June 2015 in Ghana

It has been two months since we left our beloved Ghana and I am finally getting around to writing the June and final blog.  Though we only spent 3 weeks of June in Ghana, the time we did spend was probably some of the busiest we ever experienced.  When we left Ghana, we also spent a couple of glorious weeks in  England and Scotland.  The time in England was basically a Heber C. Kimball memorial tour.  We hired a LDS tour guide, Peter Fagg, and asked him to focus particularly on my great, great grandfather, who was Heber C.  The time in Scotland was spent with my dear sister and her husband who are serving a mission in Oban, Scotland.  We invited our oldest daughter, Melinda, to join us on the tour.

When we arrived home, I believed I would have more time to complete the blog.  However, spending time with family and having two cataract surgeries has shown me the shortsightedness of my thinking. (By-the-way, I now have 20/20 vision without the aid of any corrective lenses.)  Though it has been some time since we have been home, I still wanted to recapture our final days in Ghana on our blog.

Monday June 1, 2015 was Family Home Evening with the other senior missionaries and also our "going away party".  Each senior couple who serve in Ghana receive a Kente cloth with the months of service embroidered on the cloth.  Elder Curtis, the President of the Africa West Area, came to the Family Home Evening to express gratitude for our service and present us with our Kente cloth.

Family Home Evening after the presentation of our Kente cloth.

James Ewudzie, who had become a good friend, was also at the Family Home Evening.  He was the fourth person baptized in the country of Ghana in 1978.  The other three have all passed on.  When we would meet Bro. Ewudzie, he would often mention some positive event in the church and then add, "It is because the church is true".  He is a wonderful and faithful man.

 

We spent that week in our office mostly finishing up and finalizing our assignments.  Though the Area Presidency tried, no one was ever found to replace us.  Thus, our assignments were divided up.  Elder and Sister Ridges took our Young Single Adult assignment, Bro. and Sister Ounleu from Ivory Coast took our "For Strength of Youth" assignment, Sister Terry and Elder and Sister Heckel were doing the Literacy assignment, and no one took our Young Men Young Women assignment, which made my heart ache a bit because training in the youth programs is so needed.

 

That week we also decided to take a picture of Elder Dube who was the member of the Area Presidency who we reported our stewardship to. 

His assignment had been changed and he was moving to Salt Lake and thus also leaving Ghana shortly after we were leaving.  He was such a joy to work with.  Most times when we visited with him he acted like he had all the time in the world to spend with us.  Often he would tell us stories about when he worked in Seminary and Institute, or when he was a mission president in Zimbabwe.  One of my favorite stories was when he told his conversion story to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Not surprisingly, it involved the greatest missionary the Church has ever known...the Book of Mormon.  He was, and still is, an inspiring and faithful man. 

 

Thursday night I took some fried rice to a missionary discussion with Stephanie, the girl we met while visiting a Young Women's class.  She had wanted to be baptized but the missionaries were concerned she was rushing it before she was ready.  Her "home situation" was a bit difficult and the missionaries were worried there would be no follow through and she would shortly become less active.  The missionaries had finished the discussion by the time we arrived, but wanted to continue teaching her.  I felt Stephanie was not excited to continue so I suggested that Stephanie teach us what she had learned.  So, Stephanie taught the lesson and did a fine job even asking questions and using scriptures.  I don't know if she ever got baptized.  The last time I heard from her was when she called us in the airport as we were about to leave Ghana.   She still expressed a desire to get baptized.

 

Thursday night was a big rain storm and many homes were flooded and lives were also lost.  One of the homes that flooded was our friend's home Larry and Doris Kitson-Mills.  Saturday we felt impressed to call them to see how they were doing.  Though they said they were fine, we decided to take them some food and check out their situation.  When we saw their mud-caked home and clothing, we offered to take some things home and wash it at our apartment in a washing machine.  Doris was washing all the clothing by hand in a bucket. They agreed to let us take some things, but  the items they were most concerned about were their temple clothing.  I told them I would take their clothing and bring them back all clean so they could attend the temple again.  Larry said, "Yes, and that is exactly what we will do".  

Doris and Larry trying to clean up their mud-caked home. 

