Ups and Downs (on a bike)

This week we biked very far. The whole week was pretty normal until the middle. One of our members wanted to show us a family's house that had some less active youth. He said the only way to get there was to bike or walk so we decided to bike. The one thing that we didn't know was that he is insane at biking. We were struggling to catch up on all of the hills. Out of nowhere, he turned off the main road onto a small dirt trail. Turns out the rest of the ride was about the same as an uphill mountain biking trail. We rode on that for about another 20 minutes and finally made it to their house in the middle of the jungle. When we got there, we were all super thirsty and they offered us rainwater to drink. I hesitated for a second and then decided I'd have to go thirsty for a bit. I didn't want any parasites. Riding back down was a lot of fun because it turned into a downhill mountain biking trail. A great experience all around, especially because we are now teaching one of the kids in the family. 

Another crazy thing that happened this week was an emergency transfer. My companion and I stayed the same, but we lost one of the Elders in our apartment. Elder Steadman was transferred out of our apartment, but he will still be in our zone. Lucky enough president interviews are tomorrow and since our apartment is closer he will have one more night to sleep over with us. We will party.

RIP Elder Steadman you will be missed.

That's the week. Real transfers come this week so I can update you on that in the next email. I hope you're all living happily right now. Enjoy the small things, like ice cream.

Scripture of The Week

Revelation 10:9 - "And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey."

Bitter Belly

Contacts

Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org 

Facebook - Aidan Holyoak 

My family said they wanted more pictures of our area so here you go and thank you, everyone, for the birthday wishes. 

Birthday Pizza

Bike Day

Our Member Hommie Everand

Goodbye Elder Steadman

Area Pictures

Baptisms and Strawberry Jam 🍓

Well well well. Another week, another email. Not a very crazy week but we had some success in the work. 

This week we were blessed to baptize 3 new people. All 3 were referred to us by members or were in part member families. Members in missionary work are EVERYTHING. If you think someone near you could use the gospel in their lives, refer them to missionaries. The restored gospel is one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone.

We had a few troubles with the font and trying to fill it up in time for the baptism. We went to the Chapel the night before and started to clean and fill the font, but it was going super slow. We decided to leave it overnight and come back early in the morning. When we came back in the morning, the water was turned off and the font wasn't even half full. A very good samaritan decided that they needed to turn the font off probably about an hour after we left. We ended up pumping water from a hose outside in through the window in order to fill the font in time. Everything worked out fine, but the water was a little green.

Like I said it wasn't a very crazy week. We did also find strawberry jam and I hit 7 months. Time seems to be picking up which is good and bad. We have some super cool friends that we are teaching and I'll keep you updated on their progress. I hope you're all enjoying your lives right now! Happy valentines day!

Zaragamba is my valentine 

Scripture of the week

Mark 7:15 - "There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man."

Contacts

Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org 

Facebook - Aidan Holyoak 

Enjoy your week! 

Elder Holyoak

Cool Little Baptism

Cool Little Bridge

Hiking to a lesson

Moist

Daily Role Plays

I ate 21 cans of Beans this week

Yeah... I ate baked beans for every single meal this week. Breakfast lunch and dinner. It all started when Elder Steadman, who lives in our apartment, said, "You like beans, I bet you can't eat them for every meal this week." Once he said that I was already on the way to the store to buy more cans. The first few days were pretty rough but after about day 3, I was just used to it. One of the hardest parts by far was eating beans for breakfast every morning. You wake up all happy for a new day and then you realize you have to eat a whole can of beans for breakfast. Overall, I think that it was worth it. I'd recommend it to anyone who is willing to try the Bean Diet. It'll change your life.

This week we had the opportunity to go to the temple. I love the temple in Ghana because it's one of the quietest places in the whole country. We had a little trouble with travel and the time we signed up for, but the temple workers were really nice, so they helped us out. 

After the temple, we all went to KFC. On the day we went there, I was on Bean day #6. I wasn't just gonna lose all of my progress because of some fried chicken, so I planned ahead and brought my own can of beans for lunch. I bought some fries and spread my cold can of beans over them. It was kinda weird but I regret nothing. 

That's my week!

Scripture of the week

John 20:3-4 

    3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher.

   4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher."

  -Here is John flexing in a Bible verse that he can run faster than Peter.

Contacts

Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org

Facebook - Aidan Holyoak

I hope you guys are enjoying the food wherever you are. If you aren't, go buy a can of baked beans. Seek you next week!

Elder Holyoak

Temple Trip

Trav at the Temple

Ghana Pizza

My KFC Beans

Secret Menu Item

Bean Kill Count