tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234686836664608532024-03-14T00:29:23.786-07:00Elder Brian Treadway - NEW to Liberia Monrovia MissionElder Treadway has been transferred from the Ghana Cape Coast Mission to reopen the Liberia Monrovia Mission.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723468683666460853.post-50248139058085616142016-02-29T20:16:00.001-08:002016-02-29T20:18:53.480-08:00February 29, 2016 OVER AND OUT!!!<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L_b4JDf9VYE/VtUXZMidP6I/AAAAAAAAORM/tT7QQkecXVA/s1600/2-29-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L_b4JDf9VYE/VtUXZMidP6I/AAAAAAAAORM/tT7QQkecXVA/s640/2-29-16.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hey Everyone!</span><br />
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Well, these words come to my mind as I write you. "I'm coming home... I'm coming home..." How true those words ring. This last week has been quite an emotional rollercoaster. The extremes of many emotions were felt as the time was coming to a close. But yet, it ended rather well. We ended with the baptisms of Alfred, Kalvin, Matu, and Ezekiel. It was great to see their willingness to follow their Savior, Jesus Christ. My strength was tested and tried throughout this week. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1279623855" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span>, I started to come down with a cold and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1279623856" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> evening, I experienced my first ever migraine. I don't wish to experience that again. I had no idea what was going on and it scared the HECK out of me. I started losing my vision in my right eye. Then I started feeling a strange sensation in my right arm. Then, I couldn't speak normal. My memory evaporated and my speech turned to some sort of elven tongue. I couldn't say baptism for the life of me. I thought that this is how it was ending. I was going to go home mentally incapacitated. But it passed and now I'm good.</div>
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But, I do want to share my personal thoughts and feelings real quickly. I'm so grateful for this privilege that I have had to serve here in West Africa. I personally do not feel that there is a better place to serve the Lord then amongst the Ghanaian and Liberian people. Their susceptibility to the spirit is uncanny. Their willingness to leave all for the Lord is a great strength for me. The greatest testimony I have is of Finda, who upon losing her husband a week before her baptism continued the course saying, "All I know is that if I give myself to God, all will turn out well." How those words have echoed through these years of service. As I have strived to give myself to God, I have found that all has turned out well. In fact, better than I could have imagined it myself. Truly the Lord has more in store for us as we let him guide us. Trust him. Have faith in Him. He will direct you for good. Of that I am a living testimony. I love you all! Thank you for all of your support, prayers, love, thoughts, and encouragements. They have been a blessing and most of them have been timely. God bless you. God bless this work.</div>
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Hope all is doing well. I'm doing mighty fine on this side. Things have been going to quite swell and we are looking for things to be the same for this upcoming week. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1888027744" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Saturday</span></span>, we are planning for the baptisms of Matu, Alfred, Kalvin, and Ezekiel. All of these people were carefully looked at and made sure that they were ready. The mission has tried to make a push for baptizing converted people to the gospel, and I, in my interviews, have prayed for the spirit of discernment. Alfred and Ezekiel have been coming to church for a little over a month but have shown great spiritual maturity as we have taught them. They come early to church every <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1888027745" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> and show that they are ready and willing.</div>
Elder Takouo is coming along great...He is excited to work and we have enjoyed being around each other. It's a little bit more quiet around but it provides some reflective time for myself.</div>
Well, I don't really know what else to say... sorry. Super excited to come home next week. A lot of things are going to be different... but it'll be dope. </div>
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So, I can't believe at this point how quickly time is going by. I feel that this week went incredibly fast. I had a lot on my plate for this week, and these next two that they just seem to zoom. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_251253110" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Wednesday</span></span>, I had scheduled 10 Baptismal Interviews in an area relatively far. I didn't want to leave on exchanges, while leaving my son in an area that he is not accustomed to yet. Nor did I want to bring him to just sit around. I thought about what to do and decided that I'd snag my Zone Leader and we both would do the interviews together while my son proselyted with the Zone Leaders son for the day. (Our Zone Leaders are training as well.) It went incredibly well and were able to bust it out.</div>
This past week, we have been able to see a lot of progress in our areas. We have put a special focus on the Part Member Families and Less Actives. We came across one man named Kennedy. We started teaching him and he was progressing so well. He got the Restoration so well and was even using Church language like "the Plan of Salvation" and "the Priesthood". I thought to myself, "This guy is prepared!" The next lesson we come to teach him the Book of Mormon. I go to have him read the first paragraph of the introduction when he stops me and tells me, "You don't understand." I was confused and nervous. He then explained that he was a baptized member in Nigeria and that he never knew where the church was for one year. We laughed about it, read from the Book of Mormon with him, and invited him to church. He came yesterday. That was good.</div>
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We are having a lot of people we are teaching who are showing a lot of progress. Most of them won't be baptized while I'm here but that's alright. They are showing signs of great progress which makes me happy. One woman brought her husband to church. Another one CAME to church. We are seeing a great improvement in the branch as well. Our member support was down this week, so the Branch Mission Leader and I called a meeting with the members and expressed our concern. We should have that problem solved this week. I'm happy for the work we are doing and the progress we see. This week will be no shortage of working which I'm excited for. I'm continually reminded that I need to "act [in this branch] as for years." I love you all and pray for your well being. May God bless you.</div>
