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That is good that the stickers are adding up for you, time goes by pretty slow here. I need to hit that 3 month mark before I die.
Ghana is a trash can country. They don't have trash cans anywhere so people litter like crazy. It rains every day and it is nuts. Suame, where I am, is the largest car parts market in the world. You can buy anything to do with a car here. People only shake and do things with their right hand cus those who are too poor to buy t-roll (toilet paper) use their left hand.
We had a baptism this weekend. The man's name is Godfree. It was like everything was going wrong that day. The water to the baptismal font wasn'tworking so we carried buckets and used a hose. That was a blast, then Godfreedidn't mention he was afraid of water. It took 10 times before I got him allthe way under. I have his name and the baptismal prayer down by heart.
The currency exchange is really close to 1:1. 1 dollar for 1 cedi. Things are cheaper here but that still isn't a bunch of money. I manage to get by though. We learned how to make Garden Egg Stew last night so when I come home I am going to make you guys some true Ghanian dishes. I am eating really healthy. Every stew we make have tons of vegetables and I get a bunch of manderan oranges for 1 cedi at the market.
I still don't have the package. It should be here within the nextweek. Just don't worry about sending the package by 10 day delivery cus itdoesn't help. 5 months? That confused me a bit. I am trying to stay positive, it gets hard though. I am teaching in a District meeting this morning so I have to go to that.
I hope all is well andI will write next Monday. Elder Halling
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
3rd row? haha, at least it is flying for you! Nah, things are better out here in the field. Elder Woodhouse is me in a really skinny body. He went to BYU Idaho and has my sense of humor. We just laugh all day and sing music, when we aren't teaching of course. Malaria takes about 3 days. I got sick Tuesday but we still went proselyting. I've lost 2 belt sizes!
Ghanians are not like us. They are racist and everywhere I go they try to charge more because we are white. I have less of that because I am really big. They like me because I am fat and that means you have money here. I walk everywhere, and we are teaching a lot of people. The baptism is this Saturday then we have a family to baptize the 11th of October.
The time is starting to fly. I am learning so much. I have realized how much scriptures I know and the knowledge the Lord gives me. GIVES ME. I can feel the spirit so strong when i teach that every time I speak I feel like I want to cry. I am a baby I know. I can't wait to call on Christmas. I think that will come sooner than I think.
Love to hear from you! Talk to you soon! Elder Halling
Ghanians are not like us. They are racist and everywhere I go they try to charge more because we are white. I have less of that because I am really big. They like me because I am fat and that means you have money here. I walk everywhere, and we are teaching a lot of people. The baptism is this Saturday then we have a family to baptize the 11th of October.
The time is starting to fly. I am learning so much. I have realized how much scriptures I know and the knowledge the Lord gives me. GIVES ME. I can feel the spirit so strong when i teach that every time I speak I feel like I want to cry. I am a baby I know. I can't wait to call on Christmas. I think that will come sooner than I think.
Love to hear from you! Talk to you soon! Elder Halling
September 1, 2008
I am settled into my apartment and have been working for the past 3 days. I realize now that two years isn't going to go fast, but looking back on it will be crazy. It hit me while I was walking around with my companion. This is the first tine I have felt home sick in a long time. The work is great though. We are teaching so many people. We taught a man name Godfree and he committed to be baptized. That a a trip because I asked him and we will be doing it in two weeks. Other than that we are hoping to find some new investigators.
One woman named Dorothy said she would come to our church if we went to hers so we called the mission president and he said ok. We went and it was a trip. They were going psycho and stated speaking in tongues. Not exactly what I am used to. Not many people do it so it was a good experience. My companion is awesome. Elder Woodhouse from Colorado. We talk mess about each others states. The bed is comfortable and I am used to getting 8 hours of sleep. All of the kids here chase us and call us Bruni's which means white person. A lot call us Bruni Tintin which is tall white person. So we call them bibini and they laugh. The language is hard but I am trying to learn. I want to have my testimony memorized within two weeks.
Getting used to spending almost no money is a trip. They don't give us much. We go shopping today so we had no food this weekend. I have two firsts. Lunch yesterday was rice with peanut butter and jelly, and dinner was rice with syrup. We didn't eat breakfast. I am going to get a bunch of eggs when we go to the market. The market is crazy, there are so many shops and people. I need to start taking more pictures. I will probably send pictures home in a month or two. We haven't had much of an opportunity to thus far.