 

There is a story I want to relate regarding the flooding of their home and the sweetness of that couple.  A few weeks earlier, Doris had taken me to her seamstress to make me a dress.  She and Larry had picked out and bought some beautiful fabric and wanted to have an African dress made for me.  We went to Doris' seamstress where I picked out the style I wanted.  I was measured and the seamstress told us she would let us know when it was finished.  (The seamstresses in Ghana use no patterns) While we were at their home with most everything covered in mud, Doris said, "So many things got ruined, but guess what...I saved your dress"!  She then proudly brought out a plastic bag with the jacket and skirt that had been made for me, carefully wrapped inside. 

  

The 2nd week of June was also filled with several exciting events. Thursday, Boatema Baidoo, the daughter of the manager of the apartments in the Ancillary Building where we lived, asked us to accompany her to the temple when she  received her endowments.  We had gotten very close with all of Brother and Sister Baidoo's children and had even gone to the temple with their previous two children.  Thus, we were pleased and honored to be asked to be part of Boatema's special day.  

Boatema and her mother in front of the Accra, Ghana Temple

 

To celebrate the event, we took them out to lunch afterwards.

 

Friday was the first Young Single Adult multistake activity for the year.  It took place in the Cape Coast Coordinating Council.  For several months previously, we had been advising the leaders of this three day and two night event.  Though we still felt there were lessons of delegation to be learned, the local leaders were almost totally involved with the planning and carrying out of the activity. We truly were, just advisors.  Elder Dube told us at the very beginning of our mission that our assignment was to prepare the local leaders to do activities on their own and not be dependent on the abrunis (white people).  

Some of the adult leaders of the multistake activity

 

Elder Call joined the Young Single Adults for a volley-ball game at the multistake conference in Winneba, Ghana.

 

Saturday we had the joy of witnessing the sealing of Stephen and Bridgette Ghartey to one another and to their 4 year old son, Alan.  The year before, they had been married according to the Ghana tradition.  At that time, we mentioned to them that we wanted to attend their sealing in the temple before we went home the following year.  They graciously fulfilled our desire and were sealed the week before we left.

Of course, we had to celebrate with lunch after the sealing.

 

The third, and final week in Ghana, began with our farewell address at the Area Devotional Meeting on Monday morning.  It was one of the more difficult things we have done to try and express our parting words to a people we had so grown to love.

Giving our closing remarks at the Area Devotional

 

That night we had our final Family Home Evening and dinner with Ernest and Sarah Gympoh and their son Anson.  Sarah's sister Mary also came later. 

                   Our "children" Ernest and Sarah Gympoh and our "grandson" Anson. 

 

During the week we were able to help Ernest and Sarah move into their "new" home.  We borrowed a truck from the Area and with Elder Call's excellent packing skills, we were able to move almost all of their belongings in two trips from their one room apartment to a two bedroom home that Ernest's brother, Collins, had helped refurbish and enlarge.

 



The new home with Ernest, Sarah, Anson, Elder Call, Mary and Collins.

 

I wanted to include in our blog a couple of pictures of the secretaries at the Area Office that were so helpful to us. Sometimes our computer skills were not as proficient as we would have liked.  But we always had efficient secretaries to help us.

 

Esther, the legal secretary, who was also willing to help us when our office was next to the Legal Department.  I would tell her that her mother must have known she would be as beautiful as Queen Esther in the Bible, so she gave her the same name.



 Dinah and Wendy.  They were actually the secretaries to the Area Presidency, but when we got moved to the office next to the Area Presidency, they helped us with our computer questions as the need arose.   

 

The final few days in Ghana were spent with a culminating event we had "worked" on for many, many months.  Rebecca Mensah was the receptionist at the Area Office.  We had become very close to Rebecca and had even been through a couple of  failed romances with her.  After some time, we noticed a young man, Matthew Lamptey, "hanging" around the reception area and talking with Rebecca.  She told us she was not interested in him...AT ALL...but as we took the time to get to know him, we became more and more impressed with him.  In fact, we became so impressed that we encouraged Rebecca to "give him a chance".  Well, to make a long story short, they decided to get married.  However, they had a problem.  Matthew was still in school, and did not have a full time job, and thus he had no money to pay the bride price that Rebecca's mother was insisting be paid.  Some days we would come to the office and Rebecca would be very discouraged.  She tried to tell her mother that she wanted to get married, but Matthew did not have money for the bride price and her mother would get angry at her and insist it must be paid.  We told Rebecca we would pray for her mother's heart to be softened.  Under Matthew's inspiration, Rebecca and Matthew also decided to visit the mother, which was a 5 hour drive, and thus quite a sacrifice.  I also told Rebecca I would speak with her mother.  To make another long story short, one day we came to the office and Rebecca told us a miracle had happened.  Her mother called her and told her that Matthew could just give what he could and her mother would also explain the situation to the other relatives.  It truly was a miracle. 

