much. But we had six people come to
church! That's a high for this area. So many progressing people! It looks like
most, or all, should be coming back, too. Not just a one time thing! Plus, Ekua
was called to be the 2nd counselor in the Young Women Presidency. :D I was way
happy about that. But.. She </span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">did</em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">
chastise us for forgetting to call her on Mother's Day. I was willing to accept
a caning for that, but she was too nice to do that to me. :) The rest of the
day was nice and calm; the person across the hall fed us lunch (</span><em style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">way </em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">nice of the guy),
and things are going along nicely. This morning we had a zone activity at the
stake center: SPORTS! I really like sports. Football (soccer), basketball, and
volleyball were the main ones I played. It's fun to play sports with Tongans.
:D A lot more fun than other people. The new guy in our district is named Elder
Pohahau, from Tonga (Tongatapu), so now we have two Tongans in the zone. And
now my legs are in so much pain. Go hard or go home, right? Hey, did I mention
that Bro Kandell put a stress ball in the package? Well, he did, and I've been
throwing it like crazy around the apartment. I miss throwing baseballs! Anyway,
it relieves stress, right? ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Things
are going along nicely out here. I've been really finding some things that I
can improve on, and I'm learning a lot. I'm happy. It was good to hear from
you this week. Do good things! Choose the right, live the commandments, and
have a great week! I love you all so much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-73973378337481227912015-05-11T12:15:00.000-06:002015-05-11T14:19:51.029-06:00Intestinal Fail<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Good to
talk to you... Again. :) After phone call emailing is always pretty funny for
me. What do I say?? Well, I guess I can formulate <strong>some</strong> sort of
reply to entertain you for a few minutes. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This
week has been good! It kicked off with some interviews with President Stevenson
on Tuesday. That was great! It was possibly the longest meeting I have had so
far on my mission. It ended somewhere around 5 pm. It started at 10:30 am.
Ahhhhh such a long time. But they fed us! It was at the Takoradi
Stake Center, and several people instructed while President Stevenson was
interviewing people. The zone leaders instructed. The assistants
instructed. Sister Stevenson instructed.. And we ate! That was possibly the
highlight. Well, not quite, but close. After all, I <em>did</em> get an extra piece of chicken. YUM!
But right after lunch I had my interview. That went well, and I felt
comfortable! I think I have.. 1(?) more of those before I get my departing
interview. Something like that. I'm not really sure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the best parts of
the meeting, however, was that we got to watch "Meet the Mormons"! :D
My first time! It was done really well, and I enjoyed it. I have to admit, though,
it touched me when I saw the segment with the missionary leaving and his father
with one leg skiing and those things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That
evening Elder Johnson had a fever! Oh no! Was he sick again? Nope. After trying
to think of what to do and cancelling the exchange that was planned, we gave
him the re-hydration thing.. The mixture of salt and water and flavoring to
make it taste not terrible. An hour later and he was up and running! Go figure.
We drink a lot more water in the apartment than we used to, now. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On
Wednesday we were fed by H. while we were waiting for her to be ready for
us to teach her. Unfortunately, she was too busy to meet with us, and
unfortunately <em>again, </em>I
learned the first thing that I really CANNOT eat. Intestine. It was cow or goat
or something of the sort, but it was.. Different. I couldn't down it. It sat
on my tongue, and it was like the meat could talk and so could my tongue
and my tongue was just saying, "you know, if you swallow this thing,
everything is coming OUT!" So I didn't swallow. And I apologized greatly.
