Where is time going? i have been talking about serving a mission my whole life.. and now i am serving one, but time is flying by, two years simply is not going to be long enough for what i need to do here. i am working as hard as i can in every way possible, i push my "trainer" elder boateng every day, he has been out for 10 months and he is getting a little bit lazy. i am trying to give everything i have to the lord for this short time that i have. we had another baptism on Saturday, we baptized Raheal and her brother which i cant remember his name right now for some reason. But they both came to us when i first got here and wanted to be members of the church. what a blessing they have been to me, Raheal is only 11 and she has been the best example to me, she is the most humble girl, and she is my best friend. One of the things that the Lord wants for me is to be Humble. I thought that i was humbled enough, but this past week changed that. On Tuesday we ran out of water, so i had to go and fetch water out of this hole, so that i could shower for the day! (if you can still call it a shower) Then on Friday we had a hard day teaching, most of our appointments for the day fail before lunch, we only taught two lessons before 2oclock. being vary frustrated we went back to the apartment for lunch. we started to make our lunch when our stove ran out of gas... being frustrated already my comp went and laid on his bed. I dont know if it was my stomach telling me i have to eat, or me just trying to look at the good side of things. so i went out on our porch and built a fire. i made us lunch over a fire, it wasn't the best thing but i did my best, and i didnt give up. i have been humbled more and more ever day. i have been blessed so much in my life, and my eyes are being opened to that. Another thing that i am learning alot is how to be patient, every day i teach people.. some as old as dad that have the intelligence of an 8 year old. there is nothing more frustrating, but its a good thing i had some practice with brittion. people over here only go to school if they have money, then when they only have money for food they stop going to school. it breaks my heart when we teach people that cant read, how can we help some one who cant help themselves. they have to have some way of building their own testimony, but if they cant read the scriptures it is really hard to do that.
This week i almost lost my arm.. no to worry mom but we were in a troho on our way to Nkowkow and i had my arm out the window. i had a bad felling, but i wasn't listing to the spirit. then i had an itch on my other arm, not even 3 seconds after i moved my arm in we got side swiped. It amazing how the spirit works when we are in harms way. mom i am in good hands, the lord is protecting me, just keep praying for me!
When is rains around here, is means "free shower" haha people will just get naked and run out in the rain to shower. funniest thing that i have ever seen in my life. It is amazing the joy that can come from having nothing, this is probably as close as i am going to get to having nothing and i am happier then i have ever been in my life!~ Next Saturday we are having a big baptism, we are now working with 11 people getting them ready for baptism. please pray for me and my companion that we might be able to do everything in our power to help these good poeple. i have been having a hard time learning names, i meet so many new people every day. every one wants to talk to me, just because i am white, and they are always open to listen to our message!
My diet couldn't be worse right now, i dont think that fufu is really the best thing for you to eat, but i dont have many options so i am doing the best with what i have, i eat a lot of rice bread, bananas .. and thats about it. i love and miss you all! keep praying for me!
love elder berry
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