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I hope you are all doing well. This week was a rather crazy week. So, Elder Hawkins left Tuesday morning, leaving me in a threesome for the day. I didn't like that. So I called up a Branch Missionary and I went with him throughout the day visiting people. Tuesday night, my companion came. Elder Takouo from Ivory Coast. French Speaker. I only have three weeks left to train him. But his English is good. Not perfect but we can communicate. He is an obedient missionary and wants to work hard. I'm excited for the work that we are going to do. Lessons were a bit down this week because it was a little difficult for him to get out the words of what he wanted to say but I know in time things will pick up. I'm happy to be with him.</div>
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We were able to have three baptisms this week. We had Phebe, Tomnet, and Francois get baptized. Elder Takouo performed the baptisms for those three. Something strange happens when someone is baptized. I've seen it more than once. They sometimes shy and hesitant about certain things before baptism. But afterwards, something is alive in them. They begin to talk, be lively, laugh and smile. I've seen it more than once and it's something to just think back and smile about. </div>
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Well, the travel plans have finally come. Crazy to think about it. I try not to but it's like right in my face! No amount of hiding it or something is going to get it out of my head. I'll I have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to me. (Yes. That was a paraphrase of Gandalf. I haven't lost that.) But I can sit around and just wait for it. Or I can work till the day comes. I'll choose the latter. </div>
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Well, I'm going to be honest. I'm not super enthusiastic about emailing right now. I'm actually sorta suffering. This cafe we found is in the middle of an alley, no fan, no airflow, and it's <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_251253109" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">noon</span></span>. I'm like in a sweat shop for heavens sake. Oh L.I.B.</div>
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This week has been rather hectic for the work. The referrals have not ceased to come in as we have continued to try and meet with people who are prepared. We are currently planning for a baptism of three people for this Saturday. But for the 27th, we are looking at around 18 to 20 right now. It's amazing to see the preparation in the people. They are so ready and so willing. We don't even have enough time to teach everyone so I got permission from President Carlson to stay after 7 to teach more people. Yes. It's safe Mom. I think... I never stayed out past seven. But I'm just going to stay at the chapel and teach there till 8. A lot of work. </div>
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This game you see here is a game called Lapa. All of the children play it. You have about 12 to 14 shoes all scattered in the middle of the field of play. The goal is to get all 12 shoes into a line and count them. After counting, you need to pick them all up and drop them. But you have to dodge a ball being throw back and forth by two individuals. If you can catch the ball, you can kick it and start collecting the shoes. Elder Hawkins and I are champs at this. Often we jump in when we see some kid getting pretty cocky. One time I went in to throw and this kid looked at me and signaled to me to bring it on. So... I brought it on. He had no idea what hit him. It was too fast for him. Not going to lie, I impressed myself. But now, the kids love us and are names are legends here. We were walking through this one remote place in Doe Community and you hear "The white guys that play Lapa are here." Legends. No one was hurt though. Just scared.</div>
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I'm grateful for the internet I have. I'll start with that little piece of gratitude. You all may be wondering how my first week as a full proselyting missionary was this week. I LOVED IT!!! It was the most satisfying thing I've done since I've gotten here. It was so great and I'm so excited for what the next five weeks hold. There is so much to be grateful for so let's start with the temporal things and move to spiritual. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">This is the nicest apartment I've ever been in. Hands Down. It's almost an apartment you would rent back home. Electricity 24 hours. Never runs out of water... Yeah. That's pretty much it. And it's amazing. Still no hot water but eh.. who needs that. Elder Hawkins and I have our own apartment and there is another two Elders right next door that live there. So we spend a bit of time together. They are struggling small but the Hawk and I are flying mighty high here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The work here is so overwhelming. How can that be? Let's just say that yesterday we received 34 referrals at church. During the whole of the week, we tallied 59 referrals. That's a lot of people to teach. And almost all of them came to church yesterday. It's exciting yet intimidating. These are people that are expecting so much from you. And you need to just do your best to give them the blessing that they have been waiting for for months. The primary class has 42 children that haven't been baptized and she is pressuring me to teach them. Now, I'm not about to baptize a kid without the parents in the church or anything, especially if they are nine. I told the Branch President that and he understood. But I came to an agreement with them. I told them to give me a list of the primary kids and put next to their names if their parents are members or not. So now I can see which of the kids are part members. Some of the parents are less active so we have visited with them. If we visit a kid whose parents don't come to church, we use that to meet the parents and teach the parents. We have one mother who is now interested in the church and promised to come this week.</span><br />
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Elder Hawkins is great. His trainer for the first six weeks didn't do anything the whole time so we are doing a crash course <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1959849471" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">in 6 weeks</span></span>. We are going through all twelve weeks double time. He is really smart and catching everything. But it's continuing to teach me and I'm still trying to apply the things I'm learning from Preach My Gospel to better myself as a missionary. I'm grateful for this opportunity to remind myself I still need to learn and act. We are really enjoying ourselves and the time spent here in DOpE COMMUNITY.</div>
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So, as you all know, Transfer's came up and I got transfered! I am officially released as the AP and now am opening up Doe Community. On top of that, President is having me be the District Leader of the twelve man District I'm in as well as finish the training of a missionary from Utah named Elder Hawkins. He is a great kid who was having a tough time with his trainer so we took action. I'm excited for the new opportunities that have been presented to me. However, because I'm now back in the trenches, I'm now back to using the crappy African computers in a cafe so, let's see how this goes huh?</div>