XP Intestines? No go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On
Thursday (MOM'S BIRTHDAY!), we had a miracle lesson. We were looking to go
teach a girl named Th. that lives out in Ketan. When we arrived to Ketan,
we learned that bishop wasn't around! That was a problem, a <strong>big</strong> problem,
because he was the one who was gonna show us where she lived. This girl is a
couple years older than a child of record, and that's why they've turned it
over to us, but her mother's a member and such, though we didn't know where she
lived. So we went over to Vincent's house to ask him! He was there, and as we
were talking to him, lo and behold, she knocks on the door! Th. came to run
an errand, and we were there at exactly the right time to meet her and teach
her! So that was great. :)</span><br />
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couple days were full of the normal missionary things.. Teaching, planning,
adjusting plans because of failed appointments, etc. Normal stuff! Saturday,
though, was a funeral at the chapel that we attended. It was pretty cool! Nothing
too crazy, though I think Elder Hanson and Elder Johnson may have a different
view of it. ;) It was good! I felt like we stuck out so much (don't we
always, though?) because not only were we the only white people there, we were
also some of the few people wearing white shirts instead of black!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, the
funeral made for an interesting day, and on Sunday we had our General
Conference Review. We finally got to watch general conference! I really loved
the talk that President Uchtdorf gave about grace and such at the end of the
Sunday Morning session. ["<a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-gift-of-grace?lang=eng" target="_blank">The Gift of Grace</a>"] It was really inspiring, and I'm
just hoping that this love of conference that I have right now will stick a
little bit when I come home. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you
well know, the week ended with a nice phone call. But what happened right
before that? I received a package and a letter!!! :D :D :D It was the awesome
birthday package from the Kandells. Give them a HUGE thanks for me!!! :D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The
phone call was awesome. Things are going well. :) I loved seeing those pictures
that you sent this week! Sorry that my mission feels so long. ;) Also a pretty
touching May 10th, with all those 23 year marks and the like.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm
doing great. Thank you for all the support you give me! I'm happy to be
serving, and I'm happy to be improving. I love you all SO much! I can't believe
that Elder Johnson's training is already half finished, before I know it he'll
be out on his own! Time flies. Do good things. Don't make exceptions, and be
happy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Price<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>[A few notes from our Mother's Day phone call yesterday:</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>No power: It was evening time there when we talked and towards the end of our call he said he'd been sitting there in the dark talking to me because it's been "Lights Out" (no power) all evening. Unremarkable to him, really. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Water storage: Another missionary in the apartment said (in the background) that he was going to wash his face in preparation for bedtime. I asked Rain about the water situation. He said they had a very large trash can in their bathroom that they'd cleaned out and turned into their water storage. They fill up the trash can when water is available and power is on. They have a few buckets in their bathroom that they use to dip into the trash can to pull water as they need it.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Weather: He said he's quite comfortable in the heat. It's the cold that gets him now. If he's in an air conditioned building for even an hour, his feet go numb. He's a bit worried about acclimating to home. He asked if we could bring a winter coat to the airport when we pick him up (in September).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>This time around we didn't have any list of questions for him. We were a bit surprised when he said that he had a list for us! He wanted to share more with us about the relationships and conversion stories of the people there that have touched his life so deeply. He feels very blessed to have been a part of these amazing people's lives. ]</i></span></div>
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shell things are called "periwinkle" (Liberia says
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-56907872047307435102015-05-04T16:43:00.001-06:002015-05-04T22:58:59.532-06:00Cocoa Beans<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi!
Looks like some nice things back home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, the
week. It's been good! We've tried! On Tuesday we had a great district
meeting... IN THE JULANDERS APARTMENT! :D A/C! :D It was so awesome. They
talked about goals a lot, and it really inspired me to set more goals and to
improve myself. They actually didn't finish their instruction, so we went there
on Sunday night to finish it, where they talked about fear and the different
types of fear, how to overcome, and how it can hold us back in ways that we
don't even recognize. It was really interesting. I enjoyed it a lot!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Throughout
the week we were failed a lot, but we still worked the best we could and kept
going! Some of the funniest moments this week, however, were during the
training videos that we're supposed to be watching. We've been watching The District, and yes, we learn and apply the principles, but sometimes it's SO
HARD for us to take it seriously! We just watch them as they mention the
importance of getting ready in the morning and such, with their toasters,
ovens, nice stoves, blenders, nice fridges (that don't ever turn into a simple
cupboard), carpets, and crazy clean homes. It's just a bit different than that
for us. ;) Plus I can't imagine crying like that in a lesson.. I mean, it's not
<i>bad</i>, but it's not what we're used to. So we've had some pretty fun
training sessions. :D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had
an amazing lesson with a less-active this week! We had just been bounced for
everything, but then we decided to call her. It had been a very long time, and
it was totally random. She answered, and we were able to go and visit her that
day! We had such an incredible lesson, and she finally opened up to why she
wasn't coming to church. It was one of those really hard concerns of her family
being really against her being a member, so we helped the best we could and
relied on the spirit. The spirit became so strong in that room, especially as
we decided to sing a couple hymns with her before we closed. I could see the
experience touching her life, and it was one of those awesome things in mission
that I love. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also
had our bishop go with us to a lesson on Tuesday! That was really incredible.
