Morning!!!
There was so much wonderful stuff in there! It was great!
There was only 2 pairs of socks and my mum said there was more than that,
I wrote everything on down as i pulled it out so i will sent it next week as i forgot this week!
I was able to skype, they figured it all out on the ipad so that was cool as i got a walking tour of the house!!!
It was really great!!!
Not much to say. but i did post a bunch of pictures from christmas and a picture is worth 1000 words!!! so hehe they are pretty funny!!
Piece of exciting news!!! Elder Holland and Elder Snow (from presidency of the Seventy) are coming to visit the mission in february!!! so that is very exciting!!!! pretty chill!!!!! gonna be really really cool!!!! I am so excited!!!
I AM COMING HOME THIS YEAR!!!!
Lots of love elder Anderson!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Merry Christmas
just wanted to send a quick one to say Merry Christmas and a Happy new year!!
No package yet, but i spoke to Bro Nicolas in the Area Office Mail Room and he is going to track it down for me! SO hopefully by friday, when we go to Accra for the Christmas Conference, Testimony Meeting talent show and Pancake Breakfast at the mission home!!! CHRISTMAS IS SWEET!!!!
We are also having a "White Christmas" This year
Hopefully with 4 people being Baptized on christmas day...
get it "white christmas" cause they will all be dressed in white!!!!
hehe
But it will be great!!!!!
Merry Christmas and email you next week with the pictures from the conference!!!
No package yet, but i spoke to Bro Nicolas in the Area Office Mail Room and he is going to track it down for me! SO hopefully by friday, when we go to Accra for the Christmas Conference, Testimony Meeting talent show and Pancake Breakfast at the mission home!!! CHRISTMAS IS SWEET!!!!
We are also having a "White Christmas" This year
Hopefully with 4 people being Baptized on christmas day...
get it "white christmas" cause they will all be dressed in white!!!!
hehe
But it will be great!!!!!
Merry Christmas and email you next week with the pictures from the conference!!!
Another new Area HO
This week was very wonderful, i had a little stout of runny tummy on wednesday, but that was all okay. I packed up and moved on from OSU and the Christiansborg ward, it was honestly a little sad to move, but that is the work i guess!!!!
So i am now in an area called HO, it is the capital of the Volta Region, so basically i am teaching a whole different group of people. The people of the Volta are Ewe, (Air-vways) and that is the language the speak, it is very different!
The City of Ho is pretty small, reminds me a lot of Koforidua, but a little better laid out, it was planned by the germans during colonial/slave trade times, and is very close to the Togo Border.
My new companion is Elder Anderson from Twin Falls, Idaho.
It is pretty funny when we introduce ourselves! Nearly everyone has to take a second look!
Especially the Branch members.
The Ho branch is a lone branch on its own, and it comes directly under the mission, the goal is to make a district up here in the very near future, there are some little towns with members in them all around Ho, but first we have to strengthen the members to make sure they will be able to have a functioning district. The chapel also is a small rented building the 170 people that come to church on Sundays, don't even have room to fit in the chapel!!! They have got a piece of land that the church is in the final stages of purchasing so hopefully by this time next year they will have their own church owned chapel to worship in!! I know the members are super excited about getting a chapel.
There are also some couples up here, Elder and Sister Lyon from Arizona, they are also really nice and so generous, it is strange to have people just buys some food, or invite you for something... I know how much the missionaries at home are enjoying!! hehe
So my apartment was absolutey horrible, we spend nearly all morning cleaning it!!
Sister Lyon took all our curtains to wash them in her washing machine, so we cleaned all the window, they were that black with dust that you couldn't even see out of them!!! Elder Anderson and I also re arranged our room to make it more function-able. Elder Makandangwe, my companion from Kasoa is also in the same apartment!!
There are also some really cool waterfalls around here and also a monkey sanctury, so we are going to see if the couples will take us up there one P.Day, so hopefully some really cool pictures to come!!!!