This week was a wonderful week for Elder Verdoni and I as we wrapped up our companionship with each other. We finished with a baptism of three of our investigators <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_233931596" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>. We had Muhammad, Jartu, and Noel baptized. They are doing so well. Muhammad is learning the importance of church, Jartu had to learn the importance of modesty, and Noel, well... Noel was just an angel. She has not done anything wrong her entire life I'm pretty sure. But they all have been taught, they are all acting upon what they have been taught and are truly growing.</div>
I'm sad to be leaving Elder Verdoni but grateful for this opportunity to just finish out strong. We got a nice new apartment that we are opening up which is the nicest I've been in. We have a steady current from 7 in the evening to 7 in the morning which we are all grateful for. We have a nice view of the harbor which is also right next to West Point, the most dangerous slums in West Africa. Awesome, right? Well, I love you all and pray for your well being and happiness. </div>
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This week has been a most excellent week for Elder Verdoni and I. It has been awfully strange and rather rewarding. This week, Elder Verdoni and I have never been more cold, it feels, in our lives. I had to pull out the sweater, pajama pants, wrap up in a blanket, and turn off our Generator because it was too cold. Even then, we froze to death throughout the night. Rain came pouring in and it was miserably cold. However, the real fear came in when Sister Carlson walked into the office. She was fanning herself because of the heat as I was wearing a sweater because of the cold... The lowest it got here was 71 degrees and I was freezing. I'm afraid to go home...</div>
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This week was a rather extraordinary week though when it came to missionary work. On Friday, we had the baptisms for the Doe Community branch. We had 11 converts baptized along with one child of record. We had Jacob, Helena, Susanna, Dorris, Arthur and Josaphine (married couple), Finda (Widow), Grace and Melody (Teenage Sisters), Moses, and Daniel. I had the wonderful privilege of performing the ordinance for all of them and I'm so touched by their willingness and endurance to wait for their baptism. It was great and they were all so excited for it. </div>
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When Elder Bednar came to Liberia, he relayed an experience he had in Southern Africa. A Bishop came up to him and said, "Elder Bednar, we are having a problem. We are confirming 20 people or so in Sacrament Meeting that we don't have enough time for the Talks!" Elder Bednar then said, "Brother, The Reason we even have talks is to fill the time BECAUSE we are not confirming 20 people during Sacrament Meeting." What a profound statement and we finally had a Sacrament Meeting like that. The Sacrament meeting yesterday at Doe Community went likewise: Opening Hymn, Opening Prayer, Confirmations, Sacrament, Closing Hymn, Closing Prayer. It was extraordinary and wonderful. And the thing is, Doe Community is not even close to being finished. In the investigator class, we had 23 people there who were not baptized waiting for full time missionaries and the Branch has 42 non baptized children, which means there are at least 30 families somewhere connected to the church. Who ever comes to this branch next week full time will have work (cross your fingers!) Well, I love you all and hope you are doing well. I pray for you each and every day! </div>
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What a Wonderful week this one has been. There were so many blessings that filled the week that my companion and I were surprised by. We were stuck babysitting for most of the week which was beyond frustrating. But, we had to keep our heads up and really try to push with our proselyting efforts when the moment was granted for us to get out. Because of the efforts which we laid forth, we received so many miracles. Let me list a few...</div>
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We knew there was a young woman named Surprise that lived in the Branch that has been going to church for some time but never has been baptized. Seeing that my companion and I don't really associate with the Young Woman all that much, we really had no idea which girl was Surprise. But the problem was, we didn't know her name was Surprise. We thought her name was Noel. We just knew that it was the Daughter of the Relief Society 1st Counselor. So we took the Young Woman President out with us and said, "Let's visit Noel!" So, we kept walking and we passed the Counselor's house. My companion and I were confused and wondered, "Where the heck is Sister Willson leading us?" We asked her and she said, "We are going to Noel." We were really confused at this point so we decided to follow. We eventually came to Noel, a Young Woman in the Branch we had never met with or talked to who had been going to church for about 4 months. Her brother was a member and so is her uncle. So we taught her and gave her a date for the 16th of January and she is more than ready for that one. Now that my companion and I have regrouped, we decided that we should visit the girl we thought was Noel. So we did that as well. Turns out this girl, who is Surprise, had been going to church for a year but had never been taught. So we began teaching her with her mom and now she has a date for the 16th of January and is well on her way. </div>
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On the 2nd of January, we had a baptism of Moses and George (we thought his name was Josh the whole time till it came to filling out the baptismal record. I guess they thought we were calling him George the whole time too...) We came to the chapel and we waited for two hours and the water never was flowing. So, we faced a predicament. We could go to another chapel and wait for two hours to have that font fill... or we go to the nearby beach. We thought about it, thought about the time, the transportation and ultimately came to the conclusion that the best decision was to go to the beach. It still felt a little uneasy with my companion and I so I took a quick moment to find somewhere quiet to pray to know which was the best option. Knowing that Revelation comes not from questions but proposals, I told the Lord what we thought was the best option and asked to see if that was right. The answer I got was very distinct. The words that came to me were, "The reason for Fonts is for convenience. If it becomes less convenient to use a font then to go to a beach, then it's fine." So, off we went and performed the baptism at the beach. A very cool experience. Probably won't do it again. The waves disturbed mid ordinance.</div>
