Daniel Buchanan <daniel.buchanan@myldsmail.net>May 29
at 10:02 AM
Hi, All!!
This was a busy week, but it was good!
-Transfers were this past week and I got my new companion!
Elder Grant is pretty cool, we get along well. I'll be sure to attach a picture
of us meeting at the mission home. The two Texan Zone Leaders, ha :D On the way
back from the mission home, the taxi driver got lost and drove us way past
where we were supposed to go, haha, but we eventually found our way back and
got home safely.
-The members here are so cool. One day we were going around
and I was introducing my new companion to the area and some of the members. We
were visiting one member, an older woman, and heavy rain clouds started rolling
in, and she let us hide out in her shop until the rain passed. While we were
there she fed us cookies and soda and was awesome.
-One day this week there were elders in our zone who were in
need of a new phone because their's was broken, so we had to meet them at the
Tema Roundabout. We had to bike all the way down there which was exciting,
haha. We took a selfie opportunity there. Frytol is the popular vegetable oil
brand around here, and there are a few massive statues of Frytol bottles around
Ghana, and the Tema Roundabout is one of those places, so we took a picture
with a massive bottle of vegetable oil, haha!
-This week we also did a lot of baptismal interviews which
was wonderful! Definitely made it a busy week, though. We went and did one for
Batsona, my companion and I did two for the Tema 1 sisters, and Elder Murige
also came to do one for my area, which means we had a baptism on Sunday! That
was so incredibly exciting. This girl, Evelyn, had been taking lessons from the
missionaries for seven months because she had such a hard time learning and
remembering things. But recently, her ability to learn and remember has
miraculously improved. That has definitely been a manifestation to me that God
truly does hear and answer prayers. I know I definitely had been praying for
this girl, and I can see clearly the hand of God in her life. So we were super
excited for her baptism. She chose me to be the baptist, so this makes the
second person that I've actually physically baptized here which is awesome.
I'll attach a picture. I must say I do think I look pretty nice in white... :D
haha but seriously, as I've said before, I can't explain how happy it makes me
to see people eagerly embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ and then to see the
joy on their faces when they see how it changes them. I can't explain it enough
to all of you how amazing the gospel is! Words literally cannot adequately
express how incredible it is; only experience can truly help one understand
what it's like.
I love all of you so much! I hope you're doing well. Thanks
for all the love and support. I hope to hear from you soon!
With love,
Elder Buchanan
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| Evelyn's baptism :) |
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| Big frytol bottle selfie |
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| Two Texan ZLs! |
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