Two Years in Ghana: Letter and Photos from June 12, 2017

Daniel Buchanan <daniel.buchanan@myldsmail.net>Jun 12 at 11:13 AM

Hi, all!!

This week was good, a little sad, too, but overall great!

-This was Elder Murige's last week! He goes home today, which honestly, I'm pretty dang bummed about. He was definitely one of my favorite companions, and it was so much fun and it was so great having him around. He actually started and finished his mission in the same area! So to celebrate finishing his mission, I bought Pizza Hut for us which was great, so we definitely took the selfie opportunity.

-Also, last night, Elder Smith (Elder Murige's companion before me) spent the night at our apartment so they could go to the mission home together today to fly home. So Elders Smith, Murige, Buchanan, and Grant took the photo opportunity to have four consecutive Tema ZLs together in one picture. It was pretty cool. So I've also attached that.

-I mentioned that Evelyn was baptized and confirmed in the past few weeks. Now one of her friends, another young boy, is begging us to baptize him. This kid is like 9 years old, and I love his enthusiasm and his attentiveness, it's awesome! He's actually been coming to church with Evelyn and her family, and it's awesome to see people uplifting and building others like that! Even though he's only 9 and he's really young, it's awesome to look at him and see the light in his eyes and the joy and excitement he feels every time we sit down with him. That's the thing I love most about the gospel—how it can change people. It can even simply bring them happiness and peace of mind in the most bleak of situations. I know how hard life can be, but I also know how real our Savior Jesus Christ is. I love Him and I am eternally grateful for Him and all He has done for me. If it weren't for Him, I wouldn't be who I am today.

I love you all! I hope you're doing great and I hope to hear from you all very soon!

With love,

Elder Buchanan