Dear Mom,
I guess I was a really lucky person
because I heard a lot of kids who tried skype had problems either with the
sound or with the video. Luckily we were able to have both work! I was a bit
worried there might be some homesickness but so far I have been just fine and
haven't felt the slightest bit of homesickness yet. I think because of skype it
makes things not seem so far away and distant.
Well Transfers went like
these: Draniikamate was transferred far away in Oda( it’s very remote.) I will
miss that kid a lot and one day I hope to see him again. In his place we got a
brand new missionary, Elder Thomas. He is from New Mexico and a freckin awesome
kid as well. He played football at a school a little bigger then Manti and
likes to do outdoor adventures. We are planning some expeditions already for
when we return home. Elder Ewudize went home to Cape Coast and in his place
Elder Bay got a new senior named Elder Egege from Nigeria. He is pretty cool,
but stays by himself. The apartment has gotten a lot quieter without Ewudize
blasting his music and yelling about going home as well as I don't have my
partner in crime Drani to help set pranks in the house. I'm thinking just give
it time and things will return to normal.
Our meter box spoiled on our
house so we haven't had light or power since Friday. Yea it seems like whatever
house I go to ends up having this problem. So Saturday night we all slept on
the roof( except Moyer and Egege stayed in.) At about 2:30 in the morning we
woke to not only some very frightening thunder and intense lightning but a man
who walks the road near our house at that time yelling, HOLY GHOST FIRE! We are
not sure why he does it or why he chose that time and place but its been getting
really annoying these past few nights. We found some water balloons and if he
comes tonight he is getting a lesson on the baptism of water before fire.
Another fun story that happened with our light off problem came on Saturday we
waited all morning for an electrician to come. As we all sat around the
house not really wanting to go out, a group of boys showed up on our porch and
said they were from the local ward and had just finished with a meeting in the
chapel next door. They wanted me to give them water and I told them not now( we
had none at the time and we don't take free loaders.) They swept a little as I
was saying this so I had revelation. I told them to sweep our whole porch and
pick up garbage from the yard and then I'd bring them water. They did all this
plus find our many cutlasses and began to trim our trees and weeds. The started
doing the whole house( which is huge) and I brought them water because I was
very happy with the work. Then they found a snake and chased it into our
coconut tree. While the kid climbed it looking for the snake he trimmed out
dead branches and knocked us down some coconuts, which I gave to the group of
boys for their efforts. The leader/less active boys’( we found by talking to
him) name was Michael. I got him talking about crocodile ponds and he said he
would show us after stake conference the next day. Cool - we were getting
chores done at the house, activating a less active, getting coconuts, and
finding crocodiles. Stake conference the next day was pretty fun and in the
morning Michael come over before it started to tell us he brought clothes to
find crocodiles in. The meetings went well. Got to see My Friend Elder Smeltzer
from Georgia and during the prayer we learned Thomas S Monson's wife had passed
away. We were kinda sad about that but nothing a little croc hunt wouldn't fix.
We got to the house to find Michael had brought even more friends over. We were
really hungry and still had no water or electricity. So we made a shopping list
and gave it and 17 GCHs to the small boys( because in Ghana small children are
taught to do whatever an elder(age) tells them to do.) they did this and we
made a big noodle/egg/pepper/chicken/cabbage/ onion hash. IT was really good
and makes me hungry to think about it. The Boys were renamed the Armies of
Elder Ray and they continued cutting our dead weeds and cleaning trash up. The
next thing I knew they had found matches and had lit a massive bonfire in the
front yard( yeah my kids.) They had also found our Book of Mormon stories book
and were reading it out loud to each other, mind you not all were LDS, but I
can happily report that they all left that night knowing Joseph Smith was a
Prophet, I think I may count that as a lesson – haha. Before they had left more
kids had joined and I believe there were 9 total. They all address me as Papa
or Ray or Kemosabie( I can't let that one die.) Well they will be back again to
take us hunting and move a huge pile of dirt for my landscaping project.
So it’s been an awesome week once again in Kasoa and
we are having some great times whether it be teaching or chasing kids off our
bikes in the front yard. Anyway I can't wait to hear how graduation goes and
the Eagle court of honor. Tell them I all send my greetings and would love to
hear from them. Have a great week and enjoy Memorial Day weekend!
Love,
Elder Steven Taylor Ray :)
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