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50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
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...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Aug 17, 20256 min read


CASH IS KING
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...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Aug 10, 20256 min read


THE SIMPLE LIFE
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...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Aug 2, 20256 min read


The Light of Christ is a Universal Influence That Inspires Good
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...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Jul 26, 20255 min read


LIFE IS LIKE AN OLD-TIME RAILROAD JOURNEY
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,...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Jul 20, 20256 min read


HOLD ON – DON’T RETREAT !!! GO FORWARD WITH FAITH !!!
This week was our busiest so far. We had 12 missionaries go home and 11 missionaries arrived….It was bittersweet for those going...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Jul 13, 20256 min read


GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE
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...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Jul 5, 20254 min read


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

Elder Denny Blodgett
Jun 28, 20255 min read


GHANA, ACCRA WEST MISSION
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...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Jun 21, 20254 min read


Missionary Training Center Part 2
We arrive in Ghana tomorrow after spending two amazing weeks in the Missionary Training Center. I wrote about the MTC somewhat in my Blog...

Elder Denny Blodgett
Jun 14, 20253 min read


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

Elder Denny Blodgett
Jun 7, 20253 min read


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

Elder Denny Blodgett
May 15, 20252 min read


Preparation for Ghana
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...

Elder Denny Blodgett
May 6, 20252 min read
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