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Another experience was at Doe Community. We were having nine people planned for baptism for this upcoming Saturday. There were two of them that still needed to be taught lesson 5. So we held them after church. It was Daniel and Grace that stayed, and Melody (Grace's Sister) joined. We had planned not to teach Melody because she was not able to be taught Lesson 4. We taught all of them Lesson 5 but as I looked at Melody near the end, I had the feeling that we should still baptize Melody. So, after the lesson, we held Melody afterwards and started asking her questions. She had been coming to church for over a year now and in Young Woman's and Investigator class was taught Lesson 4. She understood everything we talked to her about from the Law of Chastity to the Word of Wisdom. My companion and I agreed that she was prepared. I'm grateful for listening to that small feeling because it will allow Grace and Melody to be baptized together after waiting for baptism for such a long time.</div>
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Lastly, we visited with Moses and Emma to talk to them about baptism. Moses has been doing excellent with his drinking problem and we invited them to be baptized on the 16th of January. They told us they couldn't becauses they didn't have the money for their Marriage Certificate. They needed 50 dollars. So, as a Christmas gift, Elder Verdoni and I gave them 25 dollars each. We knew they had the desire, and were spiritually ready, but just lacked the funds to get their marriage recognized. So we were willing to step in and help with that one. Definitely drew upon some inspiration from a past Treadway experience. They were so happy and grateful for that and are going to be baptized on the 16th. This week was full of trials but also miracles. Truly, I've been able to see the Lord's hand in the work as Verdoni and I try our best. We both haven't felt happier in our whole mission. We are continuing to work hard and please the Lord. I love you all and hope you had an enjoyable New Years.</div>
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Merry Christmas to everyone! It was so great to be able to talk to the family on Christmas. It wasn't easy to put it all together, but when the moment finally came, we were able to talk to each other and it was great. It was really a special moment on Christmas. To start for the day, my companion and I got up and we started cooking our breakfast. I made some egg stuff as my companion cooked the bacon and hashbrowns. Sadly, it was so filling, we weren't able to eat that much. We then got ready and shot out to Doe Community to visit with Finda. Finda is the widow of Peter who passed away this past week. We found out this week that Peter was poisoned to death. He works in the Judiciary System as the Chief Sheriff and since Liberia is pretty hardcore, someone killed him for some reason. Very sad.</div>
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But we went to visit Finda to bring her a Christmas gift. We decided that we would buy her 50 kg's of Rice to support her for a little bit. She wasn't around so we dropped off the rice with a picture of Jesus on it. We saw her the next day and she was so grateful for the rice. She had a big smile on her face and she was smiling and laughing. She came to the investigator class and we taught Baptisms for the Dead to everyone. Finda raised her hand and asked about Peter, whether or not he is able to be baptized. We explained to her that he can be baptized, that they can be sealed, and that they can still be together again in the celestial kingdom. She had a big smile on the face and gave me a thumbs up. She is such a great lady and her faith at this time strengthens mine. This Christmas season has really been a special one. One that was not so much about me, but much more about others. It was nice to see people's Christmas and to improve their day with a smile or some service. Well, I love you all and hope you had a great Christmas as well.</div>
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I am thinking about what happened this week and I am completely in awe on how everything worked out. President Carlson left last week and was gone for the entire week. He needed an operation so he went to SLC to get it down and has yet to return. As he was gone, he wanted us to hold our own Mission Leadership Council with the six Zone Leaders. The Sisters were not invited. Too much too handle without President. It turned relatively great. I wanted to make it a council and not a direct instruction so I did a complete study on how to hold a good council. We actually discussed some good things that would benefit the mission and have since implemented them. And there were no mutinies so I found it rather successful.</div>
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We also had a Christmas Party for the mission that Elder Verdoni and I were in charge of. I remembered an activity Tyelar Eggers held with the youth when he returned from his mission called the Carnival of Life. I thought that it would be fun to do at the Christmas party so we had to get everything set up for that. Carnival Games, food, drinks, we had to get the chairs to the mission home. It was so much work. Luckily, I learned the Beauty of Delegation and having other people do jobs. We were able to string everything together and it worked out beautifully. Maybe I can tell you a little bit about it on Friday.</div>
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Something legendary happened today at the Party. President and Sister Carlson own two Crocodiles in their compound. One of the senior missionaries thought it would be a shame to have a Christmas Party and not bring a gift for the Crocodiles. (They are sorta named. People call them Ben and Jerry. I like Luke and Leia). The Senior missionary thought bringing two live Chickens to throw into their den would be a great gift. So we got it ok'd, bought the chickens, broke the wings so they couldn't fly and through them in one by one to watch. It was awesome! The first chicken was stupid and jumped in the water to escape... Failed. The second one was smart. Both crocodiles were in the water and it came right to the edge. One croc striked but barely missed. The chicken never went to the edge again. It was so smart that one of the members at the party took a long stick and pushed it to the edge. Once it got to the edge, the Croc didn't miss twice. It was great for all 50 elders in the mission to watch. Gotta love Christmas! </div>
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But all went well. Proselyting is alright. We have a sad situation where an investigator in Doe Community got really sick and is being operated on at the hospital. The wife ran into us today in town and just broke down sobbing in front of us. Our hearts broke. She was so afraid for her husband. The doctors sent her to go buy medicine which cost her 200 U.S. That's money that they don't have. Please keep Peter in your prayers for him to receive a speedy recovery and Finda so that her heart and mind may find peace in this situation.</div>
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Well, I love you all and hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas!</div>
