Sunday, October 16, 2016

Maamobi Experiences

                                                            Johnathan is a True Saint.
 Johnathan broke his leg playing soccer awhile back and word on the street is he was really good. Due to lack of money and medical attention his leg healed wrong and now he has a pretty bad limp so he uses an old wooden crutch. He wasn't aloud to serve a mission so now he does the best he can and goes out with us. He will walk any distance to be able to teach with us. We were going to a lesson and half way his flip flop broke. Rather than turn back or stop in his tracks he picked up his flip flop and kept walking. I told him it'd be alright if he went home but he insisted on going the rest of the way. I explained the Zongo already but just a refresher its a challenge even for a healthy leg. He didn't want to let a broken flip flop effect his desire to serve the Lord. After walking for awhile he got a shoe repair man to stitch it back together before finishing our journey. We then had an amazing lesson with a man and his wonderful fam.

Don't let the little bumps in the road stop you from reaching your destination. Don't let the little things put a downer on your entire day. Take the wheel and steer your own dang life! I learned a lot that day from Johnathan to never turn back or stop when there's trials. If for whatever reason we get slowed down we need to "take the wheel" of our life and fix the problem. 







Monday, October 10, 2016

Maamobi Branch




#HisHands


This week was solid for sure. I don't have any cool adventures other than just everyday life stuff like walking through the small paths in between millions of scraped together houses, hopping over gutters and weaving our way through the city to teach some pretty amazing people about Jesus.

This week we said goodbye to Elder Vandehei our Assistant and my skating buddy. So our apartment is now only four.  I watched a little bit of conference at our Stake Center it was super good as always. I was able to get some stuff out of it that will help the people I'm teaching. It was cool to get answers not only for myself but for others who are way lost. Ghana got a shout out from Elder Curtis who talked about the Freeze. The government shut down all church activities here but the members were still faithful and would meet up on Sunday in their homes. The members here have been through a lot. Every day is a battle here for the members standing up for what they know to be true. They just amaze me everyday with the joy they have found in the gospel and life that they have.  well crew till next week and dont forget
"Run to Jesus and save your Life!"

Thanks for all the love and support 
Much love 
Elder Christopherson