Daniel Buchanan <daniel.buchanan@myldsmail.net> Mar 7 at 12:20 PM
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Hello!
This week was a pretty interesting one. It's still a tough
area, but luckily we just recently had a new ward missionary called in our ward
who will be going out with us regularly, so that should be pretty awesome.
-This Tuesday it rained like crazy! It was a little cloudy
when we headed out, which isn't uncommon, but then it got crazy windy and the
clouds got like scary dark, so we turned around and went back to the apartment,
and as soon as we got inside, the sky just opened up and poured the rain down on
us. We got our rain jackets and umbrellas and headed out into the rain! We
walked for about an hour in the mud and rain, and I'm not entirely sure why,
but it was kind of fun! It actually felt really good. I'm tired of melting here
in the sun, haha!
-There was a stake missionary devotional on Friday, and I
was invited to play piano again to accompany some of the other Elders in the
zone as they sang! We performed the same thing we did for the Mission Tour a
few weeks ago: a medley of Love One Another and I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus. It
was really nice. I love being able to play piano for occasions like that :)
Also, when we were leaving, I SAW SOMEONE WEARING A BYU
SHIRT. Haha and it wasn't another missionary, it was a Ghanaian just walking
down the road that night, and I was so pumped. You could ask my companion, I
kind of geeked out, haha.
-I think the most exciting part of my week was actually
yesterday. It was Fast Sunday. It used to be when I fasted, I would want food.
Now when I fast, all I want is a big, cold bottle of water, haha! But we were
headed home from church, and I was excited for that 1.5 liter bottle waiting
for me in the fridge, but then Elder Udonsa said we should stop by and see
someone first. I had mixed feelings, haha xD it was actually a really nice
lesson. Even though I was on the verge of death because of thirst, I'm really
glad we stopped and talked to them. It was a man we had met a few days ago and
his brother is named Kelvin, which I was way excited about (because that's my
dad's name, haha), and he was way receptive to what we had to share with him!
So hopefully we'll see some progress with him :) haha but that's not even the
exciting part I was referring to! When we got back to the apartment, we had a
little extra time, so I took advantage of it and took the opportunity to study
from the Book of Mormon. I started in Ether 12 and right before our weekly
planning session, I got to Moroni 9 (the second to last chapter in the Book of
Mormon). We finished our planning session, and before I even changed my clothes
I finished the last chapter, so I completed reading the Book of Mormon again!
Man, I've always liked the Book of Mormon, but I've seriously come to develop a
deep love for it since coming here. There are so many incredible things inside.
I've been reading it my whole life and every time I read it I learn something
new. It really is amazing. I hope you all have read it. If not, you should,
because it's a great book! It's seriously changed my life, and it's changed the
whole world. It was given to us by our loving Heavenly Father to bless our
lives. I know it's absolutely blessed mine.
I hope everything's going well for all of you. I truly
appreciate all the love and support you give me. I don't know how to
sufficiently convey my gratitude to all of you. You're the best!!
With love,
Elder Buchanan :)
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| Here's the outside of our apartment. It's small, but it's actually pretty nice (for the most part, haha). |
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| Here's the main entryway into our apartment. |
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| And here's just a random selfie of me at the internet cafe. :D |
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