He has never proselyted with us (since I've been here) (goodness, sometimes
this keyboard makes me feel like I'm using a typewriter.. Goodness, hard keys
to press!) before, but this appointment was really close to the church and
right before a meeting there, so he was able to join us. We went to teach
J., one of our investigators who asks some really deep questions and really
knows his doctrine. Previously with him we had never had a lesson that <i>really</i> helped
him progress, but this one was different. It wasn't anything that the bishop
said, but for some reason, everything just went <i>so</i> smooth, and the
presence of the bishop with us as well as some unseen forces made it such a
great lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Things
are going well! I'm trying to feel better (I've been feeling sick each morning,
and especially right now, but I think those two might be unrelated), but it
might just be allergies. Who knows. I'm alright, don't worry. :) I'm doing
good! I set some good goals, and I'm still working on walking the path that
is not my own. It's not easy; it's much easier to sound humble in following His
path than to actually get up and do it. But it's worth it. I know it is. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder
Makani Rain Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">"</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Fresh cocoa busted open! It's really sweet, you just pop those things in your mouth and don't swallow or chew! Just suck on it, and it's really sweet and good. :)"</span></span></td></tr>
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cocoa! It's really bitter, but it has that hint of dark chocolate."</span></span></td></tr>
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trains!"</span></span></td></tr>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-28684233134574401122015-04-27T21:33:00.001-06:002015-04-27T21:33:34.532-06:00"I love fufu"<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello! Happy Monday! And whatever holiday may occur on this day,
if any! (oh, one certain cousin's birthday!!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week had some nice few stories. Nothing too much to report,
but a nice week nonetheless.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This picture is of the follow-up meeting for those in the
training program! It was a good meeting. It did take our entire Friday,
unfortunately, but it was a good meeting and some yummy rice and chicken. It
was also good to see some people that I don't get to see too often! The travel
took the length of the meeting... x 2. It was a lot of sitting, and fairly
uncomfortable, but it wasn't bad! I loved driving through all my old places
again. I haven't even been gone from there for very long, but I miss it! Of
course, I'll miss this place too. But not yet! I'm still here! I'm still
kicking! Anyway, at the meeting they taught us some great things, especially
about the expectations that are on the Trainers and the Trainees, even now, and
it felt good to get some more direction now that we're a bit into the training.
It's crazy that week four of training is already finished!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also had a baptism on Saturday! It was so great. But.. There's always a hitch. This time? NO WATER! Of course. No water at all in
Sekondi chapel, so there was some rushed re-organizing. We went to the Takoradi
Stake Center instead, and we had a combined baptism with the other Sekondi
elders and the Kweikuma elders. :) Unfortunately, the candidates for Sekondi
were late to sacrament meeting and weren't confirmed, but we're counting on
them being confirmed in a couple weeks (we're watching conference at the stake
center next Sunday).</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another thing that happened was that we taught our progressing
investigator, A! He's doing well. We taught him a couple times, and
after we finished teaching him this week on Tuesday we noticed that he had an
'inappropriate' poster on his wall. From the angle we were at, we didn't see it
the first times we were there, but this time we did. It was <i>very</i> not
good, so.. the next lesson we taught what was necessary! It was one of the best
Law of Chastity lessons I've had, and it was one of the times that I treasure
on my mission; when you see the message help someone so directly and change
them as they humbly accept the Spirit. It was great, and he's on track. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wednesday was an exchange! I went with Elder Barlow into
Sekondi, and it really was such a GREAT day. We didn't have as many lessons as
the incredible exchange last time, but it was still awesome, and we built a
better friendship. We did teach Emma a lesson as a recent convert, and then she
fed us fufu! It was awesome; I love fufu. We aren't eating it as much as when
Elder Halterman was with me, but it's great to eat it when we get it! :D<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This morning we played football with a bunch of other elders. I
still like playing football, big surprise there! Elder Johnson did really well,
too. He blocked a lot of shots! I'm tired now, but it was great to get a bit of
a workout in. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh yeah, I received a letter from "silly Grandpa!" :) That made me
happy. I've been thinking that I want to make a trip to San Diego when I get
home, before the reunion, maybe in the first few months after I get home, when
I'm more free. I would really like to do that. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are moving along. It's great to hear about everything back home! Thank you for all the love! Have a great week!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Q: Did Elder Johnson's scriptures fall apart just like yours? Good thing you are an expert in scripture surgery! (he's <a href="http://eldermakanirain.blogspot.com/2014/01/service-project-was-fun.html" target="_blank">written</a> about his binding issues several times.)</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A: Yes, his
did. So I told him I had it all under control. ;)
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all!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Not <i>only
</i>is today (somehow) my birthday email, but it is also my <b>19 month mark</b> email!
