Daniel Buchanan <daniel.buchanan@myldsmail.net>Jul 10
at 11:25 AM
Hello everyone!
This week was definitely a busy week, but a good one!
-On Tuesday we went to Dawhenya for District Council
Meeting. That was pretty cool. It was a good meeting. Afterwards, the elders
there made some lunch of French Toast. While they were cooking it up we played
a quick game of Monopoly and I got dominated and by that time the french toast
was ready so we ended the game as soon as I lost, haha. They definitely made
some mean french toast though, so that was cool. And on the drive back, we
passed by the Tema Country Golf Club. I had always been wondering where that
was and now I found it.
-Wednesday we had MLC. That was actually pretty cool. That's
where I met the new mission president, Pres. Keyes for the first time. He's
definitely a cool guy. He's an attorney, and I can tell. The meeting was much
more involved than Pres. Heid's MLCs. He had us all give him input as to what
Ghana is like, how the culture is, how the work goes, etc. It was actually kind
of cool to see the lists we had come up with and how well I have come to know
Ghana. Of course, afterward we had lots and lots of delicious pizza.
-Thursday morning we had a combined zone "Meet the
President" kind of meeting. It was at the MTC chapel (the chapel we
worship at each week) and we had like 70 missionaries there. It was fun. I
figured out that Sis. Keyes plays piano by ear. She doesn't know how to read
music or anything like that, but she has a good ear and can figure it out,
haha.
-Friday... did anything exciting happen on Friday? I feel
like something did, but I can't remember, but Saturday was cool. We had an
appointment with a member of the stake presidency's family who lives in our
ward. They have an oven, and we had seen it before, and we get along really
well with their family, so they let us come by and we made chocolate
chip/banana pancakes, followed by homemade chocolate chip cookies... oh man,
that was delicious. They loved both of them, and they actually asked us when
we're going to come by again to make more, haha. So that was super delicious
and super fun. Definitely will attach a picture.
-In my Book of Mormon studies, I finished the book of
Helaman. One thing that still amazes me is how hard-hearted some people can be.
I read about Samuel, who gets up on the wall of the city and proclaims to the
people that he knows the Savior will come. He prophesies and gives clear,
specific signs of His coming which the people see very clearly, yet they still
chock it up to coincidence or lucky guesses. I wish that people would be able
to more readily open their eyes and see the hand of God in every day of our
lives. He is real, He is there, and He loves us. One time I was in an interview
with Pres. Heid and he pointed to a picture of Christ on the wall and asked me,
"When you look at that picture, what do you see?" I thought about it
and said, "I see a friend." And that's how I think of my Savior. I
see my best friend. I see someone who always wants the best for me and will do
everything in His power to help me. I see someone who will never fail to be
there by my side. That's what He is to me, and that's who He is to all of us.
Some people just have a harder time seeing it. But I know that if we open our
hearts to Him and let Him in, we will truly see countless miracles and
blessings in our lives and we will feel love greater than any love we have ever
felt before because it comes from a loving Heavenly Father.
I love all of you so much. I hope you're doing well. I love
hearing from you, and I hope to hear from you soon!
With love,
Elder Buchanan
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| Two pictures from the cookies/pancakes get-together. I felt like a real chef, haha :D |
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