So i am now in an area called HO, it is the capital of the Volta Region, so basically i am teaching a whole different group of people. The people of the Volta are Ewe, (Air-vways) and that is the language the speak, it is very different!
The City of Ho is pretty small, reminds me a lot of Koforidua, but a little better laid out, it was planned by the germans during colonial/slave trade times, and is very close to the Togo Border.
My new companion is Elder Anderson from Twin Falls, Idaho.
It is pretty funny when we introduce ourselves! Nearly everyone has to take a second look!
Especially the Branch members.
The Ho branch is a lone branch on its own, and it comes directly under the mission, the goal is to make a district up here in the very near future, there are some little towns with members in them all around Ho, but first we have to strengthen the members to make sure they will be able to have a functioning district. The chapel also is a small rented building the 170 people that come to church on Sundays, don't even have room to fit in the chapel!!! They have got a piece of land that the church is in the final stages of purchasing so hopefully by this time next year they will have their own church owned chapel to worship in!! I know the members are super excited about getting a chapel.
There are also some couples up here, Elder and Sister Lyon from Arizona, they are also really nice and so generous, it is strange to have people just buys some food, or invite you for something... I know how much the missionaries at home are enjoying!! hehe
So my apartment was absolutey horrible, we spend nearly all morning cleaning it!!
Sister Lyon took all our curtains to wash them in her washing machine, so we cleaned all the window, they were that black with dust that you couldn't even see out of them!!! Elder Anderson and I also re arranged our room to make it more function-able. Elder Makandangwe, my companion from Kasoa is also in the same apartment!!
There are also some really cool waterfalls around here and also a monkey sanctury, so we are going to see if the couples will take us up there one P.Day, so hopefully some really cool pictures to come!!!!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Prayer
I wanted to share a story with you and your family:
As we were doing some finding and contacting as one of our appointments fell through and the back-up also we stumbled across a compound with the gate open, we actually thought it was the compound of someone we had previously contacted and we wanted to follow up. Inside we met a man named Patrick. It was pretty funny as when we went in, we knocked on the door and nothing, no answer, then from around the side we saw a man peep around the corner, he saw us see him and called out "wait i'm coming!!"
So we waited.... he came back. And immediately sat down with us and motioned for us to sit too. He told us that just that morning, he had got into an argument with a close friend because he had gotten drunk. When he sobered up a little he asked himself what had he done? He then said he prayed, for the first time in a long time, that God would help him, that he wanted to stop all these bad things that he had been doing. Some few hours later we knocked on his door. He received us as servants of the Lord, as messengers coming to help him become converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
When our appointments fell through, we could have been discouraged, we could have lost hope, we could have said, well this is a great day isn't it... but instead we used that time to do some finding. It was a little slow to start with, (i think that was a little of the discouragement) but we followed the spirit, and it lead us to where we need to be.
well this week has been great!
a lot of sickness as my companion has a cold and runny tummy! for 4 days straight
i had it for one day, some super spicy rice topping!!! makes you go
that is all you need if you are blocked it will clear you in no time!!!
sorry that is kind of gross
Ghana is still hot, east africa is in a terrible drought and west africa had terrible floods!!! i will send you some pics if i have time
loveelder anderson
As we were doing some finding and contacting as one of our appointments fell through and the back-up also we stumbled across a compound with the gate open, we actually thought it was the compound of someone we had previously contacted and we wanted to follow up. Inside we met a man named Patrick. It was pretty funny as when we went in, we knocked on the door and nothing, no answer, then from around the side we saw a man peep around the corner, he saw us see him and called out "wait i'm coming!!"
