hey family!
this week went by quickly again, just like all the other ones... sadly. but it's gotta happen. we had some good adventures this week and some new investigators. we were blessed to have 3 of our investigators come to church also, so they can gain a testimony about church. things here are going well and i'm happy all of you back home, who got to celebrate gma's birthday. i can't believe she's still so young :) she's healthier than all of us. i wish i could've been there to celebrate it with all you. we had a fun dinner over at a member's house the other day, and got to have some fufu, which is one of the greatest ghana dishes. i can eat a ton of it. when we saw them at church on sunday they said that after we left, their neighbors were asking why they had invited us over to their house. the neighbors went on to say that we were medicine men and did magic hahaha... so the members explained to the neighbors that we didn't sell medicine, but we were missionaries and we preached the gospel of Jesus Christ. so that was one of the adventures this past week.
i did have another humbling experience, one of the many. but me and Elder Rappleye, (the other missionary that came last transfer who's from Layton, UT) the both of us were together cause we went on exchanges that day. we went to a member's house and we were talking with her about her work. she was saying that she's working/ taking a class on computers and that she wasn't getting paid. she'll have to do this class/ workshop for like 7 months without getting any money. we asked her how she'd stay alive and she said she'd manage... which was hard to believe. i wanted to help, but i figured that if i helped her, i'd end up just giving money to everyone and that would be a little much. so i'm not sure what we can do to help her, but hopefully we can think of something for her.
this past week i also did surgery on my face... hahaha. i had like a really big underground pimple that was bothering me, so i decided to do something about it. so after i had hacked up my face, i had a pretty big mark on my forehead haha. i just laughed about it and one of our investigators asked who had hit me... i told her that no one hit me, but that i was trying to become an indian, cause the mark was basically in the middle of my forehead. so i had fun with it. well i'm happy to hear that everyone is doing well back home. dad's staying busy with work, mom's helping out with my 2nd mother across the street ;) nick is doing great i'm sure, keeping up with school and maybe even building a snowman outside like a good little boy. i miss the snow more than anything right now haha, hard to picture it when i'm here sweating in 90 degree weather. man the sun's hot here... but i gotta live with it for quite a little while more. the people here are great and it's fun to have an american in the apartment with me, who's from the same state and city... what are the chances. so we have quite a good time.
tell dan hi as well and let him know that he's being a good big brother, making sure i follow the rules haha. tell him to email me too, that slacker.
ok well i hope everything continues as normal and things keep going well for the family. God bless everyone for your prayers and obedience. you're all great examples to me, here in Ghana. i can't believe i've already been gone 6 months from you guys. i've had some crazy and great experiences here and i can't wait to get back and share them with you all. i love you guys so much and i'll talk with you soon!
- elder newbold
p.s. - i've only received one package, the one with the mp3 player, thanks! transfer news is tmrw, and also we see Elder Holland too. i'm looking forward to it!
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