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I hope to find you all happy and well. This week has been quite a week with all that has been taking place. But we are alive and well, and the week has never been more rewarding. Monday was transfers, so all of the missionaries within the mission were being moved around all over the place. In Ghana, we were able to utilize the public transportation rather well but the use of the transportation here is rather non existent. The only way we can move people around is through the use of the Mission Couples. Early Monday morning, transfers begins and doesn't end till 3 in the afternoon. Tuesday came and we had eleven elders come in from Ghana (7 were being trained in seperate missions before they came and 4 were from the MTC). They usually come in and we give them a quick orientation, supply them with boots, feed them, and send them to bed. They usually sleep with us in the Mission Office. However, their flight on Tuesday didn't land at 5 as expected but 8 instead. So, they didn't arrive to the office till around <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2021398116" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:30</span></span>. We rushed to get everything set up for them and by the time we had everything accomplished, it was <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2021398117" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">11:30</span></span>. The next morning, we woke up early, got them dressed and sent them on their way around 12. Later on Wednesday, we had another arrival of a missionary from the Provo MTC. I felt really bad for him. Here was this kid from Utah, who is coming from Utah which is roughly 30 degrees right now, landing in a place full of Black people, roughly 95 degrees with 100% humidity, stuck with a people who prefer to speak broken english and not normal english. Us other missionaries had the grace period to get used to the culture in the MTC. He is coming in cold turkey. And not to make matters worse, his luggage decided not to come to Liberia but to take a trip to Amsterdam. That kid had the hottest night of his life...</div>
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Thursday we sent him out to his area but we received two more Elders for the night. One of the Elders got Malaria deep in the bush so they came in and stayed with us for the night. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2021398118" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> morning they went out to their areas. Finally, after Thursday, we were at peace for a little bit. </div>
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As for amazing things that happened this week, we began teaching our class in Doe Community. We showed up on Wednesday and there were ten people there ready for us to teach them. We taught the Class the Restoration and they loved it. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2021398119" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Saturday</span></span> we went again and there were 12 people there so we taught them the Plan of Salvation. We extended the baptismal date to them for the <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2021398120" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9th of January</span></span> and you would never have met a happier people. Yesterday, we went again after church because the Branch Mission Leader said that if we want a bigger crowd, then we would have to come<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2021398121" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Sunday</span></span> because a lot of people work out of town during the week. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2021398122" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday's</span></span> class consisted of 23 investigators. All of these people have been coming for months and have just been waiting for missionaries to baptize them. </div>
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As for other news, last night our Generator caught fire and we had to sleep without electricity. Since we live in a concrete hotbox, we took our mattresses and mosquito nets and slept outside in on the balcony. Such a great decision. I did not sweat... as much during the night. Well, love you all and hope you are well.</div>
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Today, I'll admit, has been an absolutely wonderful day. Should I relate to you what has made me the happiest person in Liberia? This morning, as I opened up my email, I saw an email from my brother. I automatically click on that one because those are relatively rare. (No judging. Just stating the facts.) I was expecting a nice letter but no. All I got was a picture. But upon further examination, that picture was worth 1,000 words. Maybe 10,000 words. It was a picture of the pitcher Zack Greinke with the caption that he has reached an agreement with the Arizona Diamondbacks to pitch. The thought came into my mind that I must have died in my sleep because THIS WAS HEAVEN!!! I cannot confirm or deny that I did a couple victory laps around the office out of celebration! I was stoked. I didn't know the Diamondbacks would do this. I didn't think they could do this. Where did that money come from? Ah. Who cares though right? haha. The Diamondbacks are stepping it up! If you all want to join the bandwagon now, I won't judge you. I welcome it. You can buy Dbacks gear from Marshalls. I won't judge. That's where you all got your Giants stuff anyways so what shame is there in buying Dbacks stuff from there? Right Dad? ;) ( Let the "Greinke broke his arm and is out for the year" jokes commence)</div>
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Now to my week. My foot has healed. It's not broken since it's not black and blue. But I do think I sprained it in my inability to move an object that is rolling away from me on a dirt football field in the bush. Please judge me if you will but it's an accomplishment to play on something that isn't designed to be played on, thank you very much. </div>
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We also planned for another baptism with a guy named Moses. He is about 21 years old and has a girlfriend that is very pretty and seems to go with the flow of every other Liberian girl (that means Virtue and Purity and all other synonyms are not in her dictionary.) We thought he was keeping himself strong but yesterday he confessed to us that he broke Chastity last week with her. After the lesson, my companion and I talked and we decided to push back his date. We haven't had a chance to tell him but it'll break his heart. He got up yesterday in Testimony meeting telling everyone how excited he is for his baptism. Maybe something like this will shake him and help him out with this problem. I went through a series of questions with him that went something like this, "Will you break Chastity around other people?" "No." "Will you break chastity outside in the daylight or just outside in general?" "No." "Well then, make sure when you hang out with her, you have people around and you are outside. Does anything ever good happen alone in the Dark?" "No." "Exactly." We'll see how it goes but if he can prove he can refrain from sexual activity by January, we should baptize him on Dad's birthday.</div>