 

In order that Elder Call and I be included in all the wedding celebrations, Rebecca and Matthew scheduled the wedding to take place during our final weekend  in Ghana.  As mentioned before, it was a great culmination to our mission.  Weddings in Ghana have three parts.  The traditional wedding, the civil ceremony, and then the Temple sealing.  Friday was the traditional wedding and civil ceremony, and Saturday was the Temple sealing.  We left Ghana on Sunday. 

 

                                 The traditional wedding held at Rebecca's Aunt's home.

 

The  civil ceremony that was held at an LDS chapel.  Elder Call and I both spoke at the civil ceremony. 

                              After the civil ceremony.  Doing the "African pose".



       The most important part of all the wedding ceremonies...the Temple sealing.

It is hard to express the gratitude Elder Call and I have for the opportunity of serving a mission in Ghana.  Our love for the Ghanaian people is strong, but we feel even more importantly, our love for one another and for the goodness of God has grown beyond any expectation.  The only way we know to repay Him is to continue to serve in His Kingdom...until we can serve no longer. 

 

This is God's true Church on the earth today.  God, Jesus Christ, is at its head and it will continue to grow "as the stone which is cut out of the mountain without hands shall roll forth, until it has filled the whole earth." 

 

Until the "next blog"...Love Elder and Sister Call

 

May 2015 in Ghana

The time has come when we are counting down our mission in days.  It does not seem possible.  The month of May was another wonderful month of training.  However, the big difference is that we also trained our replacements.   There will not be a senior missionary couple to take our place so the Area Presidency decided to divide up our assignments.  The literacy assignment is being taken over by Elder and Sister Heckel and Sister Terry, our Young Single Adult Assignment has been given to another senior missionary couple who came to Ghana to help in the BYU-I Pathways Program, Elder and Sister Ridges, and  For Strength of Youth has been given to Bro. and Sister Ounleu who live in Cote d'Ivoire.  Bro. Ounleu was just released as an Area Seventy serving here in West Africa.  There will be no one taking our Young Men/Young Women assignment, which makes us a little sad, but there are not enough missionary couples coming to Africa and the need is so great.

Our May "adventures" began in Benin City, Nigeria doing the last training for the two FSY's being held there in August.   Then we were asked by the newly called Kasoa Stake YM/YW presidencies to do a training in "Come, Follow Me" for their Young Men/Young Women leaders.  Since the stake covers such a large geographical area, we did a training at one end of the stake in the morning and a second training at the other end of the stake in the afternoon.

A picture taken after the "Come, Follow Me" training in the Kasoa Stake.  Sister and Elder Call, Elsie Boateng, Bro. Annan-Simon, and Sister Frimpong.
















The next day, on Sunday, we had the third training for the FSY in the Accra West Coordinating Council.  It was a long training, but we had good attendance and we felt it went well.  Elder Call trained all those who had an "administrative" role in the FSY and I took all those who had a "ministering" role.

Then we all came together and practiced the line dance that the youth learn at FSY  The dancing may have been their favorite part of the training.  

                            

                                            Practicing the line dance.

The next Saturday Elder Call and I were asked to speak at the Standards Night for the Ashaiman Stake.  I gave a brief talk in the beginning, then we divided and the Young Men stayed in the chapel with Elder Call and I and the Young Women went to the Cultural Hall.  They had asked us to focus on Duty to God and Personal Progress so that is what we did.  I talked about Personal Progress and then actually had the girls do some activities for their Personal Progress.  I had them choose an activity to "strengthen home and family", then they memorized the Sacrament Prayer, and finally made a prayer chart. Besides getting the YW to begin to work on their Personal Progress, my intent was to show the YW leaders how they could incorporate Personal Progress with Mutual activities.  

The beautiful Young Women of the Ashaiman Stake working on their Prayer Charts.