How crazy is that?? I think it's crazy. At least it's not my 20 month. That
would be crazy talk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This
week was really good! Several stories to share, I believe. Let me just check
what I have on my agenda for today. *checking notes* Ah, here we go! I think
we'll go in not-strict chronological order. That means Tuesday first, just a
small thing for this day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
Julanders instructed! Elder Julander, rather. I had heard the instruction
before, but this one was a bit more enlightening on a different aspect. He
talked a little bit longer this time about spiritual gifts, and I thought it
was so interesting, because I have never really thought about finding out what
spiritual gifts God has given me. I took some time later in the week to write
some down, and it was really incredible. The best part is that these gifts are not so someone can be a "big-man" or something, they're given so that we
can lift others more! e.g. if the Chargers didn't know that they had Eric
Weddle or Phillip Rivers, they wouldn't be able to use the team in a way that
would win games! It was a really cool instruction. Remember, don't just accept the
"important" things in life or the values that the world gives to you
(imposed values). Make the good ones YOUR choice, and choose the right! :)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thursday
was really the next exciting day. Why? Because PACKAGES that's why. I got the
packages that morning. I received 2; the one with my new scriptures (WOOT
WOOT!) and the one with a letter and.. random stuffs. :) Both were awesome.
Timed perfectly for my birthday. Kinda. I opened it a day early. I didn't wanna
wait, sorry. But the stuff was GREAT! I immediately made myself a case for
those scriptures out of cardboard, pictures, and tape, and I've been updating
the markings in them. It's SO great to be able to have such a lightweight set
of scriptures, you have no idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, onto my birthday. It was GREAT! :D It started with lunch being fried chicken! We prepared all the batter and whatnot, and the outside tasted AWESOME. The only problem... the chicken wasn't cooked well enough. That part was disappointing, but things are more memorable when they <i>don't</i> go according to plan, right? ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The day was great, too. Ekua had us over and we were fed some wonderful Ghanaian food and had a great lesson with her. We went throughout the day and taught two more great lessons with people named G and N! G is definitely preparing for baptism, and we had an incredible time teaching him about the plan of Salvation. He felt the spirit so strongly as we felt prompted to talk about sealings. Ohhh the wonders of missionary work. I love this. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We came back that day, having bought a tub of fanice and a 1.5 ltr of fanta orange. (isn't orange soda a joke in Undercover Brother? (Dad, you know which movie I'm talking about that I "haven't seen") We went up to the Julanders and had a great time with them! Truly a fantastic time, especially because of the wonderful toppings, sugar cookies donated by Elder Allen, and the <b>fantastic</b> song from Elder and Sister Julander. It was so great. :D :D they gave me a copy of the lyrics, and it was really clever. I love them. I'll be sad when they go home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What next? a wedding! Saturday morning started off with us going over to the family house of the Hanson family to give Emma a blessing (as requested) that everything would go well. After that, we studied small and then went to the wedding! And how great of a wedding that was. The whole family! Their story is so incredible, even deeper than what I have shared in emails before, and I'll make sure I write it down in my journal so I can read it better to you when I return home. In the words of the area seventy that attended the wedding and gave the closing remarks (Elder Davis, a Ghanaian), their story would make for a great romantic drama movie. The wedding was wonderful, though I was a little bit sick.. But no problem. :) It was a great time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the wedding we went to the family history center in the Sekondi chapel and did some training on the computers there. Ohhh how I love computers. So much. :D That was a hilarious time, and it was cool to check out my family tree a little bit! I hope you enjoyed the pictures of Elder Allen's wife not existing. ;) I was dying of laughter. Probably because I was a bit delirious already. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think going to bed late automatically makes my body sick. There's blessings in obedience. It's a fact. Don't worry, I'm feeling better, as long as I get to bed at a good time. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday was good, too. :) Not too much to mention, really, but some good visits with members. Today we went to the Atlantic Hotel. That was AWESOME. I've already mentioned it in my pictures, but we thought we'd spoil our 'sons' a bit. ;) <i>[in "mission lingo" a "son" is the new missionary that is being trained. The "father" is the trainer.]</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/GH/Takoradi-hotels/BEST-WESTERN-PLUS-Atlantic-Hotel/Hotel-Overview.do?propertyCode=75301" target="_blank">here</a> for a link to the <a href="http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/GH/Takoradi-hotels/BEST-WESTERN-PLUS-Atlantic-Hotel/Hotel-Overview.do?propertyCode=75301" target="_blank">Atlantic Hotel</a> website</span></div>
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<i>[Me: Was that a diet Coke I spotted in there?? Elder Price: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Diet coke. Yup. :) And water. And salad. I felt SO
good.. Until the steak sandwich, fries, and massive amount of desserts. ;) It
wasn't </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">exactly</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> my b-day celebration, [because we went] today. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It was awesome!]</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Missionary
work is good. Really. I'm more happy to be out here than ever before. I am
learning so much, and I know there's more to learn. Receiving the packages was
so great! I'm feelin' the love. ;) Good things are happening. We have a baptism
on Saturday, and some other great things going on this week. I love you all so
much. Have an amazing week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-91177720298964699852015-04-13T18:00:00.000-06:002015-04-21T13:23:00.099-06:00"Kojo Bo"<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear
Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello!
Thanks for the birthday wishes, however early (by necessity) they are! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This
week went pretty well! Though I forgot to write down the funny stories that
happened this week. Usually I get them out of my system when I come home and
talk with the apartment mates at night. Oops! Tuesday though had an awesome
thing planned for the evening: the baptismal interview! All went well. :) M passed, and the baptism came on! We went to the chapel straight after studies
and everything on Saturday to make sure the font was filled and... it wasn't.
What else is new? ;) We waited the rest of the day at the chapel as the font
filled; it took longer than we expected. So we were there until 5, when the
baptism happened! For some reason that is still beyond me, they asked me to
baptize. Okay! I did, and it was awesome. I <i>really</i> want to send you
those baptismal pictures, but this cafe isn't working very well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
Spirit was so strong at the baptism! I mean, it wasn't completely reverent the
whole time, but that didn't surprise me. Especially when the missionaries
demonstrating how the baptism would work accidentally both fell over on the
ground.. It was hilarious. :) (Elder Allen and Elder Johnson) Everything
turned out okay, though, and a really cool thing happened right after the
closing hymn and good closing prayer. Some people said that they wanted to sing
<i>another</i> hymn, so the Relief Society president, Sister Zwennes,
stood up and we all started singing "How Firm a Foundation" :)
Everybody was singing, and we were all going over to M and shaking her hand
as others were slowly filing out. It was a really cool experience! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Zone
Meeting on Friday went well: I <i>still</i> haven't received any
packages. Blah. It doesn't really make sense why they haven't come, but
hopefully I'll at least get the scriptures that were ordered! After everything
on Friday we finally got out to visit some members, and we joined Ekua and the
Julanders for a nice movie night! That was really cool, though I was exhausted
and sleeping through the movie (good thing I've seen it a bunch: the Saratov
Approach). Benjamin wasn't able to make it because of work, but both of them
are doing great. Ekua taught the Relief Society class yesterday!!! It was