So we waited.... he came back. And immediately sat down with us and motioned for us to sit too. He told us that just that morning, he had got into an argument with a close friend because he had gotten drunk. When he sobered up a little he asked himself what had he done? He then said he prayed, for the first time in a long time, that God would help him, that he wanted to stop all these bad things that he had been doing. Some few hours later we knocked on his door. He received us as servants of the Lord, as messengers coming to help him become converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
When our appointments fell through, we could have been discouraged, we could have lost hope, we could have said, well this is a great day isn't it... but instead we used that time to do some finding. It was a little slow to start with, (i think that was a little of the discouragement) but we followed the spirit, and it lead us to where we need to be.
well this week has been great!
a lot of sickness as my companion has a cold and runny tummy! for 4 days straight
i had it for one day, some super spicy rice topping!!! makes you go
that is all you need if you are blocked it will clear you in no time!!!
sorry that is kind of gross
Ghana is still hot, east africa is in a terrible drought and west africa had terrible floods!!! i will send you some pics if i have time
loveelder anderson
KFG?
had some KFG today, and it was pretty nice!
( they usually don't fry the goat but fried goat is actually pretty good!)
they do fry a lot of chicken but!
SOOOOOO MUCH FRIED CHICKEN!!!
we ate Thai food last week and it was really nice!
i got thai green curry so that was cool and some thai fried rice which was also very nice!
well ghana is still sweet, we are still working hard and got at least another 6 weeks together!!!
i wanted to share a little experience we had this week that opened my eyes a little! This week i re-realized something. As we taught an investigator for the second time, we finished teaching about the restoration and introduced him to the Book Of Mormon. We had asked him to pray about the things that we had taught and about Joseph Smith. As we asked him if he had prayed he said that he had, and that he was still waiting for an answer. As we taught about the Book Of Mormon and why we wanted him to read it. About how he will come to know it is true by the power of the Holy Ghost if he would continue to read study and pray about it. He said to us, "I am beginning to feel that it is true"
Then we waited, we could see him thinking, then he continued "because if it wasn't true, then you wouldn't give me the opportunity or tell me to ask God for myself if it is true... You would be trying to convince me." And it made me think, how important the spirit is, we could visit someone everyday and tell them the church is true, they may even believe it, but they will not have their own spiritual witness and it will be harder for them to endure to the end. I love the way the Lord reminds us of our own personal strengths and weaknesses. Without his help we cannot succeed, even we shall not teach.
It is great to be home, but it is greater to be out here doing to lords work!
i love it
and will definantly miss doing it full time when i get home!
lots of love elder anderson
( they usually don't fry the goat but fried goat is actually pretty good!)
they do fry a lot of chicken but!
SOOOOOO MUCH FRIED CHICKEN!!!
we ate Thai food last week and it was really nice!
i got thai green curry so that was cool and some thai fried rice which was also very nice!
well ghana is still sweet, we are still working hard and got at least another 6 weeks together!!!
i wanted to share a little experience we had this week that opened my eyes a little! This week i re-realized something. As we taught an investigator for the second time, we finished teaching about the restoration and introduced him to the Book Of Mormon. We had asked him to pray about the things that we had taught and about Joseph Smith. As we asked him if he had prayed he said that he had, and that he was still waiting for an answer. As we taught about the Book Of Mormon and why we wanted him to read it. About how he will come to know it is true by the power of the Holy Ghost if he would continue to read study and pray about it. He said to us, "I am beginning to feel that it is true"
Then we waited, we could see him thinking, then he continued "because if it wasn't true, then you wouldn't give me the opportunity or tell me to ask God for myself if it is true... You would be trying to convince me." And it made me think, how important the spirit is, we could visit someone everyday and tell them the church is true, they may even believe it, but they will not have their own spiritual witness and it will be harder for them to endure to the end. I love the way the Lord reminds us of our own personal strengths and weaknesses. Without his help we cannot succeed, even we shall not teach.
It is great to be home, but it is greater to be out here doing to lords work!
i love it
and will definantly miss doing it full time when i get home!
lots of love elder anderson
Saturday, September 24, 2011
New Companion and the work is 'sweet' in Christianborg!
My new companion is really cool, His name is Elder Cserepes, (Sara-piss) from Kanab Utah... tiny tiny town, in the southern utah desert with a population of 5000!!! i couldn't even imagine! his name is from hungary and most ghanians have a really hard time saying it!