The next week we met with Elder and Sister Ridges who will be taking our Young Single Adult assignment and trained them in the Stake YSA program and YSA multistake activities.  We are glad to have a senior missionary couple follow-up on the work we have been doing, but it is also hard to "let it go".  

After "training" the Ridges, we had scheduled a Young Men/Young Women training that weekend in the city of Ho in the Volta Region.  We had decided to take an extra day and do a little sight-seeing so we asked the Ridges to come along.  Though they have no assignment for Young Men/Young Women, they accepted to come with us.  The "amazing/miracle" thing that happened is that after we completed the YM/YW training, the District President said, "We will take a short break, and then Elder and Sister Call will train us in the Young Single Adult Programs."  We had not scheduled that training, but said,"Sure, we would love to".  We quickly consulted with one another and then did, what turned out to be, an engaging and informative training in the YSA programs.  In fact, Elder Ridges said, "Your impromptu training was as good as your scheduled training". The "miracle" is that we felt prompted to invite the Ridges to come with us, and then unbeknownst to us, they were able to watch a YSA training that is directly related to their missionary assignment. 

 

The day before the training, we visited a monkey sanctuary where the monkey's actually jump up on you and eat bananas from your hand.

Entering the jungle

Once you enter the jungle where the monkey's are protected, our guide called to them by using a sort of "kissing" sound with his mouth.  When he heard the monkey's were close, he got out the bananas and told us to stand still and hold out the bananas.  

When the monkey sees the banana, he approaches cautiously.  Then with more coaxing, takes some of the banana.  

When the monkey is convinced he/she is safe, and you have something that is enticing to them, they will climb or jump up on you to eat the banana from your hand.

 As I pondered on the process of feeding the monkey's, I decided it was much like doing missionary work.  First, one must go to where they can meet those who may be interested in the church.  Second, one must "call out to them" or befriend them.  Third, the Gospel needs to be "held-up" for the prospective member to inspect.  Then, if the investigator feels safe, they may cautiously "partake". Finally, the investigator embraces the "message" and the "messenger".  

I only wish people where as easily to entice as monkey's.  After all, we have something of so much greater value than a banana!  

After the monkey sanctuary, we drove about 1 1/2 hours and then took an hour hike to Wli Falls.  It is the highest water fall in West Africa.  

It was a great trip and our final excursion in Ghana.  During the trip, we were even able to give away a Book of Mormon to a man Elder Call met in the parking lot of the hotel.  The man had visited the church a couple of times, but had never been given a Book of Mormon.  After receiving it, he held it to his chest as if it were a "treasure"...which it is.  I just hope he embraces it as those monkey's embraced those bananas.

The final weekend in May was another busy one.  Friday afternoon, we did a 3 1/2 hour "For Strength of Youth" training with Bro. and Sister Ounleu who live in Cote d'Ivoire.   Bro. Ounleu was already here for some other meetings, so we picked up Sister Ounleu at the airport, came to our apartment for lunch, and then began the marathon training.  I hope it was helpful...it was 3 1/2 more hours of training than we received...however, our lives in the church have been our training.  

Friday night, Elder Call and I were asked to speak to a class of Young Women who had come to the temple to do baptisms for the dead.  The daughter of the manager of the Ancillary Building, Boatema, is in the Young Women's presidency of her ward.  So her Young Women came to the Ancillary Building, slept overnight, and then did baptisms for the dead in the morning.  They were a wonderful group of girls.  I made them all small pictures of the Ghana Temple and they all promised they would marry there when they grew up.  

The month of May was our last full month on our mission, and it indeed was full.  Saturday was the wedding of a wonderful couple, Reginald and Henrietta, who met in our Institute class,  They asked us to participate in all three parts of a Ghanaian wedding i.e. the Traditional Wedding, the Civil Ceremony, and the Temple Sealing.  

The day started very early in the morning when we picked up Reginald at his home to take him to the site of the Traditional Wedding.  In the past, the Traditional Wedding was the only wedding ceremony performed and it lasted for hours.  Many Traditional Weddings today still  last a long time.  However, Reginald and Henrietta wanted to simplify the first two "weddings" so they could focus  on the Temple sealing.  The Traditional Ceremony.  starts with the groom and his friends entering with gifts, i.e. the "bride price". The bride's family "accepts" the gifts.  By-the-way, Reginald and Henrietta held to Not doing a bride price, so the presents were minimal.  Then the bride enters with friends and younger family members and greets the groom's family. The above picture is of Henrietta and the designated spokesperson, known as the okyeame, who happened to be her cousin. 