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Lastly, we are teaching Moses and Emma Woe. Just the sweetest and nicest couple you can ever imagine. They bought my companion and I a bowl for food but since we can't eat FM's, they are waiting and asking each time we visit if they can feed us. So nice. Yesterday, we were teaching them and I had the prompting to ask him about his marriage, if it's traditionally approved or civilly approved. (Baptisms in Liberia must be civilly approved, not traditionally. Unlike Ghana, a baptism can be traditional to be recognized by the government.) Before I can ask him, he just went on a tangent that carried himself to traditional marriages in which he admitted that he is not civilly married, only traditionally. He asked if they can still be baptized. We told them no, that it has to be civilly approved and recognized. He accepted it and said he would work on it. I told him I'd follow up each week to see how it's going. Each marriage certificate costs $50. Don't know if I'll pull a Brandon or not? </div>
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I hope you all are doing well. I hope you all had a wonderful week, especially a Thanksgiving week. Some may be curious and think to themselves, "I wonder how Elder Treadway celebrated Thanksgiving?" Well, let me tell you... working. We didn't celebrate it at all, if you don't count eating rice celebrating. It was relatively lame in hindsight but we didn't even think about it being Thanksgiving. But we thought about it <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1809396077" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span> and felt a little remorseful that we didn't celebrate Thanksgiving. So, we celebrated Black <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1809396078" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> by buying some Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream sandwiches and eating those. So, a little redemption... I guess.</div>
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This week in Proselyting was relatively successful. We didn't add any new investigators or receive any referrals but we were able to really move quite a few people along to baptism. A lot of times, with a big number for baptism, it's a rush to teach them everything. But, we are feeling comfortable where everyone is at right now and there is no need to have a big rush. We have one investigator, Mike, who seems to come up with some random question that seems like he got from an anti- mormon. It's funny because he'll ask us a question like, "How many people will be saved?" So we answer him and just say, "Anyone who chooses to really." He then asks us to read Revelations, yes, the one about the 144,000 (oh those Witnesses) and we just go and pick apart that scripture. Not so much pick apart but truly explain it to him. He just has a smile and says, "That works for me." He knows the church is true but I don't know where he gets these questions because they are typed out on a piece of paper.</div>
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Today, we went and played a football match today. It was a rather hot day. No clouds. 100% humidity and I'll say that people were comparing my face to the color of the setting sun. But as we were playing, the ball came my way. I let it pass knowing I can catch up to it and control it. I decided to make a pass without controlling the ball so I go to kick it pretty hard. As my foot comes down with great strength, a Tree Stump decided to sprout from the ground magically. My foot slammed it and the pain was excruciating. I don't know what a break feels like seeing that Treadway's have metal bones (knock on wood) but this was painful. I try to rub some dirt on it but the pain didn't leave. I sat out for about one minute, drank some water, and then ran back in because the game was tied 4-4 and we were playing to 5. I couldn't end it on a sour note. One Elder I heard mention, "Man. Treadway's back. I'm not on his team but I want them to win now." And win we did! Was it worth going out again to win? Yes. How does my foot feel now? Awful! Good thing President Carlson is a doctor. He checked it. It's not broken. He thinks. Just a really bad sprain. Hopefully it feels better this week. Well, Love you All and Hope you are all Well.</div>
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This week was been such an eventful week! Lot's of things happening. Lot's of movement in the mission. So, I guess you heard. Ebola has struck again in Liberia. It was just on the outskirts of Monrovia. 4 people have been diagnosed. They have quarantined 150 as of today. We have already taken the necessary precautions. We moved out three companionship's near that area. We have placed the mission under the Ebola Response Program until we get further notice. Elder Vinson of the Seventy said that if we want to stay in Liberia, we have to follow this strictly. So: 1. No handshaking (Do you have any idea how difficult that is?) 2. No Free Meals (Turn down EVERYTHING! I already had to turn down a member. He was sad) 3. No buying food on the street. It's difficult to follow. We hope that after a few weeks, we can be back to normal business. But until then, we are just taking precautions. We hope this doesn't spread. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have finally taken upon myself a Utah Status Missionary. My companion and I are not covering just one branch now, we are covering two. The nearby branch, Doe Community, has been asking for missionaries but we don't have the number to send them missionaries. So, President gave us permission to begin teaching there. We went to church there yesterday. I taught the investigators class. So, as I started the class, I asked for all people who have not been baptized to raise their hands. I wish you could have seen it. Everyone's hands went up! There were 30 hands in the air. My companion and I just looked at each other. The Branch Mission Leader had been teaching them lessons 1-5 in Preach My Gospel. They have just been waiting for missionaries to come and baptize them. So, we are going to review with them all of the lessons for the next couple of weeks. And then, we are hoping for a mass baptism. It's incredible. The work is crazy over here. It's exciting. Well, I love you all. Have a great thanksgiving! </div>
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I hope everyone is alive and well. Sad to hear what happened in Paris this week. The way I found was quite interesting. I was sitting with members yesterday. One says, "Sad what happened in Paris." "What happened in Paris?" was our response. He just looked at us like we crazy. He then told us. Nuts! </div>
