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Just like many of you, I have been thinking a lot about President Russell M. Nelson this week.  He passed away last Saturday at 101...

We held three Multi-Zone Conferences this week for 8 Zones.  It is so much fun to see all of the missionaries in a short period of time. ...

It is interesting when things don’t seem to be going well, problems begin piling up, and we might find ourselves getting stressed out and...

We held a Sisters Conference this week and it was wonderful and left everyone with a good feeling inside.  SISTERHOOD …..a bond that...

This was a week of entertaining and hosting.  As you recall, we live in the Mission Office. When people need things or come for...

“Enter to Learn…..Go Forth To Serve” ….. a motto of BYU and on a sign as you enter the campus.  Another motto says, “The World is our...

This was the week of departures and arrivals. It happens every six weeks.  We had 12 missionaries go home, and we had 14 new arrivals. It...

I would not have guessed in a million years that I would be celebrating my 50 th  wedding anniversary…..on a mission…..in Ghana.  And...

This was a good week and much calmer than we have been used to.  We are getting ready for a round of Zone Conferences next week, where...

Time is going by quickly.  We have been gone now about 2 months.  We are still learning but feel much more comfortable in what we have...

I served a mission as a young man about 50 years ago. I was playing basketball on a scholarship at a small college up in Washington State...

Even though we love serving here in Ghana, I’m not afraid to admit the days can be somewhat stressful and very busy. Before we know it,...

This week was our busiest so far. We had 12 missionaries go home and 11 missionaries arrived….It was bittersweet for those going...

We have been in Ghana for three weeks. We are finally feeling more comfortable as to what we are supposed to be doing and we feel much...

There is an old idiom “sink or swim” which means that someone must succeed or fail entirely on their own efforts, without help or...

WE ARE HERE….FINALLY !!!  Accra, Ghana is now our home for the next 12 months.  The jet lag was pretty severe as we flew out of Salt Lake...

We arrive in Ghana tomorrow after spending two amazing weeks in the Missionary Training Center. I wrote about the MTC somewhat in my Blog...

After anticipating this day for almost 9 months, we finally made it to the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah.  One word to...

One of my favorite hymns begins like this, "Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed". The hymn describes prayer as a...

We took a trip to Palmyra and Kirtland to visit the sites of where our Church began.  The pictures below are of the "sacred grove ", the...