Daniel Buchanan <daniel.buchanan@myldsmail.net>Jun 5
at 1:04 PM
Hi, all!!
This week has been good, as usual. Some cool things went
down.
-Since my companion is new to Tema, I took him to Papa's
Pizza, the best pizza deal I've seen in Ghana, which is a 16" pizza for
roughly $15/GH₵60. So we enjoyed some food there this week.
-Yesterday, church was pretty cool. It was cool, first,
because Evelyn, who was baptized last week, was confirmed today! Wonderful
experience seeing her eagerly embrace the gospel and to see her so happy
because of it. Then close to the end of church, one of the members came up to
us with his 10 year-old daughter and said that she hasn't yet been baptized and
wants us to teach her so that she can be! I love seeing people help bring
others unto Christ, whether it be people bringing their family members, friends,
neighbors, or anyone around. It's awesome. I'm always seeing the Lord's hand in
His work.
-I've been studying in the Book of Mormon and there's one
verse that I always find significant when I read it. It's in Alma 62: 41, which
relates the experience of the wars between two groups of people and how it
affected different people differently. "But behold, because of the
exceedingly great length of the war between the Nephites and the Lamanites many
had become hardened, because of the exceedingly great length of the war; and
many were softened because of their afflictions, insomuch that they did humble
themselves before God, even in the depth of humility."
When I think about that, I ask myself who I am. Am I someone
who becomes hardened and turns against God because of challenges and
difficulties, or am I someone who rather turns towards Him to seek His help and
strength during hard times? Am I someone who falls away or someone who becomes
more faithful during trials? I have seen time and time again how eager our
Heavenly Father is to help us in our daily lives if we humble ourselves and
seek Him out and trust in Him. I know that as we humble ourselves and ask Him,
He will always be there eager to assist and to help and to comfort us.
I love all of you! Thanks so much for all the love and
support. I hope you're doing well and I hope to hear from all of you soon!
With love,
Elder Buchanan
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| An electrical adapter that had too many things plugged into it for too long... kind of sketchy, but we fixed the problem. |
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| A selfie of me at the cafe today. |
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