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Monrovia right now is in chaos. There has been a new policy passed by the President to allow the Mayor to clean up the streets. So, you wanna know what she has been doing? Every day, she goes through neighborhoods. Any house she doesn't like, she takes it down. This lady is an extreme Home Owners Association. One of the neighborhoods we proselyte in looks like a complete bomb site. Peoples houses are demolished. As if their living situation wasn't bad enough, let's take away your one good piece of shelter. People are so scared, that they cleaning up everywhere, painting every brick. I guess it's an effective way to get the area clean? One investigator already lost her house though. But the members have not been effected yet. Our Branch mission Leader had the house next to him destroyed but his is standing. People are not happy around here. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723468683666460853.post-46264569107199560692015-11-17T17:22:00.001-08:002015-11-17T17:22:54.390-08:00November 2, 2015 Elder Bednar is in the Building!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Good Afternoon Everyone!</span><br />
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This week has been an exceptional week. We received new missionaries on Tuesday, so my companion and I ran through an orientation with them and got them all set up. Thursday, we had to go and give correction to some missionaries on how to give correction. (Lead by example?) Saturday, a film crew came in to document Elder Bednar's visit to Liberia. They were filming for the World Report so they wanted to catch missionaries in the act. They interviewed a few missionaries. They interviewed my companion and I, they videoed us contacting, and then our investigator came to the chapel to be taught, so they thought it would be wonderful to video us teaching her. Bless her heart. She was hyperventilating the whole time. I asked her to give the opening prayer and with fear in her eyes, she whispered, "Prayer?" She did fine though. Maybe you will see her on the World Report next General Conference. </div>
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Sunday, Elder David A. Bednar, Elder Donald L. Hallstrom, and Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. came to instruct the entire country of Liberia. It was one of the most influential and spirit filled meetings of my life. Elder Hallstrom instructed on the ability we have to change and not stand still. Elder Bednar instructed on the Grace of God and how they can use it to overcome their various challenges. He discussed the positive impact of Ebola which is providing the church here with independence and the desire to do missionary work without full time missionaries. Near the end of his instruction, he paused and said, "I want to have everyone sing 'How Firm a Foundation'" The congregation of 4,100 Liberians began singing this beautiful hymn. The spirit flooded the room as I broke down to tears. Not for the words. But the words filled my mind, "I don't want to go home. I don't want to leave these people." I began crying knowing that my time is coming to a close. Who would want to leave this? Who would want to leave these people? I thought I was the only one crying until I looked down the row and the other missionaries were crying. That comforted me. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At the baptism, we had quite an experience. As we were sitting there, my companion and I, we were watching our candidates for baptism walk in with their whites. I was filled with such happiness. Then, an old man walks in with a white jumpsuit on. I wasn't teaching an old man. Then, a teenage boy walks in with another white jumpsuit on. I wasn't teaching a teenager. So, I pull the Branch Mission Leader aside and ask him who they are. He thought they were our candidates. No! So, literally, we had to negotiate and talk them out of getting baptized today. They were so upset. They were people who had saw there was a baptism and wanted to be apart of it so they went into the bathroom and put on the jumpsuit. Tell me, what other mission has that problem. In Ghana, I never talked anyone OUT of being baptized. It's a whole different ball game out here. </div>
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So what a week this was? This was a quite interesting, entertaining, and adventurous week. First off, Conference was very sweet. Yes, I was able to watch all of it except for Priesthood session. I realized that we have plenty computers in the office so I just asked President if I could watch conference at all. He just said, why not? So, at four in the afternoon on Saturday, I watched the Saturday Morning Session. At 8 at night, I watched the Saturday Afternoon Session. The talks were exceptional and inspiring. Answers to personal questions and advice to pleas were given. I felt spiritually filled and enlivened. I loved, especially, the talk from Elder Bradley D. Foster, who will forever hold a special place in my heart for the way that he made a dramatic change in my life. I loved the talk by Quentin L. Cook, especially when he talked about Self- Control (who for those who knew me back home... this was my weakness) I continue to fight to make it a personal strength of mine, I've had my ups and downs, but it was very inspiring. </div>
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So this week was crazy for a couple of reasons. Before I begin, I want to tell you Mom, I'm fine. Everyone is safe. And this won't happen to me since I live in one of the most secure buildings in Liberia. Ok, since that Preface didn't hint anything at all, let's jump right into this one. Thursday morning, I got a call from President Carlson. I thought it was my alarm so I just thought, forget! I'll let my companion get it. So, my companion got out and answered it. Turned out, during the middle of the night, four armed robbers broke into a missionaries apartment. How did the missionaries wake up to it? They were woken up by the robbers slapping them with their machetes. They began threatening to cut off arms and legs and then locked all four of them into a room and stole everything in the apartment. So, the Elders broke out of the room, ran to a nearby neighbor and called President. So, for the past few nights they have been staying with us as their apartment has been being fixed and more secure. Two of the Elders were really scarred by the incident so we put them together as companions and sent them far across the mission to help open up an area. (Taking advantage of the situation to grow the mission). It was a frightening experience for them but most of them have the spirit of adventure so they are doing well. Well, this week I have my first Missionary Leadership Council that my companion and I are in charge of. It will be an interesting one since all of the Zone Leaders and Assistants came from Different missions. We will see how it goes. Love you all and hope you are well.</div>
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Greetings from Liberia. Hope you all are doing well. This week was a relatively great week. We were able to visit with quite a few people. Extended some baptismal dates for the 10th of October. So, we are working with about ten for that date. We have more people we need to be meeting with and we are getting more referrals. But, just to keep myself sane, I need to just focus on ten and I promise that I'll get to the other ones. A lot of people have been coming to church for months now so a couple of weeks won't change anything. </div>
