Daniel Buchanan <daniel.buchanan@myldsmail.net>Today
at 11:23 AM
Hey everyone!
This week we had some pretty cool things happen.
-This week are transfers! So I'm going to be getting Elder
Grant as my companion. Jokes have been going around that everything's going to
get bigger in Tema since we're now going to have two Texans as the ZLs, haha!
But Elder Murige, my current companion is becoming my district leader, so he's
not even leaving the apartment, he's just switching companionships, haha.
-This last Tuesday we had a cool service opportunity. The
missionaries in ward 2 had to go to Accra to go to the mission home. While they
were on their way there, they got a call from a member in their ward asking for
help because their house had flooded. So the elders called us and asked us to
go in their place. I was super pumped. Haha, not because their house was
flooded, but because genuine service opportunities here are rare, and I was way
excited to help out. It turns out that one of the water taps was left open, so
it flooded the downstairs. We got there and we helped to move the furniture
out, we mopped the place and cleaned up all the water, laid some extra
carpet/floor padding down and then moved the furniture back in and it was just
really fun being able to help out. Back home I didn't value service
opportunities nearly as much as I should have, but I definitely appreciate them
now. I enjoy doing what I can to make someone else's life better.
-Thursday morning we also had the opportunity to go to the
temple. It was a beautiful experience, as always. I've mentioned this before,
but I always hate leaving the temple, because I feel, quite literally, like I'm
leaving the presence of God. I love the spirit and the atmosphere present in
the temple.
-We should be having one baptism this coming weekend! We
wanted to have two of our investigators baptized together, but we've been
having trouble meeting with one of them recently, so we'll have one baptism
this weekend, and I'm way excited for that. The best part of missionary work is
seeing people embrace the gospel and see it change their lives. I never knew
how happy it would make me when I look at someone else and see them so happy
because of the gospel. It's incredible the change that the Savior can make in
our lives when we follow Him.
I love all of you so much! I hope to hear from you all again
soon and that you're all doing well.
With love,
Elder Buchanan
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| A selfie with Elder Gillam since he's going |
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| Since transfers are happening this week, we were sure to take some pictures. We got a pic with all the missionaries that worship in our building |
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