Elder Paulson in the Ghana Accra West Mission

Good Afternoon friends and family.

Again I hope this letter finds you all well.

So Monday- we went to the mall and I enjoyed KFC and did a little shopping, then we came back and emailed and it started to rain really bad. My clothes fell off the line and got dirty so I had to wash most of them again.

Tuesday- Was a normal proselyting day. First we went to check on this lady named Sewa, who was also baptized this week! She was really excited to be baptized! We also saw Daniel and helped him to prepare to be baptized this week! He is awesome and was so excited to be baptized. We did some contacting and received a referral from my recent convert Sam. He wants us to start teaching his sister. Really excited about that!

Wednesday- In the morning we had a Zone Training, From our Zone leaders Elder Morris and Elder Dini. I learned a lot about how we should teach from the spirit and help out our investigators to know that they are feeling the spirit in themselves. Then we did exchanges. I went with Elder Berthlesen, he is a new Missionary who has only been in Ghana for one week. Which was really cool to help and teach him a little. He is a awesome missionary.

Thursday- I was with Elder Berthlesen all day and we went and saw Joyclen, shared with her a small message. Then the rest of our day all our appointments fell through so we contacted around our area. It was cool to see how well he is doing though. We then exchanged back and I went to be with Elder Hall my MTC comp!

Friday- Was the best day! I was with Elder Hall who makes me laugh so much haha. He has the best attitude about things! We went and visited some recent converts and then ate some rice and then I had to go back and get my stuff at their apartment. We did some contacting, some thing I think to myself while we are contacting is that even though they might not accept this message now, that I am still continuing the work, the work can still progress. We then did one more exchange and Elder Bawden who came to be with me.

Thursday - Elder Bawden and I were together, we first saw some members and recent converts, most of the appointments I had set fell through. We saw this lady Mary who is a new investigator, she is about 27 years old and is awesome, a solid investigator. We then had lunch and saw some members. Then I had a tender mercy from a member who was driving while we were looking for a bus to take us back to his area so we could exchange back, he picked us up and took us all the way to the area which is like 45 mins away. Then we exchanged back.

Sunday- Sunday was missionary Sunday so we were in charge of blessing the sacrament and giving a talk. I was the one who gave the talk. I talked on how members and missionaries can work together to do missionary work. I thought it went well. My companion said I was talking to them not at them so I think that is a good thing. Then we had our awesome baptisms with Bro. Daniel and Sis. Sewa. Both of them were baptized and I really was very happy! A lot of the ward members came to support which was awesome. I'll send pictures. I did not do the baptizing because we had a member do it, which is better for the new member because it helps them to have a someone from the ward fellowship them. That was basically our Sunday though, it was awesome!

In my BOM reading I am in 3rd Nephi now, in about chap 19. These past chapters have been about when Jesus comes and visits the Nephites and he lets them0 feel his hands and the pierce in his side. He calls 12 apostles and tells them to baptize the people who are willing to follow. I love these chapters. The saddest part is when Jesus ascends back into Heaven and you can see how sad the people are.

This week i caught a goat. It was awesome!

Well that's about all I have. I love all you people! Stay safe.

Elder Paulson