Dad is right, I am getting soft. It is in the 80s but is humid. But remember, these are their 'winter' months. IT starts to heat up in the next couple of months. Like I said, I read true to the faith. I am now 3 chapters into Our Search for Happiness. Not too mention I am reading the Book of Mormon again. In two days worth of personal study I have gotten 1/3 of the way through 3rd Nephi. I know, I started in the middle, but I am focusing on what the Lord did in his visit to the Americas, since he didn't have much tine, and what he taught in the Bible after he said his time is near. It is amazing what he does and says then realizing how similar and important they are. I am learning so much and when I teach, I feel so good because the spirit helps me to remember every thing I study. It did take me a couple lessons to get into it, but now I am contributing about half the lesson, asking commitments, and using scriptures. It feels so good.
I had fufu again a few nights ago at an investigators house. They made us Jolof rice the night before. I can't eat that much but it is good. When they eat fish they eat the whole fist. Even the mouth and face. Ahhh yea. I had fried chicken and they chastised me since I didn't eat the bone, so I ate it! It's not bad. It won't take long till I am used to the food and all.
Tell everyone I love them and give the family my email address so I can write then and visa versa. Just know I love you all and keep thinking about you constantly. I know I am doing the Lords work but it is so hard to not think about the whole family. Please take a picture with everyone at Christmas and send them to me. I only have a picture of Cali which is funny to look at and think about what she is going to look like. I realize after I wrote my last email that I still have another week from today until I am one month. This seems to go so slow. It kills me not to talk to all of you everyday,. Just know I love you and I pray for all every night. I hope everything goes well for all of you.
Can't wait to here from all of you next Monday (seems so far away). Elder Halling
One woman named Dorothy said she would come to our church if we went to hers so we called the mission president and he said ok. We went and it was a trip. They were going psycho and stated speaking in tongues. Not exactly what I am used to. Not many people do it so it was a good experience. My companion is awesome. Elder Woodhouse from Colorado. We talk mess about each others states. The bed is comfortable and I am used to getting 8 hours of sleep. All of the kids here chase us and call us Bruni's which means white person. A lot call us Bruni Tintin which is tall white person. So we call them bibini and they laugh. The language is hard but I am trying to learn. I want to have my testimony memorized within two weeks.
Getting used to spending almost no money is a trip. They don't give us much. We go shopping today so we had no food this weekend. I have two firsts. Lunch yesterday was rice with peanut butter and jelly, and dinner was rice with syrup. We didn't eat breakfast. I am going to get a bunch of eggs when we go to the market. The market is crazy, there are so many shops and people. I need to start taking more pictures. I will probably send pictures home in a month or two. We haven't had much of an opportunity to thus far.
Dad is right, I am getting soft. It is in the 80s but is humid. But remember, these are their 'winter' months. IT starts to heat up in the next couple of months. Like I said, I read true to the faith. I am now 3 chapters into Our Search for Happiness. Not too mention I am reading the Book of Mormon again. In two days worth of personal study I have gotten 1/3 of the way through 3rd Nephi. I know, I started in the middle, but I am focusing on what the Lord did in his visit to the Americas, since he didn't have much tine, and what he taught in the Bible after he said his time is near. It is amazing what he does and says then realizing how similar and important they are. I am learning so much and when I teach, I feel so good because the spirit helps me to remember every thing I study. It did take me a couple lessons to get into it, but now I am contributing about half the lesson, asking commitments, and using scriptures. It feels so good.
I had fufu again a few nights ago at an investigators house. They made us Jolof rice the night before. I can't eat that much but it is good. When they eat fish they eat the whole fist. Even the mouth and face. Ahhh yea. I had fried chicken and they chastised me since I didn't eat the bone, so I ate it! It's not bad. It won't take long till I am used to the food and all.
Tell everyone I love them and give the family my email address so I can write then and visa versa. Just know I love you all and keep thinking about you constantly. I know I am doing the Lords work but it is so hard to not think about the whole family. Please take a picture with everyone at Christmas and send them to me. I only have a picture of Cali which is funny to look at and think about what she is going to look like. I realize after I wrote my last email that I still have another week from today until I am one month. This seems to go so slow. It kills me not to talk to all of you everyday,. Just know I love you and I pray for all every night. I hope everything goes well for all of you.
Can't wait to here from all of you next Monday (seems so far away). Elder Halling
Letter August 28, 2008
Well, I have made it to the mission home in Cape Coast. My first area is in Kumasi. More specifically I am in a suburb called Suame. I leave to go there today and will be able to email again next week. My first companion is Elder Woodhouse from Colorado. It's almost been a month. 1/24 of the way like it was nothing
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