This picture was taken after the Traditional Ceremony and at the beginning of the Civil Ceremony. During the Civil Ceremony, an engagement ring is given by the groom.  

Elder Call was asked to give some "counsel" for the bride and groom as part of the Civil Ceremony. His remarks were inspiring and Spirit directed and enjoyed by members and non-members alike.      

Then we headed to the Temple for the "real" marriage ceremony.  It was beautiful, as all temple weddings are.  Elder Call was also asked to be one of the witnesses at the temple. 

A picture in front of the Ghana Accra Temple after the sealing ceremony.  

I think that completes the month of May. I know it was a little longer blog than most months, but, unfortunately, May was our last full month in Ghana.  When we began our mission I didn't really know what to expect.  But the amazing experiences we have had on our mission have far exceeded any expectations I ever dreamed of.  We will be heading "home" soon...but, God willing, :) we will serve another mission.  My only worry is...how can another mission compare to Ghana!!!  

April 2015 in Ghana

Another month zoomed by in Africa and we are now counting our departure time in weeks instead of months.  I am beginning to understand why Ammon and the sons of Mosiah served a 14 year mission.  It is hard to leave those you have grown to love.  However, we do have an incentive for returning home that those Book of Mormon missionaries did not have... amazing, wonderful, and talented children AND grand children.

Speaking of the Book of Mormon, I thought I would include a picture of one of the best signs we have seen on a car's back window. It is a common practice here in Ghana to post a sign on your back car window. This particular car was in the parking lot on the temple grounds.  We saw it one day and have never seen it again, but decided the sign was a definite favorite of ours.
Easter in Ghana is a pretty big holiday.  Most people have work off the Friday before Easter Sunday and also the Monday after Easter.  The Monday following Easter is called "Picnic Monday", sooo, we decided we would do just that.  However, not wanting to celebrate alone, we invited Rebecca and Matthew to go with us to Boti Falls.  It was about a 2 /12 hour drive north of Accra.

There was a reason we chose the particular couple we did for the picnic. They had gotten engaged to be married, but due to various "challenges", including the bride price, were delaying making a decision for the date of the wedding.  We wanted to have some time together to encourage them to "take that leap of faith" and commit to a marriage date.  We are happy to report...it worked! :) They will be getting married in the Accra, Ghana Temple the day before we leave to go home i.e., on Saturday, June 20, 2015.






We ate our lunch to some African music and while we ate we noticed a young boy "dancing" to the music.  I suggested to Rebecca and Matthew that they go dance.  Matthew declined, but Rebecca got Elder Call to join her and then Elder Call was able to get the young boy to join them.  I was fortunate to get the whole thing on video.  Enjoy!

We walked the short distance to the Falls,waded in the water, and just enjoyed our visit there.

We didn't feel any of our grandchildren would ever be able to visit us in Ghana.  But in April, it just so happened that we got a visit from Flat Rebekah Pickering.  Many are probably aware of the book "Flat Stanley" where an accident occurs and the boy Stanley is smashed so flat that he can fit into an envelope and travel to many places around the world.  In keeping with the story in the book, our grand daughter, Rebekah, made a replica of herself and sent it to Ghana for some "adventures".  We spent a Saturday showing Flat Rebekah around Accra and thought you all may enjoy some of the places we were able to visit.

The city of Accra is not far from the Atlantic Ocean, so we took Flat Rebekah for a visit.  Except for fishermen, most Ghanaians do not know how to swim.  However, the day we visited was very hot and there were some children playing in the ocean waves.

We buy most of our produce at an outside market.  We felt Flat Rebekah would enjoy seeing the many, delicious fresh fruits and vegetables grown in Ghana.

Funerals are a big all day "celebration" in Ghana.  Formerly, caskets were carved to represent the occupation of the deceased.  There is a museum in Accra where some old coffins and other artifacts are on display. Since we couldn't take pictures inside the museum, we took one of Rebekah at the entrance. We had a great day with Rebekah and then put her in an envelope and sent her back to Kansas.


