Transferred to Bantama

Hey everyone!

Well it's been a crazy week this week. A good week, but crazy week. It started off with going to the mission home Tuesday and spending most of the day there for my training. I said the rest of my goodbyes in kwamo and it was all good. We had transfers on Wednesday. At this time I didn't know where I was going or who my new companion would be yet. We got to transfer grounds and I soon found out that I would be going to a place called Bantama. My new companions name is Elder John. Elder John is from Nigeria and he is a stud. We get along very well and like to have fun. He loves to sing and has a very good voice. He actually won a couple singing competitions back home. He is making music while on the mission so be ready for us to drop an album.

Bantama is almost the heart of Kumasi which means it is the city. No more dirt roads, and a lot more people. Let's just say I will miss my old area. This area is definitely one of the harder ones due to it being so busy. Around here people are very busy and don't have time to talk with us which is unfortunate. In kwamo it was a lot quieter and relaxed. People were able to talk and weren't always on the go. Bantama is a different story haha. We have a couple people we are teaching but the work will be a lot different then my other area as the members here don't like to help us. We will be thinking of new ways to push the work forward. It's a new challenge that I am ready for!

We live in a compound with about 4 other families. We live on the second floor. I am going miss my cockroach invested apartment in Kwamo haha. The apartment I am now in is a two man apartment, so it's just my companion and I living here. It is very small and half of it is outside. It is somehow hotter here then it was in Kwamo. We face new challenges here, they like to cut the water and power often. We will go without power for a couple days, which means no fans. Let me tell you, staying in Ghana with the weather being an average of 95° and humidity at 60+ plus no fans. Man it is no fun and it is very hard to sleep haha. My first night I got to the apartment we didn't have water nor power and so that first night trying to sleep I knew I was gonna have a fun transfer here in Bantama haha. But hey its all part of the work and the challenges you face make you stronger. So I'm just going into it with a good attitude and making the best of the situation haha.

With all of the exciting things in the area and the apartment Elder John and I have to look after 8 other missionaries in our zone. About half Sisters and half Elders. We are in charge of everything. When they run out of gas or power they call us and we will go and fill it for them. Really if they need anything they call us. We also deal with problems with missionaries and companionships so that's fun. My first week we had all of the above so like I said it's been crazy haha. I am somehow busier then I was in Kwamo but not in the sense of teaching. But I love the work, although it isn't easy at times I am grateful for the things I am learning.

I hope all yall are doing wonderful. Thank you all for the love and support it means a lot. I love you all and hope you have a great week this week! 

Love Elder Morgan