He wants to get a guitar so that will be cool for the apartment! guitar and ukulele!! Together!! hehe
In our flat it is just the 2 of us! so it makes it nice and clean!!
we have had no water since wednesday till today!!! but them the water came back on and them power went out!!!
so we just cannot win!
We had a baptism on saturday, it was someone that president and the AP's were teaching, His name is Eric.
And he is a Magistrate Judge in Ghana!!! So that was quite an experience, i had to interview him for baptism!! how crazy is that... i was his his judge! (in a way) but he is a surprisingly humble person and loves the gospel! We sang nearer my god to thee with the ukulele at the baptism, (Elder's Afu, Tuisavalalo, Thompson and I)
It was really sweet! and we sounded pretty good too!!
The work is so sweet here in Christiansborg!
The member's really helped us out this week! We received 9 referrals from members and had 6 at church on sunday!!!
which was just wonderful!
We are planning on having a baptism this saturday!
For 2 of our investigators,
Elizabeth Aryee and Dan Ossom.
They are such great people!
When we met Dan, he had heard of Jesus Christ but had never gone to church, never read from the bible and only know what he heard on the streets!!
It is so great to be able to teach his the Gospel of Jesus Christ and then how is was restored in the latter days through a prophet called of God! He is very excited for his baptism!
He wants to get a guitar so that will be cool for the apartment! guitar and ukulele!! Together!! hehe
In our flat it is just the 2 of us! so it makes it nice and clean!!
we have had no water since wednesday till today!!! but them the water came back on and them power went out!!!
so we just cannot win!
We had a baptism on saturday, it was someone that president and the AP's were teaching, His name is Eric.
And he is a Magistrate Judge in Ghana!!! So that was quite an experience, i had to interview him for baptism!! how crazy is that... i was his his judge! (in a way) but he is a surprisingly humble person and loves the gospel! We sang nearer my god to thee with the ukulele at the baptism, (Elder's Afu, Tuisavalalo, Thompson and I)
It was really sweet! and we sounded pretty good too!!
The work is so sweet here in Christiansborg!
The member's really helped us out this week! We received 9 referrals from members and had 6 at church on sunday!!!
which was just wonderful!
We are planning on having a baptism this saturday!
For 2 of our investigators,
Elizabeth Aryee and Dan Ossom.
They are such great people!
When we met Dan, he had heard of Jesus Christ but had never gone to church, never read from the bible and only know what he heard on the streets!!
It is so great to be able to teach his the Gospel of Jesus Christ and then how is was restored in the latter days through a prophet called of God! He is very excited for his baptism!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Transferred Again!!!
So a little piece of interesting news for you.
No more Kasoa..... NOW its Christiansborg!
Yep! I got Transferred, Again...
This was the first transfer that Pres Judd and he made A LOT of changes.
So i am now in Christansborg. Back into the centre/heart of Accra, with the busiest street, the most white people and a KFC (yes a real one) that opens on Saturday!!!! (super excitement on my face!!!)
I am in the same district i was in when i was in the Office.
My Ward is nice, the members are cool and surprisingly the work is still sweet!! But then again that comes down to individual perception and desire... But so far I'm loving it!
Christiansborg one of the oldest wards in Accra and one of the oldest chapels.
It is very strange.
You walk straight into the chapel, and then the classrooms come off all the sides of the chapel. The Bishop's and Clerks office's are in a separate building across from the main chapel as well as our small (but nice) apartment.
BUT!!! The whole chapel, including our apartment has..... A/C
and they use it every Sunday! They kind of need it in the main chapel as there are only windows at one end!
It doesn't look like a typical chapel but it is still nice. We are about a 5 minute bike ride from the mission home and temple, both however are in another missionaries area.
If you find a map of Accra look for OSU, ACCRA and the chapel and apartment are on 17th Lane off Oxford street.
http://maps.google.com.gh/maps?q=osu+accra&oe=utf-8&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&client=firefox&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0xfdf907a07106513:0x4c5d573d71893771,Osu,+Accra&gl=gh&ei=buc_TueZEoib-gaQ--CmAg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ8gEwAA
it has a dark red roof.
