A Ghanian Funeral and African Pancakes

Hello!

This week was another busy one, we had our zone conference on Thursday. We were combined with two other zones and president changed the time so it is now only from 9-12. The zone conference was great, elder Mbuyi and I had the opportunity to give an instruction as well. There are still plenty changes happening, and more will come. The African missionaries are adjusting small small but this zone conference was good for them, the spirit was strong. 

An inactive member of the church called us about a week ago and wanted us to come and help with her mom's funeral. We went on Saturday and were able to meet the rest of the family. It was really nice meeting them especially because one of the families was from Pennsylvania and another couple from London. It was nice chatting with them. Then on Sunday we attended our sister's baptisms and had our zone come with us to attend the funeral. Ghanaian funerals are very big keep in mind. There are tons of traditions and things you have to do when you go to a funeral. One thing was that when you get there they have about 10 tents set up in a horse shoe. There will be plenty people and in order to sit down you have to go to the front and walk around this horse shoe waving to everyone. Only then can you sit down. So we got up in front of everyone and waved and then sat down. We were able to help the family with the rest of the funeral so they appreciated that. 

Today we had a district activity and my sisters taught us how to make pancakes. And again this isn't like pancakes back home, we made the African pancake. It was actually pretty good, for being in Africa. We ate food and played games, it was a fun day. 

I have really been enjoying the work and it's because I am just diving into everything. I am loving the people in Bantama, my companion and the experiences I am having! There truly is no greater work. I don't have anymore updates besides the covid update. The president of Ghana has said that we have to wear masks in public and if we don't then we will go into another lock down. They are now enforcing it in the streets again which means people are getting whipped again. My companion and I are trying to stay out of trouble and wear our masks but we will see how it goes.

Thank you all for the love and support it means a lot. Stay cool and enjoy the week!

Love Elder Morgan