Hey everyone!
Another great week has come and gone. We had another busy but great week! I hit my one year mark which is so crazy, still cant believe it. Time has gone by fast and I think it will get even faster from here. We have been teaching lots and pushing the work forward. Here are some of the highlights from the week
Tuesday was the start of a Muslim holiday out here. Apparently it is a three day celebration and they start it by slaughtering a cow. We fortunately have some Muslim friends and so we asked if we could participate. So they taught me how to kill the cow and how to skin it and how to use every single bit of it. They eat the majority of it. They said they don't eat like 1% of the cow. It was a good experience though. It brought me back to the days of anatomy and physiology at Bella Vista High School. Although this cow was much bigger then the cat we dissected. If I could describe the scene, it would be a bunch of Africans (and one white kid) huddled around this cow. No one has shoes and so everyone is barefoot in the dirt, as well as just stepping in the cows blood. I'll add some pictures so you can see it a bit. But that was definitely a highlight. As we were walking back to our apartment we saw at least another 4 cows being slaughtered.
On Thursday we had our MLC and it was nice to see everyone again. We had 6 elders staying with us the night before and so it was a party at our apartment. We got to mlc and met president and his wife. Overall the MLC was good, still plenty change. The African missionaries and especially the old missionaries still aren't having it. They gave president some wahala at the meeting. They will just have to get used to all of it. Change is good, some just don't like it. But we prepared for our zone conference which will be this week on Thursday which will be fun.
The sisters in my zone are continuing to teach me how to cook. They have taught me plenty which I am grateful for. This past week they taught me how to make African ice cream! And it is actually pretty darn good. I made some by myself today and so now I know how to make it so when I get back to the states I'll have to make it for the fam and see how they like it. The other things they have taught me how to make I don't even know if I'll be able to make them back home due to not having the same ingredients, but hey I guess we will see.
Elder Mbui and I are still pushing the work forward and are enjoying our time along the way. We are having great experiences every single day. There really is never a dull moment out here. Something comes up every day, it keeps you on your toes. Like on Wednesday as we were waking to one of our areas, a man approached us and said that he had his heart broken. I told him that I was sorry and asked him some few questions. Apparently he said his girlfriend broke his heart and wanted us to go and cast the demons out of her. I had to hold myself from laughing haha. But we talked with him for a bit and he led us to his house. He stays with his girlfriend and so he was shouting at her to come out. I don't do justice to this story, just telling it haha. But he went up to the door and knocked to wake her up. When he knocked he ran past us scared. I was like what the heck did we just get ourselves into haha. So we stepped back a bit because we didn't know why he was running. And the lady came out with a banku stick. She busted out the door and started to run after the man. She caught up with him and started beating him with the banku stick. Keep in mind my companion and I are just standing there witnessing it all. The man is just screaming for us to cast the demons out of her while he is getting beat. The woman then comes back and the man tells us to go inside the house to talk with her. The woman tells us in twi that if we come inside her house she will beat us with her banku stick. Me and my companion looked at each other and said nah you're good, we won't bother you haha. The man wasn't to happy that we didn't help him but what can you do. So after that we carried on our day. Stuff like that happens all the time out here. Things I just sit back and watch and think, only in Ghana.
I hope you all are doing swell. I hope you guys are making the most out of the last little bit of summer! Thanks again for all the love and support. I love you guys!
Love Elder Morgan
