Our Mission to Kumasi Africa

  Senior missionaries turning the ground at the Kumasi Temple ground breaking with President Boateng (mission president) We have had a very busy, amazing last couple of weeks. I will start with our zone party.  Sunyani zone took their work to the next level this last transfer.  We had two amazing zone leaders that lead out with great leadership and example.  Elder De Guzman from the Philippines and Elder Njelika from Namibia.  They begged the mission president to be able to have a party to celebrate with the zone.  The mission president consented.  They talked about ordering pizza, but Elder De Guzman insisted that we bring our cultures together and cook a meal.  It was such a wonderful suggestion.  They fried chicken and made Jollaf rice.  The Islanders cut banana leaves and washed them and put them down as a table cloth.  We all sat at the table and ate with our hands Ghana style.  It was a day to remember.  So much love...

 Good morning friends and family!  Hope you all are well.  We have had a busy month of traveling and contracts.  Here is a little bit of what we have been doing: This is Elder Fuell hard at work hosting a pre bid meeting for contractors to build a 10 unit teacher's quarters in the far off village of Kulpaliga. Kulpaliga is a nine hour drive north of Sunyani.  The further you drive north into Ghana, the more remote the country becomes.  Kulpaliga is very remote and struggles to keep a teacher in their village.  We were sad to find out the a teacher was living in a shed during the week with no running water, shower or toilet.  The school cannot teach math or science because they cannot get a teacher who teaches these subjects to commit to teach out there.  At the very least the students are taught to read and write.  Oh how they need more.  We were able to chose a contractor out of those who bid and we are now working on the contracto...