Afehyiapa!!! That means Merry Christmas.
I'll be completely honest nothing that cool really happened this week besides Christmas so this email will be a little bit shorter.
Christmas
Christmas in Ghana isn't celebrated as crazy as it is in America so there wasn't much we could really do. It was more of a good hang-out day for us. We got to sleep in and that doesn't sound like a lot but as a missionary waking up at 6:30 every day it was really nice. We didn't get fed by any members on Christmas day but 2 days before, we went to one of the sisters' houses. She fed us kokoente and that was my first time actually trying it. It's like fufu but it's brown. It is also known in Ghana as Face the Wall or Chris Brown. It was... Good. On actual Christmas day, we had some vanilla French toast for breakfast, egg noodles for lunch, and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese for dinner. The mac and cheese was a Christmas present from another missionary in my district, Thanks Elder Smith. Since it's a new area for us we don't know the members very well, so the rest of the day was hanging out with other missionaries.
Christmas Miracle
It rained! It's been really hot so that felt great.
Elder Muhaga's Chicken
Today we went shopping for P-day and one of the Elders that we share our apartment with wanted to buy a live chicken. The process pretty much went like this. We walked over to a guy standing next to a chicken coop and asked him how much his chickens were. He told us they were 30 Cedis each or around 6 USD. Elder Muhaga picked out his favorite one and the guy packed the chicken up for him. He pretty much just tied it's legs and put it in a plastic bag. We rode in a taxi back to our apartment and when we got back Elder Muhaga went straight to sharpening a knife. I'll spare you the details, but it's still crazy to me how much chickens can move around with their head cut off. He cleaned it up and I'm pretty sure he's just gonna cook it tomorrow. Elder Muhaga is actually a really nice guy. He's from Zimbabwe. He said he wants an American girlfriend when he gets back so if you're single and willing to wait 17 months let me know.
Scripture of the week
Mormon 8:22 - "For the eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on, until all his promises shall be fulfilled"
And there's nothing you can do about it Satan.
Contact me:
Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org
Facebook - Aidan Holyoak
That's the whole week. Nothing too crazy going on but the work has been progressing. Have a good rest of your year everyone and I'll see you in 2022!
Elder Holyoak
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