awesome. (but I didn't exactly see the lesson itself... haha)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Allen and I introduced our "sons" to fufu!!! That was hilarious. I
have a feeling, after eating a few meals from members already, that I might
struggle with keeping my weight down for the next month or two. But at least
Elder Johnson likes fufu. ;) He did well! I got it all on a video. <i>[I asked him why he'd gain weight and he said, "<o:p></o:p></i></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>he [Elder Johnson] can't eat too much. It's heavy food, so it takes
practice. I'll gain weight because he won't be able to take as much of the
load! XD" ]</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We
taught this amazing man named E. again! I was a bit worried
because he disappeared off the face of the earth for a week, but he's back! And
ready as ever to be baptized! I think I already shared the story of him coming
in during the district meeting, but this is a follow up story. :) We've talked
to him about being baptized, and he's agreed to the 25th of April! I'm so
excited. He's understanding everything so well, and he has absorbed the
doctrine so well. He's another miracle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We
didn't really get the chance this week to see all the people that we wanted to
see this week, but we have another chance this coming week! The area is
progressing, and we're doing our best. Elder Johnson and I had some good
bonding times this week, and he's doing good. He's a great guy, and I love
serving with him. :) This birthday should be a good one! I haven't really
registered that I'm actually gonna be leaving the teen years now, but at the
same time, I haven't really registered that I'm still <i>in</i> the teen
years. It's pretty strange, but fun! I'm excited for how this week will go! I
hope I can get more sleep, 'cause lately I've been EXHAUSTED, but at least I've
been working hard. I feel good!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love
you all so much! Thanks for the love, too. Do good things, like the
commandments and such and such! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
Price<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">PS did I
ever mention that my Fante name is "Kojo Bo"? It means
"Monday-born" "Price". I'm one of the few missionaries with
a last name that can be literally translated in Fante. Most missionaries get
other various funny names. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>[I reminded him that in addition to being born on a Monday, he was born the day after Easter, which is a holiday in Ghana, "Easter Monday." He said:] </i></span></div>
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Monday IS a holiday here. :) I never thought about it being Easter Monday...
Cool!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The wedding will be Saturday morning. We'll be there. :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>[Update: Photos from this week that we received later:]</i></span><br />
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Julanders truck to the zone activity last Monday"</span></span></td></tr>
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Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4880198301951287269.post-33609842486777821732015-04-06T17:48:00.000-06:002015-04-06T18:06:21.170-06:00A New Enthusiasm<div class="MsoNormal">
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Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hello! I
DID hear about the temple!!! <i>[to be built in Ivory Coast] </i>Do you realize how incredible that is? Those
people spend not days, not weeks, but months staying at the temple and doing
ordinance work. They attend the Accra temple more than any other country in West
Africa. It's amazing that they will be receiving their own temple. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yeah, I
got Elder Johnson!!! It's so awesome. :) It really surprised me, to be honest.
Seeing that there were only a few Americans coming to the mission, I totally
thought that I would be receiving an African companion. Even
more, I thought that if ONE of us, Elder Allen and me, got an American
companion, the other one would <i>have</i> to get an African. But nope! We
got two of the three that came from the US! He's really awesome, to tell you
the truth. He's from Preston, Idaho, and is a great guy! I love him already.
Our apartment is WAY different than it was last week, but it's good! It's so
interesting to see how "new" things are to people when they first get
here. I keep thinking, "was I once like that? I couldn't have
been..." But I'm sure I was. I had to be at least a LITTLE bit that way.
