I Love The Ghanaian People--So Friendly, Generous & Giving--I Will Miss That!

Dear Family & Friends,

Well today is probably one of the greatest days I will be having. Today is kind of my last email. I don't know if I will send one next week because you will be here to see me, but maybe you can check it at the mission home or something, so maybe I will still send one. So this last week was a little hard. We realized this week that we cannot achieve the goal we set, we were so sure about it, but people still fail sometimes. We still had 4 people at church, some of them are new some are old. We will be baptizing two people this week. On the 27th we still have one more baptism, but he is shaky right now. We will find more out on Wednesday to see if he is ready or not. He was supposed to be baptized this week but he did not come to church so we have to push him.

We finally were able to teach the father of the 2 kids that we could not baptize on the first week of the transfer--the guy is really cool and ready for the Gospel. The mother also says she will be coming to church this Sunday so we are happy about that. So things always work out for the best.

Well this is going to be the craziest week of my whole mission---waiting for the day that I get to see my parents once again after 2 years---now that is pretty crazy. I can hardly wait. This Sunday is also Stake Conference so that means that we will not even be going to our own ward so I will not really get to say good bye to anyone. Pretty weird how everything works out.

Yesterday we went to a member’s house for a dinner appointment---that was pretty cool. It’s the first one I have had from a member since I came, so they are really cool. Funny thing is that they lived in America their whole life but they are Ghanaian---so everything they say or do is American. They are way cool. Today we will be going to the Abu's for dinner around 4:00--before we have to go out tonight. Funny thing about them is that Sister Abu is an American from Montana. She is also a convert she is really awesome. Brother Abu is from Ghana, so they are really American too. It’s been fun in this last area. We have worked so hard and I think just like every time when I leave it will pay off. I guess the blessings will come in a different way to me, maybe not in seeing all the people get baptized like I would like.

Well, today on the menu it’s going to be potato soup with bread---for the last week this is all I will be eating. It’s going to be really good. I love potato soup, especially the one at the Manti House Inn. Oh ya, and don’t forget no bake cookies. We are going to make plenty of them before I leave.

I cannot believe in one week you will be flying out to come to Ghana it’s so short now. I think you will be here on Monday so that is the reason I don't know if I will email, but maybe I will still send one just for fun. Then on Tuesday I will get to see you. That is weird. I am just so excited to be done and go back home to see everyone. It’s funny--I have met so many people here and got so use to everything it’s like home. Now I am going to start all over and go back to a foreign place that I cannot remember anything about. It’s weird how things work when you serve a mission.

There are a few things that I want to do before I go back: eat banko with fish for sure, eat some grilled plantain, and fufu with some sweet groundnut soup---those are the things that I love to eat. As for the Ghanaian people, I love all of them. It’s going to be weird not to see any people from Ghana for a while. I have come to love the way they are--so friendly, so generous and giving. It’s not easy to be like that but they are. I will miss that. When you come you will also see it.

Coming back home is going to be nice and I hope there will be lots of things to do. I was just thinking the first thing I want to do is sleep, then take a break for maybe a year and just sit in the house like a hermit. Just kidding! I want to go to work and school. Maybe I can also find a wife. ha ha! That is a joke, I promise. It will be nice to get in the groove of things back home again. No more busy schedule every day on always meeting new people. I just realized that this whole email is about home. I don’t really know what to say because I am just a little twitterpated, like mom always says.

I think the next time I really talk to you it will be in person, that is going to be really nice. It will be good to get released right when I get home. I really don't even know what time we get home, I forgot to look.

Well, I love you all so much. Sorry the email was so random this week. Have a great week everyone, I know that I sure will. I love you all and thanks for all the support while I have been out here with letters and emails and packages and everything else. I will always be grateful.

Love, Elder Jeremy Reid