Service 🪕

A great week here in Awutu Breku. I have been putting off writing this email all day so here we go. 

This week was a week of service. We had different opportunities to do a bunch of different things. We washed dishes, braided hair, drove banku, and chopped trees. I love doing service because it's a break from the normal teaching and walking. 

Honestly it was a very mellow week. I had a head cold so it was the first time I took DayQuil in a long time. We are teaching a bunch of good people who are progressing. The whole mission is preparing because we are getting a new mission president this week. President Sanders was the perfect person for the first half of my mission and I've learned so much from him. He will be missed.

I don't have a lot to talk about in this email. I'm pretty tired right now so I'm just gonna wrap it up here. This next week will be very eventful though. 

Scripture of the Week

1 John 4:11 - "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."

Contacts

Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org 

Facebook - Aidan Holyoak

Thanks for reading, sorry it wasn't action packed. I love you all and hope you're doing well. Seek for your own truth and enjoy every second of your life!

Elder Holyoak

The Gang

Tro Buddies

Head Massage

Chop

Wash

Drive

Belle Full Size

Trash Bag Missionaries 🗑️

It rained a lot this week. Everywhere is super muddy so we haven't been able to bike much. It was a great week for the work though. We had multi-zone and exchanges too so let's get into it.

On Tuesday we had our multi-zone conference. It was President Sanders' last multi-zone so it was a big bummer, but I learned a lot there. The zones there were Winneba, Swedru, and Kasoa, so I got to see a lot of familiar faces. One of my trainers Elder Okeke is our new AP and my other trainer is a Zone Leader in Swedru so it was awesome seeing both of them there. We all went to the mall after and got some pizza. A great day all around.

On Wednesday it rained the entire day. Elder Ivins and I don't have ponchos so we used trash bags instead. While we were out walking in the rain one guy said, "White Man! What's wrong?" Besides the rain it was a great day for finding and teaching.

On Thursday I got to go on exchange with one of our Zone Leaders, Elder Kabba. He's from Sierra Leone and a great missionary. We had a super fun day and I learned a lot of new things from his teaching.

The rest of the week was just finding and grinding as Elder McNeil would say. I've been loving the area and we hope to put some of our friends on date soon.

Scripture of the Week
Enos 1:1 - "Behold, it came to pass that I, Enos, knowing my father that he was a just man—for he taught me in his language, and also in the nurture and admonition of the Lord—and blessed be the name of my God for it" - Happy Fathers Day 

Contacts
Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org
Facebook - Aidan Holyoak

Sometimes life gets you down but you gotta always look on the bright side. I love you guys, thanks for reading and have a great week!
Elder Holyoak

Trash Men

Wet

Weekly Water Fetching

Exchange with Elder Kabba

Tro Tro

My Family Tree

Winneba Zone

Winneba, Swedra, and Kasoa Zones

Mashed Potatoes 🥔

Beans... It's great to taste different flavors because I've been eating a lot of the same food lately. Ghanaian food just doesn't hit the same as a hamburger. We were very fortunate this week and were able to make mashed potatoes with gravy. It did not disappoint! We were also able to make pancakes with bananas. Yummy!

We've been teaching a lot of new promising people. One of them is Phillip, who was taught by missionaries before almost a year ago. He said that when he was learning with missionaries before he had to leave his house because his uncle didn't like the church. He's a great guy with a lot of great questions.

We are also teaching a guy named Ato Kwame and he knows his stuff. When we talk with him he always ends up bringing it back to some Apocrypha or deep doctrine. He loves reading and we gave him a Book of Mormon, so I think he'll enjoy it. 

We started teaching a man named Christopher and he's super cool. He owns a drink shop so we buy Tampico and Soda from him all the time. While we were teaching him it started raining and we were stuck there for almost an hour and a half until we just decided to bike home in the rain.

Scripture of the Week

Hebrews 13:4 - "Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge." - Congrats Britton and Caitlin!

Contacts

Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org 

Facebook - Aidan Holyoak

^Let me know what's going on in your guy's lives^

That's the whole week summed up. See you guys next week. Love you all!

Elder Holyoak 

We got bikes!

Area Picture

Our friend Mavis

Endless Rain

Mac and Beans

Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Pancakes

Ghana Market

Everything Changes

We had a very busy week. It was Elder McLean's last week in the field so it was a lot of goodbyes and fun times.

On P-Day we went to the beach. That was awesome because it was the first time I saw the ocean since flying in on the plane. It did kinda suck though because the water was warm and the waves were huge. I wanted to jump in so bad. We found our own fun, burying each other in the sand and making sand castles. It was a great first P-Day for Elder Ivins and a great last P-Day for Elder McLean.

In the middle of the week, we had Zone council which means my two sons got to meet each other. It was a great council and we all ate Jollof Rice afterwards. Elder Duncan got a super bad sunburn on his legs so please pray for this man he can barely walk.

Sunday was a normal church day until the end of Sunday school. We had a Baptism for a child of record and right when the service started the rain also started. It was raining so hard we couldn't even hear the people giving talks for the Baptism. The service continued and one of our members Baptized his son in the pouring rain. My companion and I got to be the witnesses. With the 20 seconds we were out there in the rain, I'm pretty sure we were just as wet as the baptist. Everyone got stuck in the Chapel for the next hour because the rain kept coming. We ended up just walking home in the rain, because we were already soaked.

Scripture of The Week
Hebrews 6:15 - "And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise."

Contacts
Facebook - Aidan Holyoak
Email - aidan.holyoak@missionary.org

There's my whole week summed up. I hope you're all well. Hang in there, I'll see you next week.

Elder Holyoak  

RIP-He's gone

Delicious

Isaac and Raymond (we are teaching them)

Family Reunion (my two sons)

Nice View

Beach

Beach

Beach