Hey everybody!
I'm running very short on time so I just thought I
would at least read the emails and send something small. Thanks for
all of the Merry Christmas wishes. I still can't believe it is
Christmas. This week has been fun and the activity on Friday was great.
We had a fun program and then we watched Forever Strong again. I'm
very excited to call home tomorrow and talk to you all! I'll make sure
to call at the times that you told me! I love you guys and have a great
Christmas Eve! I'll talk to you all tomorrow!
Love Elder Kitchen
Thursday, December 27, 2012
December 17, 2012
Hey again family!
So I'm going to start today with a funny thing that happened on Sunday. After we went to Kenkuase to visit there, we were leaving and we were lucky enough to have a taxi waiting by the trail to take us back to Nuamakrom so we wouldn't have to walk the four miles back. Then I got in and noticed how ghetto and crappy the taxi was. It was by far the worst one I've seen in Ghana...and that is saying something. The windshield was completely cracked all over, it was covered with dust inside and the doors didn't really even close. We jumped on in and then a bunch of other people piled in with us. We ended up having four people in the backseat (all adults), and then the crazy part is that we had six people in the front! and there were only two seats. There were two adults and two kids in the passenger side and two people in the driver seat. The way my companion and I put it was that it was a jungle car. The road is so crappy and we kept smashing the bottom of the car on the ground, and then the front right wheel got all jacked up and was rubbing up against the wheel well the rest of the way. The car ended up dying right as it got to our destination. It was pretty funny.
So I'm really looking forward to Christmas next week. I can't believe it is already time to call home. I'm excited to talk to you all soon. This week I went to Foso again for a meeting with the stake presidency and I again had to sleep over there. It's fun over there but it makes me so tired the next day. I never sleep on time when I'm over there. The meeting was good and the stake presidency is happy with the work that we are doing. We are still preparing about two people or so to be baptized at the end of this month so I'm hoping that everything goes through with that. The baptism would be after Christmas though. We played soccer today and I am so tired because we had to wake up at 5:00 am yesterday and today and also the game drained all of my energy. I'm not excited to travel back up to Praso on that crappy tro tro. I've become a travel machine since I have come to Praso. Traveling here isn't fun at all either. It's the most uncomfortable thing in the world. I just can't wait to drive a car and have the A/C blowing in my face! That's when riding in a car is awesome. Well I guess we'll talk more next week. I'll email you next Monday...but if I don't, it's because the power was out or something and I'll just call home the next day! Thanks everybody...I love you all.
Love Elder Kitchen
So I'm going to start today with a funny thing that happened on Sunday. After we went to Kenkuase to visit there, we were leaving and we were lucky enough to have a taxi waiting by the trail to take us back to Nuamakrom so we wouldn't have to walk the four miles back. Then I got in and noticed how ghetto and crappy the taxi was. It was by far the worst one I've seen in Ghana...and that is saying something. The windshield was completely cracked all over, it was covered with dust inside and the doors didn't really even close. We jumped on in and then a bunch of other people piled in with us. We ended up having four people in the backseat (all adults), and then the crazy part is that we had six people in the front! and there were only two seats. There were two adults and two kids in the passenger side and two people in the driver seat. The way my companion and I put it was that it was a jungle car. The road is so crappy and we kept smashing the bottom of the car on the ground, and then the front right wheel got all jacked up and was rubbing up against the wheel well the rest of the way. The car ended up dying right as it got to our destination. It was pretty funny.
So I'm really looking forward to Christmas next week. I can't believe it is already time to call home. I'm excited to talk to you all soon. This week I went to Foso again for a meeting with the stake presidency and I again had to sleep over there. It's fun over there but it makes me so tired the next day. I never sleep on time when I'm over there. The meeting was good and the stake presidency is happy with the work that we are doing. We are still preparing about two people or so to be baptized at the end of this month so I'm hoping that everything goes through with that. The baptism would be after Christmas though. We played soccer today and I am so tired because we had to wake up at 5:00 am yesterday and today and also the game drained all of my energy. I'm not excited to travel back up to Praso on that crappy tro tro. I've become a travel machine since I have come to Praso. Traveling here isn't fun at all either. It's the most uncomfortable thing in the world. I just can't wait to drive a car and have the A/C blowing in my face! That's when riding in a car is awesome. Well I guess we'll talk more next week. I'll email you next Monday...but if I don't, it's because the power was out or something and I'll just call home the next day! Thanks everybody...I love you all.
Love Elder Kitchen
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
December 11, 2012
Hey everybody!
