Happy Fourth of July Everyone!!
I'm proud to be an American seriously we are so blessed! It was a holiday for Ghanaians on the 1st so I asked around and nobody knew why they were celebrating or what Holiday it was. It took all day but finally a random guy looked it up on his phone for me and it was Republic day! The funny thing is random Ghanaians have been reminding me all day about my own Holiday haha. Lets celebrate for a reason this 4th of July and remember why we even have this holiday.
So this week lets see.. we have been weeding a massive school yard with our machetes early each morning for a service project. There is a lizard in our room and we decided it needed to stay to help keep the ant population down. A Missionary who stayed in my apartment about a year ago came on an exchange. He was sent home 6 months ago after getting really sick but he's healthy now back at it again in Ghana.I'm proud to be an American seriously we are so blessed! It was a holiday for Ghanaians on the 1st so I asked around and nobody knew why they were celebrating or what Holiday it was. It took all day but finally a random guy looked it up on his phone for me and it was Republic day! The funny thing is random Ghanaians have been reminding me all day about my own Holiday haha. Lets celebrate for a reason this 4th of July and remember why we even have this holiday.
Our Mission President peaced out on Tuesday so now we have President Simpson from Australia. It was hard to see President Snow leave he is an awesome dude it was a short but good time being around him.
I would definitely go check out his conference talk back in 2005. He talks about his love for hiking in the mountains and how we can stay on the right path when we use our map and compass. If we lose our way we can always get back on the trail that God has set before us. I took a picture of a very typical river here in Ghana to represent what the path might look like when you lose your way. Pretty trashy right! So do yourself a favor and hike on the right path that leads to happiness and beautiful scenery.
Other than that it was a week full of adventures and there's not enough time to share about them all. I hope everyone has an amazing week full of opportunities to serve others. I challenge everyone to find that right path and stay on it even when the path is a little rough. I know that if you stay on the right path even when its difficult the destination will be worth it.
Love Elder Christopherson
p.s. In one of the photos I'm pushing a little boy named Gabriel around on his bike that has no chain. Service isn't hard and it can be fun
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