Though our mission may seem more "play" than "work", it really is not the case. Besides the regular training for YM/YW, YSA and Literacy, every Sunday Elder Call and I continue to visit different wards/branches to train and teach "on site".  Since beginning the Literacy training, during the first hour of the three hour block, I attend the Literacy Class and Elder Call goes to the youth Sunday School Class. Then the second hour I attend the Young Women's Class and he attends the Aaronic Priesthood Quorum.

 This is a picture of a Literacy Class I visited who had no teacher. I said, "OK, I will be the teacher".  There was a Gospel Principles book on the table, I picked it up, turned to a picture of Adam and Eve, and began teaching a lesson about Adam and Eve using the Gospel Literacy techniques.  I feel it actually went pretty well.  I often wonder if the skills I am learning in Adult Literacy will be helpful in the future.

An Aaronic Priesthood Quorum visited by Elder Call.  The Bishop is in the back and center of the picture.  Elder Call taught the lesson that day on the order of the Aaronic Priesthood.  The Bishop who had been in the church for 6 years said he learned more about the Priesthood in the 1/2 hour with Elder Call, than he had learned in the previous 6 years.

In April we also went on an "outing" with Ernest, Sarah, and baby Anson.  Ernest had mentioned to us that one day he would like to "take us" to his ancestral home, so one weekend in April we took about a 2 hour drive to the city of Lartey.  Ernest's Grandfather was the Presbyterian Minister in the area so we visited the site of the church.

After visiting a few other sites and meeting relatives and other people who knew Ernest's grandfather, who we learned was a powerful preacher, we drove to a hotel for a late lunch and swim. 

Now, we are sure you must be convinced our mission is more play than work.  To try and convince you otherwise, we need to relate that we also traveled to Nigeria for two weekends in April to do training for both FSY's that will occur in Benin City.  

For this FSY training we divided into two different groups.  Elder Call took all those involved with logistics and I took all those involved with teaching the young men/young women.  The main objective of an FSY is "to provide a climate of personal revelation where the youth and young single adult leaders can be strengthened in their efforts to come unto Christ."  As I pondered on what and how to help the counselors achieve that goal, I felt inspired to come up with something I call "The High Five".  I took the teaching principles used in the Literacy and "Come, Follow Me" training and came up with 5 principles of teaching. They are Read, Explain, Discuss, Share and Act, or the acronym "REDSA".  I have the counselors/teachers write one of the 5 letters on a finger of their hand.  Then I explain it, model it, and then have them practice it.  

A picture taken while I was helping the Young Single Adults practice REDSA to one another.  

After explaining REDSA, I tell them there is one last principle to ensure there will be a "climate of revelation".  I hold up my hand and ask them what letter the thumb and pointer finger represent. They easily identify it as the letter "L".  I then inform them that the final principle of teaching to ensure the Spirit will be present is Love. 

A Young Single Adult explaining the principles of REDSA.

Elder Call and I both felt the training in Nigeria went well, but it was not without its challenges.  The airlines here are extremely unreliable.  The first trip we spent a total of 20 hours in airport terminals.  We think we hold the record,  The next closest is Elder Vinson with a total of 18 hours.

I plan for the airport delays so I generally sit down with a good book.  However, Elder Call often wanders around visiting with whomever he finds to talk to.  This picture was taken at the Lagos airport by another senior missionary that we just  happened to be traveling with. When he sent it he entitled it, "Where's Waldo?"  If you have trouble locating the "pink head and white shirt",  look to the center left of the picture.

April also brought an "old" Olympus High School friend to Ghana.  Elder David F. Evans, the Executive Director of the Missionary Department, came for a visit to Ghana and brought with him my high school friend, Mary Shephard Evans.  Mary had e-mailed beforehand to inform me she was coming. Then, the morning they arrived we received an e-mail from the Area Executive office informing us there was going to be a change in the Africa West Area Presidency.  We were sad when we learned that Elder Dube, who we work with, had received a different assignment and would be moving to Salt Lake.  However, our sorrow was short lived when we read that David F. Evans was going to take his place!!  Our only sadness now is that we leave Ghana shortly before the Evans arrive.  

The gratitude we feel for having the privilege of serving a mission in Ghana is difficult to express. We love the Lord and we know He placed us here in Ghana, for which we will ever be grateful.  As Brother Edwuzie, who was the 4th person baptized in Ghana, always says, "Everything works out perfectly because the Church is true."  We add our testimony to his...The Church indeed Is True!