It is still a little cool here in Accra, thankfully, and i am right on the beach.. about a 5 minute ride from out apartment as you can see on the map.
One of our investigators lives pretty much beachside... in the least beach side property i ever did see!
It is fun to be back in Accra but i miss Kasoa, and I'm now on to companion # 7 and area 5 and i'm not even one year on mission!!! anyone would think im a problem missionary.
But i guess i went to Kasoa for a purpose and fufilled it!!! and now i'm here in christiansborg for the same reason.
I'm still DL and now have the office elders and Jamestown, my former area in my district!!
Also we will be coming to the cafe a little earlier as well!
The lady, Mummy Hammond, who is on the cover of the Ghana Ensign, that wayne showed me is now in my ward, and we are going to her house for FHE tonight, so that will be fun, with our district and the AP's. Both her and her daughter play the piano really well, and they take turns playing.
Hey so i heard something about julia gillard and some new tax that is going to make flights more expensive...???
or something like that.. but then again, i have no idea!
life is fun, the work is sweet and the field is surprisingly white and ready.
the people are everywhere. you just have to find them!
Let me know when the other letters arrive, they get more and more interesting!
:)
Love Elder Anderson
No more Kasoa..... NOW its Christiansborg!
Yep! I got Transferred, Again...
This was the first transfer that Pres Judd and he made A LOT of changes.
So i am now in Christansborg. Back into the centre/heart of Accra, with the busiest street, the most white people and a KFC (yes a real one) that opens on Saturday!!!! (super excitement on my face!!!)
I am in the same district i was in when i was in the Office.
My Ward is nice, the members are cool and surprisingly the work is still sweet!! But then again that comes down to individual perception and desire... But so far I'm loving it!
Christiansborg one of the oldest wards in Accra and one of the oldest chapels.
It is very strange.
You walk straight into the chapel, and then the classrooms come off all the sides of the chapel. The Bishop's and Clerks office's are in a separate building across from the main chapel as well as our small (but nice) apartment.
BUT!!! The whole chapel, including our apartment has..... A/C
and they use it every Sunday! They kind of need it in the main chapel as there are only windows at one end!
It doesn't look like a typical chapel but it is still nice. We are about a 5 minute bike ride from the mission home and temple, both however are in another missionaries area.
If you find a map of Accra look for OSU, ACCRA and the chapel and apartment are on 17th Lane off Oxford street.
http://maps.google.com.gh/maps?q=osu+accra&oe=utf-8&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&client=firefox&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0xfdf907a07106513:0x4c5d573d71893771,Osu,+Accra&gl=gh&ei=buc_TueZEoib-gaQ--CmAg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ8gEwAA
it has a dark red roof.
It is still a little cool here in Accra, thankfully, and i am right on the beach.. about a 5 minute ride from out apartment as you can see on the map.
One of our investigators lives pretty much beachside... in the least beach side property i ever did see!
It is fun to be back in Accra but i miss Kasoa, and I'm now on to companion # 7 and area 5 and i'm not even one year on mission!!! anyone would think im a problem missionary.
But i guess i went to Kasoa for a purpose and fufilled it!!! and now i'm here in christiansborg for the same reason.
I'm still DL and now have the office elders and Jamestown, my former area in my district!!
Also we will be coming to the cafe a little earlier as well!
The lady, Mummy Hammond, who is on the cover of the Ghana Ensign, that wayne showed me is now in my ward, and we are going to her house for FHE tonight, so that will be fun, with our district and the AP's. Both her and her daughter play the piano really well, and they take turns playing.
Hey so i heard something about julia gillard and some new tax that is going to make flights more expensive...???
or something like that.. but then again, i have no idea!
life is fun, the work is sweet and the field is surprisingly white and ready.
the people are everywhere. you just have to find them!
Let me know when the other letters arrive, they get more and more interesting!
:)
Love Elder Anderson
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