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Well, this week, my companion and I had to go to Thinker Village to visit with some investigators. Thinker Village doesn't have missionaries yet but the Branch President is insisting that four people there are prepared to be baptized so we went to see how ready they were. We met with one guy and he just knew everything so well. But, I felt inspired to ask him right after his big monologue what he knew about Eternal Marriage. He knew nothing so we had the Branch Mission Leader teach Lesson 5 before we come back this Thursday for the interview. Four Convert Baptisms without missionaries. Crazy. </div>
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Other than that, my companion and I are staying sane. Working hard and loving the people. Love you All and Hope you are doing well.</div>
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Hello Family! It has been quite an interesting week this week. I've definitely had an increase of diligence with writing in my journal. I think I have had experiences this past week that, well I don't really know how to describe. First off, the subject of my email. The woman here seem to not care about their clothing, or amount of clothing, that they have. We taught a lesson to two eighteen year old girls, (we had a branch missionary with us) and they were showing cleavage like no other. One girl looked like her shirt was about to fall over. I was just looking at her just thinking, "That's going to be really awkward when that shirt fails to cover you..." She would adjust but my companion and I would look at each other just thinking, "Nope. Didn't do anything!" Didn't help that her sister was sleeping topless behind us. We were like Daniel in the Den of Lions! </div>
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The missionary work here is incredible. Numbers don't mean anything but we were able to get 20 referrals this week and 23 investigators attended Sacrament Meeting. My companion and I were dumbfounded. We had never even touched close to a total that high in all of our time serving. I was really confused but we acted fast. I quickly realized that with the time we have as Assistants, we don't really have much time to proselyte. So as for the two girls who seem to love wearing nothing, they can have another time to hear the gospel. As for now, we have 23 people who are prepared and ready to hear the gospel. One guy wanted to join the church so he went onto <a href="http://lds.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">lds.org</a> and contacted someone in Salt Lake and they directed him to the chapel. That doesn't ever happen! I didn't even think something like that happens! But it did! Mom, you prayed for more teaching appointments. Well, here you have it! </div>
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As for Assistant business, this week wasn't too crazy. We had an orientation for the new Elders that arrived. We fed them some Liberian food that a sister down the road made. They didn't really like it too much. They were complaining how spicy it was. What's awkward is that it didn't even faze me. They are going to suffer. We are facing another problem as well. Sisters, or lack thereof. I never thought I would say this but our mission needs more sisters. We only have five in the mission and three are leaving by December and we are getting another one in October. Other than that, we have no scheduled Sisters coming. We have no idea what to do when it comes to these Sisters. But we think we have found a solution. We might send one of the new ones home. She came in on Tuesday and we found out through her trainer that she can't read, write, or spell. It kind of makes you a little ineffective. So President kind of wants to send her home which will clear space to not have three Sisters for forever but we will have two. We will see what happens, won't we? Well, I hope you like this picture. Why? Because I almost got robbed trying to get it for you. You may laugh but na. I'm serous. I straight up tried to get robbed. This ain't Ghana anymore. You are playing with the Big Boys Now! haha. Love you All.</div>
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So, I made it safely to Liberia. Leaving Ghana was a bit emotional. I didn't cry... because I'm a man but still. When I landed in the Station in Cape Coast preparing to head to the mission home, a couple of the members in Greenhill were able to meet me there to send me off. A great way to head out of Ghana. I ate my last Ghanaian Fufu in the mission home and then the next day, I headed out to Liberia. LIberia is a little different. It's much more humid here. And it hasn't stopped raining since Saturday. They gave everyone boots to where, which makes me look really gay but they came in handy yesterday when some of the neighborhoods flooded from the nearby river. Liberia is extremely poor as well. I've been surprised at the situations some of these people live in. I thought Ghana was bad... but forget! Liberia tops it off. There are some perks though. There is a much greater variety of American food to buy. We were walking through one of the supermarkets and were dumbfounded by some of the food. Weight Watchers Ice Cream, Oreo's, Mtn. Dew, pretty much anything your heart desires. Mind. Blown.</div>
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So as for companions, my companion is Elder Verdoni. He is from Mesa, Arizona. President Carlson called us to be the Assistants. So, it will be quite an adventure trying to get this thing started. We are staying in the mission office. It's only the two of us here at night from 7 going so it relatively is quiet. But we do have nice living arrangements. We get a Generator till 10 in the evening and all night we sleep with no fan or anything. So that has taken some adjusting to. But it's not bad. </div>
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So you all may be wondering what is going on with this whole Liberia Thing. So, I just got a call about 20 minutes ago from President Stevenson telling me that I'll be leaving on Thursday morning to head to Liberia. So, Wednesday evening I'll head to the Mission Home and then head off from there. It's kind of bittersweet, but I'm glad that I finally have the news. Time to pack...</div>
Yesterday, I had one of the biggest laughs of my mission. All of the missionaries went to a members place yesterday to eat. The father of the family is just a very strange guy. Just that guy, who likes to talk so sophisticated but just is anything but. But, I heard that he likes to sing so I asked him if he could sing. That guy looked at me with the biggest smile. I was just so ready, all of the Elders were ready. He looked at us, tipped his head just slightly, smiled with that great gap in his teeth, then just started scat singing. haha! I lost it. I just started crying! I think I insulted him. Good thing I'm leaving on Wednesday right? I was prepared for a normal song and all. I didn't see the scat singing. That was left field status! </div>
Today we had a wonderful activity with my District. It's the last time we will all be together. So, we played Dodgeball. Everyone seemed to have a fun time. No one got injured, which is a plus. No one got into fights or anything. Another plus. I'll be sad to go. </div>
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