Elder Aidan Holyoak: Mud and a Little Blood

Another solid we here in Asamanketewa. We have been working a lot on trying to find serious people but it's never easy. I feel like every time we get a solid person they decide to travel out of town for a couple weeks.

This week we had President interviews and transfer news. President Sanders is the most chill guy in the world, so I look forward to interviews. He looked at our area and saw no crazy problems so he decided to change nothing. Elder Duncan and I are staying together for another 6 weeks! I'm very happy about it. A good area and a good companion are something I'll never take for granted.

At interviews, I also got a birthday package from my family. Fun fact, Ghana is the second most expensive country to send packages to BUT it has one of the easiest visas to get. In order to receive packages, we have to give them to people already traveling to Ghana. There isn't amazon or anything so we only get packages every 3-4 months. All of the stuff in this one was super useful. Stuff like Twi language books, drink mix, spices, soup mix, deodorant sticks, Scripture markers, etc. Thanks to my family for all the stuff. I'll put it to good use.

Another thing that happened this week was exchanges. I had the chance to go to an area called Yayo with Elder Webley. Now Elder Webley has only been in his new area for about a week so neither of us really knew who we were teaching. On top of that, we decided to bike. Within the first 5 minutes of leaving the apartment, Elder Webley slid out on the sand and crashed. He tore a little hole in his pants leg, but the work goes on. Later on in the day, we were following Google maps to find someone and we had to bike through a small footpath. The path consisted of rocks, old staircases, sand, and a creek that ran back and forth through it. Sadly Elder Webley crashed again. This time he went over his handlebars! He wasn't hurt too badly, but he did rip another hole in his pants. On the way to the people we were going to teach, it started raining. Usually, if it starts raining too hard we will stop and get cover. It wasn't raining too crazy so we just kept biking. The tires on the bikes flicked mud everywhere so we showed up at the lesson covered in mud. I really enjoyed the exchange overall and it was a really fun day.

Scripture of the Week

Alma 41:10 - "Do not suppose, because it has been spoken concerning restoration, that ye shall be restored from sin to happiness. Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness."

Contacts

Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org

Facebook - Aidan Holyoak

Thank you guys for reading, I hope there isn't anything too crazy going on in the world right now. I'll see you all next week!

Slava Ukraini