for my mom...

All missionary mothers (and fathers) like to see their missionary son or daughter.  This is for my 94 year old mother...I love you Mom.

Another one, only back 36 years ago, serving in the Louisana Baton Rouge Mission.  :-)

Congo Cross Elders

On their way to visit their families after waiting for President Roggia to interview one of their candidates for baptism. (This is for Sister Akwah and Sister Visser...."hi moms"

An Office Elder Meeting and West Africa travels

Elder Hickey and Elder Allred talking with Elder Patterson about plans for Bo.  Elder Allred will be going there as an office elder and training a new missionary from the Ghana MTC.  He will be doing lots of multitasking plus opening a new area to missionary work. Because we are going from 60 missionaries to 94-100 in the next coming months, he will help find apartments and gather the furnishings for them .  Elder Hickey will be working the apartments and furnishings in Freetown with another elder that he will train because he finishes his mission in August.

This was just a fantastic sunset the other night in Freetown!

Huts on the road to Bo.  The highway is new and great to drive on.  I love to see the huts and the craftsmanship that goes into them.

See the hanging wet clothes on bamboo poles?  As a young girl on the farm in Montana, I remember hanging clothes on the fence to dry, too.

This is some of the highway going back to Freetown from Bo.

 Recently, I split a tooth.  It didn't hurt any but I knew it couldn't last too long in that condition.  While in Ghana a few weeks ago, the area doctor made an appointment for me with a competent dentist.  This was his dental office parked next to....

his actual dental building where I had a cleaning.

On the flight to Ghana

Back to Freetown

a little Bo, a little Freetown, a little Monrovia

Elder Ditsi, Elder Hilton and Elder Iheanacho with Elder Grabau in the back on their way home from Bo District Conference.

 Elder Stott, Elder Bennion and Elder Vaughan waiting to leave.

Elder Grabau goes home next week so everyone was signing his notebook and saying good-bye.

Some of the missionaries walking toward the road for transport to their areas...

Dinner with the Kimballs and Kirkams June 1st before we flew back to Accra.

 Elder Svongwa and Elder Grabau

 Elder Eyinda, Elder Addo, Elder Emanuelson and Elder Rochester with a family baptized last week.

Elder Addo, Elder Emanuelson, Elder Lowe and ElderBuckman with three others who were baptized last week.  (last two pictures courtesy of Elder Rochester's camera)

Bo District Conference this weekend

Our missionaries after Bo District Conference.  There were 1128 in the congregation today! Amazing amount of Latter-day Saints in one building.  We had to run speakers into different rooms to accommodate all.  It was a great conference. 

Elders hamming it up.  I told them after the one serious picture they could stand however they wanted....lol

President Roggia walking and talking with Elder Kitson-Dodoo and Elder Stott after District Conference.

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.