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Visit with the Chief

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The apartment of the Group Leader where the Huni Valley Group hold their church services and where the missionaries hid when the villagers were attacking. --------- Six months ago some of our missionaries in Huni Valley were having fun and taking selfies with the children in the village and giving the children some religious pamphlets.  The adult villagers chased the missionaries through town until the missionaries made it to the Group Leaders home and hid.  The missionaries were just trying to be friendly but the villagers thought these missionaries were trying to steal their children.  After the crowd dispersed the missionaries came out of the home and quickly traveled back to Tarkwa.  Shelly and I are composing a letter to the chief requesting a meeting to more properly introduce ourselves now that enough time has elapsed from the incident.   The African culture is both beautiful and strange.  Things that we consider odd are just very ordi...

Cape Coast Temple

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  President Nelson has announced 153 temples since he became prophet in 2018.  These new temples will almost the double the number of temples we had before he became prophet.  The "hockey stick" growth effect is certainly taking place.   See a visual of temple growth throughout the world Temple Growth Vide Shelly and Clint standing in front of the Ghana Accra temple.   In 2050 it is estimated that 40% of the church population will live in Africa

Ghanian Faith

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  Most Taxis, Tros, Trucks, and KK's proclaim their faith in God by scriptures inscribed on the back of their vehicles. 

Villages

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  A small village on the way to the mining city of Prestea The beginning of the church welfare farm.  We will put a roof on this and it will house our pens Fern Garden outside Nsuta

Dating in Africa

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Jeff and LeAnne Case with our District President and his wife Veronica Confusion in the marriage class as members try and figure out what "Dating" is  

Huni Valley

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Huni Valley Group.  Sunday meeting happens in the home of the group president Kingsford Eshun. Six months ago some of our missionaries in Huni Valley were having fun and taking selfies with the children in the village and giving the children some religious pamphlets to read.  The adult villagers chased the missionaries through town until the missionaries made it to the Group Leaders home and hid.  The missionaries were just trying to be friendly but the villagers thought these missionaries were trying to steal their children.  After the crowd dispersed the missionaries came out of the home and quickly traveled back to Tarkwa.  Shelly and I are composing a letter to the chief requesting a meeting to more properly introduce ourselves now that enough time has elapsed from the incident.   The African culture is both beautiful and strange.  Things that we consider odd are just very ordinary in Ghana.  We do things that the African's...

Pig Farming in Tarkwa

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  The land in Bansa where we will build the Pig Farm.  We will use mostly the resources on the land to build the farm.  A clump of Bamboo can be used for the roofing.  We will use the sand the mining tailings to build the cement blocks.   Our project manager and recent convert  Cobinah Abeadu Enyir On the land is a fish farm that we will use to raise Catfish and Tilapia to feed the pigs We will purchase 2 bores We will purchase 10 sows.  Each sow can produce up to 18 piglets