This week...

Elder Kargbo served for 25 months 

having a 30 day extension. Today President Roggia released him from his mission.  He lives in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  We will see him often. We will miss his solid, calm example to all.  Thank you for your faithful service to the Lord!

Elder Rochester, a lady they are teaching, and Elder Eyinda.  They visited the Mission Office today to talk with President Roggia. (Elder Rochester gave me the fun video on the last post)

Br. Sahr Doe, our Facilities Manager, holding all the many, many keys to the new Kissy Building that seemed to take a very long time to complete.  He was a very happy man!

 We are having the Mission Office and chapel painted.  We thought we'd show what kind of scaffolding the painters use:  wooden poles of varying sizes and in different angles.

This is a common ladder we see.  Still more pics to come...had no internet today till tonight.

If all preparation days could be like this

Elder Lowe, District Leader, jumping with all his might with all of the school children cheering him on.  The Freetown East Zone went to the school to play games like the sack race.  Elder Lowe said the "junior" companions had already won and he was coming in last on the "senior" team.   He decided to keep going and give it his all. The children are hopping along with him!  Elder Lowe goes home in 2 weeks.

More Liberia snaps... and one for Sister Grabau

To Sister Grabau:   Elder Grabau and Elder Smoot....happy, healthy and a message from your son, "I am just fine and feeling great. Thanks Mom."

One of our previous missionaries, Br. Wisseh, with his wife and baby girl.

Baby Wisseh....so cute!

Beautiful bird....the colors were just so bright.

Creativity...

We saw this set of weights at the dock next to the Lungi Airport.

Elder Tim's bed on the left and Elder Moss's bed on the right. Talk about a shiny floor!

Elder Tims sweeping...

Elder Taylor cleaning

Elder Ameworlor's bed on the left and Elder Taylor's on the right.  Note the fans....only when the generator is on do they work to cool things down. More shiny floors

We saw Elder Lambson and Elder Pabie with their cooking gas downtown so put it in the truck to be delivered the next day.  Elder Lambson hefting it...they are very heavy.

The Caldwell Apartment's generator kept going on the blink so here is Elder Moss carrying it to the truck...These things are really, really heavy.

Elders Essel, Okeke, Njaga, Marveh, (front) Pabie and Kotey....  Notice Elder Marveh and Elder Kotey's matching ties...

Elder Taylor's training this time and his brand new companion is Elder Ameworlor from Ghana.

There's more snaps tomorrow....

We're back after three weeks in Liberia and Ghana.

Sister Kimball's famous vegetable medley...next add linguine and some Alfredo sauce.  Very yum. She is a great cook.  We stay with the Kimballs every time we come to Monrovia.  We enjoy their hospitality.

After Liberia afternoon district meetings, Elder Chaparadza, Elder Boateng, Elder Tims, Elder Moss, Elder Pabie, Elder Lambson.  Front row.  Elder Amawolor and Elder Taylor and one of the boys.

 After Monrovia Zone Conference...

Sister Smith, Church Service Missionary, Miss Annie (a wonderful Catholic lady) and Sister Kimball after Bushrod Island District Conference.  We had 825 there.  It was huge.  The Kimballs spoke and so did President Roggia and I.

Elder Tims uplifted by nearly all of the Zone!

Elder and Sister Kirkham arrived on May 31st at the Roberts International Airport in Monrovia.  They will be serving a 23 month mission with us!  We are so excited and happy to have them here.  The Kimballs are teaching them all they can before they leave on July 3rd.  Welcome Kirkhams!!

Freetown Zone Conference

 Freetown Zone conference

 Eating lunch

 Caribbean Fusion catered a large portion of curried chicken and rice for us for less than $4.00 a plate or 15,000 Leones each.

Everyone helping to put the tables and chairs back in place....we are on our way to Monrovia right now.  We will post those snaps when we can get close to an internet.

Bo Zone Conference

 Elder Boakye and Elder Tade.  Elder Boakye just arrived last week and Elder Tade is his trainer.

Getting sitted before Zone Conference begins. 

Elder Svongwa and Elder Kenner

 Elder Merrill, Elder Stott, Elder Vaughan, and Elder Bennion

 Elders Ditsi, Br. Sandy (branch missionary), Elder Wood and Elder Bennion

 Br. Sandy (branch missionary) and Elder Wood. To Mama Wood: "I have gained weight.  I am eating more bread. I have had to let my belt out. I am doing "perfect push-ups" three sets of 20, 12 and 8 plus abs.

 :-)   (Elder Stott in the background)

All of Bo Zone after Zone Conference.

This and thats....

Elder Jenkins had a bad tooth pulled.   Sister Patterson got some ice to put on his left cheek.  We checked out all the meds and called the area doctor to make sure they were all okay to use.  We took him and his companion to the apartment for the rest of the day.  (It has healed up very well, Sister Jenkins.)

Elder Eyinda, Elder Visser and his new companion, Elder Akwah.  I loved their smiles!

Elder Appleby's closet in their Grafton Apartment. (He didn't know I was going to take this and said he would have cleaned it better.  I told him it was just fine.)

Elder Kargbo's bed on the left and Elder Appleby's on the right.

This is the outside of their new apartment.  Four elders moved into it a couple of weeks ago.  It has a large area for a meeting place.  We started a new Home Unit there last Sunday.  Seventy-seven attended.  We ran out of chairs.  The elders call it "the palace".  It's brand new and the landlord was happy to rent it.

After the meeting, we were standing outside. It was very hot out and we were all wiping off the sweat! It had really rained the night before.

Elder Tims talking away! He was transferred to Liberia so got to enjoy the new apartment for only two weeks.