Daniel Buchanan <daniel.buchanan@myldsmail.net> Feb 28 at 6:27 AM
Hi, all!
This week has been interesting, as always.
-I have to start off with food, of course... There were two
elders in the district who proselyted on the University of Ghana, and on the
campus is a place called the Campus Hub. It was an Italian man who came here
and opened up a restaurant and that place was beautiful. They had a ton of
delicious options, but I went with a calzone with pepperoni and bacon with a
side of fries. I'll attach a picture for your viewing pleasure, haha!
-We had transfers this past week which went pretty well.
I've picked up a good number of souvenirs thus far, so I had to buy a new
packback to fit everything in, but it all worked out great and I got to my new
apartment with everything (almost, haha)! This new apartment really is tiny,
but it's actually kind of nice. There's AC in the bedroom which is glorious,
there's a water heater which is cool, but I don't use it because I don't need
any more heat here in Ghana, haha, and there's one bedroom with two bunk beds
and I get the top bunk. Whoever was there before me was pretty smart and rigged
a fan so the one on the top bunk still gets a nice breeze in the night, haha.
I'll send a brief video tour, don't worry :D
-The new ward seems pretty awesome! I got there on Sunday
and they didn't know that I played piano, so I didn't play for sacrament
meeting, but eventually they found out so I played in third hour and for the
ward choir afterwards! It's actually a full-sized keyboard, and it's way legit
:D But the only problem is is that randomly it'll stop registering anything.
Like, it doesn't turn off, but it just goes silent and I have to restart. So
during choir they asked me to play a hymn through so everyone could hear and be
familiar with it, and I get one line done and the piano just cuts out, yet I'm
still playing, and the director turns and asks, "Can you play the entire
song through for us?" And I just said, "I'm trying to!" as I
restart the keyboard, haha. But it's definitely a nice place and I'm excited to
be here.
-Apparently this is one of the smallest areas in the
mission. So I'm in Tema, and Tema is divided into communities. There are 22
communities in Tema, and my companion and I are over Communities 4 and 7. My
new companion is Elder Murige, and he's one awesome guy. He's from Zimbabwe and
we're getting along really well. He has about three months until he goes home.
-I recently started reading the Book of Mormon again, and
I'm in 1 Nephi 21. There's one short part of verse 23 that really stands out to
me. "...and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed
that wait for me." I love that so much because it reminds us the value of
following Him. Sometimes we're ridiculed for our faith. Sometimes people
disagree and look down on us for our beliefs. But the Lord reminds us that in
the end, things will be alright because we faithfully followed Him until the
end. I believe that with all of my heart. I know I'm not perfect at all and I
have my flaws, but I know that as we do our best to become more like Jesus
Christ every day, in the end, everything will be just perfect because of Him.
I love all of you so much! I appreciate all the love and
support you give me. I hope to hear from you all again soon!
With love,
Elder Buchanan
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| Here's a picture of my last visit with the Aboagyes, the bishop's family in Agbogba. |
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| Of course, I have to include the picture of the delicious calzone. |
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