Though I like to pretend I wasn't. ;) So far I've had a lot of chances to
reflect upon how I got myself through those first months and what it took from
me and what I've gained from it. It has definitely given me an appreciation for
how much change there is in me from that time to now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As for
the canker sore, it's going away! The oils weren't working. I was using them a
TON. But they weren't really doing much. Then I received a suggestion to swish
Hydrogen Peroxide. IT WORKS! :D That has been the most effective treatment I
have tried thus far. My canker is healing nicely now. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It
sounds like everything is going well there back home. :) I laughed really hard
for Dad's April Fool’s joke! And I'm happy to hear that Ryatt has that natural
focus for homework, too. ;) Oh, and I'm downloading all of the audio for
conference! I'm excited to have the chance to listen to that now. :) <i>[in the past I’ve sent it to him on an SD
card, and he gets it weeks or months later, but he’s had pretty okay internet lately,
so I sent him the lds.org link and told him to try downloading it himself]<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Okay, my
week was pretty strange, but I don't know how much of it I can actually think
to email home! For some reason it feels like a really long week. Probably
because of the change in companions and a huge change in the way that I
approach the area. The first few days of the week were spent with Elder
Halterman saying goodbye to a ton of people. My stomach was definitely in pain
because of that. So much food. I can't say I've felt like that since.. Probably
Christmas of 2013! Ahhh so much pain. But it tasted so <i>good</i>. Ekua fed us
a nice HUGE meal (didn't help that it followed a couple other meals. They
weren't as good as hers, though.). :) I'm happy I'm still here. On Wednesday I
received my companion! The way it went down:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We spent
the entire morning cleaning. My word, the apartment was a WRECK! So we cleaned
a ton. Prepared the place as Elder Wight went with Elder Halterman to Takoradi
to be transferred. That afternoon we received a call telling us that our
companions were at the station in Takoradi waiting for us to pick them up! We
got their names at that point. "Elder Johnson and Elder Hanson... Are they
American?" (keep in mind that we have Ghanaian Hansens/Hansons and a TON
of African Johnsons in the world) "Yep!" WHAT?? So we rushed. It was
good! We met the guys on what happened to be April Fools day. So Elder Allen
and I switched tags for a while and convinced them that we were the other. The
acting was rough, but when we switched tags at the apartment it definitely had
a good reaction and laugh. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We got
out and started teaching! Over the next few days Elder Johnson and I have had
some great bonding times, and I'm so happy to be serving with him! It's so
funny to see how strange some things are to him that are so normal to me. :)
Culture shock. Bizarre to watch. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Friday had some interesting things! We
contacted a ton of people, and most people were gone from their homes 'cause of
Good Friday. They celebrate that here! We saw a stuffed "Judas
Iscariot" tied to a chair being carried throughout the town! It was
awesome. :) Easter was good, people seem to celebrate it quite a bit with
parties! A member fed us that night, and we had a great spiritual thought to
help uplift her. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, we had great lessons with M. I
think I mentioned M last week; she's come in town to get married to the 1st
counselor, and her daughter is from America (well, from Ghana, but now from
Philly). Well, there's more to this great story. Their daughter hadn't met her
mother EVER in her life. All she knew about her mother was her birthday (April
1st. We sang happy birthday the day before because we weren't gonna be there on
the day of.), and her name. After YEARS of praying, her daughter, A, found a
phone number for her mother, and began to be in contact. Everything has
culminated up to this week where for the first time in A's life, she's been
able to be with both of her parents, not just one by one, but TOGETHER. And
what else? They're getting married. And what more? Her mother's joining the
church. And last but DEFINITELY not least? They're going to have a sealed
family in just over a year. :) The lessons went great, and she's prepared for
the day. Interviews tomorrow, baptism on Saturday. What an amazing miracle, and
it's humbling to be a part of yet </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">another</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> miracle. As both M and A
shared their testimonies on Sunday, I was so happy, and God does love His kids.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was
another great week, and I'm seeing so much more how amazing this mission has
been for me. Training is definitely different, but I'm learning a lot
and I feel really good. I'm still grateful for the love you guys send me all
the time! Mission is good, and I'm still doing my best! I don't feel as tired
as I used to, probably because I have some new incentive to be strong. Though
my eyes feel tired, my mind and body are going! Things are good. The church is
true! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Elder
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bonus photos:</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fnXydwCHYEo/VSMXqxC0tLI/AAAAAAAAQC4/LX2qj85MoM4/s1600/SAM_9957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fnXydwCHYEo/VSMXqxC0tLI/AAAAAAAAQC4/LX2qj85MoM4/s1600/SAM_9957.JPG" height="640" width="360" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His custom made African shirt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-spoG9IjIZRQ/VSMXsFkNW3I/AAAAAAAAQDA/gj5UbfDjIK0/s1600/DSCN9954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-spoG9IjIZRQ/VSMXsFkNW3I/AAAAAAAAQDA/gj5UbfDjIK0/s1600/DSCN9954.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Nice shirts, eh? ;) And fun hats. We match!"</td></tr>
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<o:p></o:p></span>Rohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16358748545300901935noreply@blogger.com0