Hello All!
This week was pretty cool! We also had a little bit of funnies thrown in!
First event was on Monday! I got some Ghanaian African wear! We bought the fabric for GHC 40 (Cedis) and then we got it tailored by our Branch Mission Leaders personal tailor for another GHC 40! So total I spent GHC 80! Which I think is equivalent to about 20 USD! Not bad! I am also very very impressed and very very satisfied! :)
Just
on Friday, we taught a guy named Enoch. We first met him a week before. We were walking by one of the football (soccer) fields in Asonkore right by the apartment. As we were walking by, he stopped us and asked us if we had one of the "Books according to Mormon". We told him we do not have one with us but we can bring him one another time! He said that would be great! So
on Friday we went to go and teach him and give him a Book of Mormon. As we taught him, we learned that he was taught by missionaries over a year ago and was given a Book of Mormon. He told us that when they gave him the book, he had already heard that the book was demonic and he would be cursed for reading it. With these thoughts in his head, he said he opened the book after they left and could not even pronounce the first name, Nephi. Then the very next day he went and gave the book back to those missionaries and said that it was not for him. When we explained the Book of Mormon to him, we read with him the first paragraph of the introduction. After reading it, I could see something click inside and he instantly knew that the Book of Mormon was not demonic, it did not replace the bible, and there was nothing bad about it. He thought it was incredible how the Bible and the Book of Mormon work together, and how it makes sense because the Bible was written by prophets in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and the Book of Mormon was written by prophets in the Americas. Some other things we learned about Enoch is that he was a tourist and he has been to America, Turkey, Russia, Liberia, and Austrailia. He also plays on a semi-pro football team in Kumasi! (maybe that is where he gets his traveling money)
On Thursday, we found a new investigator named Blankson. He lives in Kwabenakwa, our other area where we work, about 1.5 - 2 miles away. He seemed like a pretty good guy! And then, we went and taught him
on Saturday. When we went to meet him by the bus stop in Kwabenakwa, he seemed to be in a very good mood! Then he said we would go back to his place so we can begin teaching him. Then for some odd reason we started walking in the opposite direction of his house. I was not entirely sure what was going on. Maybe he was trying to be funny? We continued to follow him, as he meandered around pointlessly for about 10 min babbling about something in Twi. Then I began to be suspicious, but I did not want to jump to any conclusions. Then he finally led us back to his house. This day,
Saturday, we were teaching with our Branch Mission Leader, Ike Mensah. As soon as we sat down, Ike confirmed my suspicions... He leaned over to me and whispered, "Why are we about to teach a drunk man?". Dang it. I was really really hoping that I would be wrong thinking he was drunk. When we told my companion that we should not teach him and see him another time, my companion insisted we teach him anyway. So we started teaching him about the Word of Wisdom. We told him that there are 5 things that we do not put into our bodies, so as to keep them clean on the inside. First, alcohol. He was somehow fine with that one. Second, tobacco. He was fine with that. Third, tea. He was fine with that. Fourth, coffee. HE FLIPS OUT. What do you mean no coffee?! He continues to talk for about 20 min about how coffee is sooooooo good for you. When you are tired, drink coffee. When you are sad, drink coffee. When you are just thirsty, drink coffee. When he finally finished, we told him about how we do not drink coffee because it is a "hot drink" and how it easily becomes addictive which limits the agency we have been given by Heavenly Father. He responds by saying how we will drink cold coffee from that day forward. When my companion mentioned that our bodies are like temples, we keep them clean inside and out, he says how he is not jealous of other peoples big houses or nice temples. He is perfectly happy with what he has. He told my companion to come see something, but I was not allowed to see. I had to come anyway because I have to be with my companion, he took him to his room. He unlocked the door, opened just enough for my companion to see, shuts the door, locks it, and walks back to the bench we were sitting on and says, "You see that is what I have and I am happy with it!"
As far as the rest of the lesson, I leave that up to your imagination how it went.
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