Another week has come and gone and now it's just two weeks until Christmas! I'm so excited to talk to all of you guys. So this week was actually pretty crazy because it was the presidential elections here so everybody was gone or only thinking about the election. Ghanaians are funny because they just like to party and dance on any occasion and the elections gives them that reason to party. I'm pretty sure that about 75% of the people that voted didn't even know what that candidate was going to do for them. When they vote, because they don't do it electronically they have to just count them by hand which leaves lots of room for corruption and error and it also takes a lot of time. They voted on Friday the seventh and didn't get the results until Sunday late in the evening. Then people were all running around outside dancing, kissing the ground, and just going crazy. Luckily Ghana is very peaceful so they don't have problems when it comes to elections. I didn't feel threatened in any way and that was cool. We have a few more people here in Praso that we are hoping to have baptized by the end of the month but it will all depend on how this week goes. I don't have too much time, as usual, I'm freaking busy. Haha. Thanks for all you guys do and have a great week! I'll talk to you all next week!
Love Elder Kitchen
Another week has come and gone and now it's just two weeks until Christmas! I'm so excited to talk to all of you guys. So this week was actually pretty crazy because it was the presidential elections here so everybody was gone or only thinking about the election. Ghanaians are funny because they just like to party and dance on any occasion and the elections gives them that reason to party. I'm pretty sure that about 75% of the people that voted didn't even know what that candidate was going to do for them. When they vote, because they don't do it electronically they have to just count them by hand which leaves lots of room for corruption and error and it also takes a lot of time. They voted on Friday the seventh and didn't get the results until Sunday late in the evening. Then people were all running around outside dancing, kissing the ground, and just going crazy. Luckily Ghana is very peaceful so they don't have problems when it comes to elections. I didn't feel threatened in any way and that was cool. We have a few more people here in Praso that we are hoping to have baptized by the end of the month but it will all depend on how this week goes. I don't have too much time, as usual, I'm freaking busy. Haha. Thanks for all you guys do and have a great week! I'll talk to you all next week!
Love Elder Kitchen
Monday, December 3, 2012
December 3, 2012
Hey...it's me again.
What's up everybody! Thanks for the emails this week. I swear if every week keeps going this fast then I'll be old and dying before I know it. It was really nice to have all of those baptisms go because now I feel a lot less busy. I guess we were still busy this week though because we went on splits for three days in a row with different companionships in our zone. The first one I went out to be in an area called Nyenasi. That place is a complete village. It's clear out in the bush and there are just two missionaries there. I went with Elder Derry who I was in the MTC with and went around there. One thing that I am going to miss a lot is eating fresh coconuts. The little kids just climb up into palm tree and get them down and then they cut them open. I love drinking that water that is inside. They just taste so good! The next day I was in my own area with a new missionary from Zimbabwe and it was a good day. We starting teaching one woman that we met who has been taught by missionaries a long time ago. Then the next day I was with Elder Glider in the other area in Praso. We saw and killed a snake this week when we were at Nyenasi. I hate snakes. I know that Will would just love it here! There are so many different animals. I finally tried the thing called grasscutter this week and it was actually really good. It tasted like chicken, but the only problem is that is looks like a big rat. Sunday we had two investigators come to church. We don't have as big of numbers anymore because of the last baptism. It's alright though because we will just go find more people! We have been teaching a Muslim girl which has been cool. She's very nice and accepting to us. It would be pretty cool to baptize a Muslim before I finished my mission. I can't believe it is already December now. Less than one month and it will be 2013! I thought that year would never come! :) Well, I'll talk to you all next week! Have a great week everybody!
Elder Kitchen
What's up everybody! Thanks for the emails this week. I swear if every week keeps going this fast then I'll be old and dying before I know it. It was really nice to have all of those baptisms go because now I feel a lot less busy. I guess we were still busy this week though because we went on splits for three days in a row with different companionships in our zone. The first one I went out to be in an area called Nyenasi. That place is a complete village. It's clear out in the bush and there are just two missionaries there. I went with Elder Derry who I was in the MTC with and went around there. One thing that I am going to miss a lot is eating fresh coconuts. The little kids just climb up into palm tree and get them down and then they cut them open. I love drinking that water that is inside. They just taste so good! The next day I was in my own area with a new missionary from Zimbabwe and it was a good day. We starting teaching one woman that we met who has been taught by missionaries a long time ago. Then the next day I was with Elder Glider in the other area in Praso. We saw and killed a snake this week when we were at Nyenasi. I hate snakes. I know that Will would just love it here! There are so many different animals. I finally tried the thing called grasscutter this week and it was actually really good. It tasted like chicken, but the only problem is that is looks like a big rat. Sunday we had two investigators come to church. We don't have as big of numbers anymore because of the last baptism. It's alright though because we will just go find more people! We have been teaching a Muslim girl which has been cool. She's very nice and accepting to us. It would be pretty cool to baptize a Muslim before I finished my mission. I can't believe it is already December now. Less than one month and it will be 2013! I thought that year would never come! :) Well, I'll talk to you all next week! Have a great week everybody!
Elder Kitchen
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