Learning to Make Fufu

Hello everyone!!!

This was another solid week out here in Kwamo. It has been super busy but that's what I enjoy so I can't complain. We are still teaching lots, walking lots and sweating lots. We are trying to find time to teach everyone, we leave the house around 9:30am and don't come back until later. It has been so nice getting to know the sweet sweet people of Africa. They are super nice and super friendly. You can talk to anyone and they will carry a conversation with you. Everyone knows who Jesus Christ is, so it isn't to hard to talk about the gospel. Almost everyone goes to some church out here so it has been fun to get to know lots of different people.

We are still teaching in twi, and so I'm trying my best to pick up the language. Only a handful of those we are teaching will try to speak English with me. We did actually contact a woman named Esther at a shop and she spoke English. We have taught her twice now and it is nice being able to teach in English haha. The Twi will come as time goes on, and with the help from our Heavenly Father.

The members out here are super fun. Mama Cynthia is one of my favorites. She has 5 kids and is married to a member of the stake presidency. She has wanted to teach me how to make a traditional Ghanaian food called fufu. On Thursday we finally had time to go over and she taught me how to make it! Everyone eats fufu out here, you have to pound it and so you will hear pounding all day everyday as you walk the streets. My companion taught me how to eat the fufu and it is a bit different then in America haha. First of all you eat with your right hand, not your left. You then pinch off a bit of the fufu with your fingers, dip it in the soup and swallow it. It was super super spicy and so I was dying. My eyes started to water and noes started to run and mama Cynthia just started to laugh. It was definitely an experience, but know I can say I have made fufu haha

Other then that not much else out of the ordinary happened. I am still learning and memorizing the area. We walk tons out here, and I don't think there has been a moment I have not been sweating. But I absolutely love it!! I am coming to love the area and the people. I'm grateful for a companion who is patient and who is willing to teach me Twi. 

Obviously there are ups and downs in the field. But it has made me rely upon our Savior Jesus Christ. I definitely couldn't do it with out Him. I have come to know that he has a plan for each and every one of us. There was a reason I was serving in Utah for 6 months. I am able to use what I learned and experienced and apply it out here in Kwamo.

I hope all y'all are doing well, send me an email when you get a chance and tell me how you are doing! But I hope you are all staying safe and having fun back home. I love you all 

Love Elder Morgan.