All my beloved friends and loved ones!
This week was kind of cool! I had a couple of realizations this week about how much I have physically changed since coming to Ghana!
-Let me begin with my shirts. The collar on my shirts is 17.5 and they fit well upon departure. I can now fit my entire hand between my neck and the collar!
-My arms. One evening in the apartment I was wearing shorts and just happened to notice how much darker my arms are than my legs! (since my legs are always covered and my arms are not)
-My pants and belt. Also upon departure, they fit well. I was on the second hole in my belt and now I am on the last. I am even about to make 1 new hole in belt. For my pants I can now hold the button about 4 inches away from my actual waist!
You can see in the pictures I will send!
My new area of Ejisu is sweet! It is also very big! We probably walk an average of at least 5-7 miles a day, and that is just walking around inside of our area from appointment to appointment! In Ejisu there is a main roundabout called Yaa Santewaa Roundabout. That is the name of the most fierce Ashanti female warrior, supposed to be the most fierce female warrior ever. It's kinda cool.
Just yesterday we were able to baptize a woman named Rebecca Adubofour! Her husband is a member of 2-3 years and we were finally able to teach her and she was even baptized by her own husband, Asante! It was a great experience!
As part of being a missionary we get to do lots of studying and learning. The past couple of days I was able to study about receiving personal revelation! We know that it comes "line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." We should not expect that that revelation will just come in some crazy dream and answer all of our problems! I will be some idea... that will seem to occupy our thoughts and press itself upon our feelings!
Good things come to those who wait!
Odo,
Elder Brandt
Here are some Twi (pronounced chi)words I use everyday...
Akwaaba - Welcome
Medase - Thank you
Matiase - I understand
Ma che - Good Morning
Ma haa - Good Afternoon
Ma jo - Good Evening
Me, Asante, Rebecca, Elder Anai
Branch Counselor's son...so cute!
Weight Loss!
Darkening of Skin!
My daily views of Ejisu, Ghana
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