Month: August 2008

After the visit of President Ayekoue and his friendly encouragement, we decided that we need to be little more diligent in following the words of the song, “The world has need of willing men Who wear the worker’s seal. Come, help the good work move along; Put your shoulder to the wheel.” I wonder if… Continue reading African Children

“We are late. We are late for a very important date.” Maybe it isn’t an important date but it is an important blog letter, and we have plenty to write about but time has been at a premium around here. We have a zone conference every six weeks, and President and Soeur Ayekoue came on… Continue reading August Zone Conference

President Desire and Soeur Felicite, the Relief Society president, decided that the Branch needs an effective way to distribute small sacks of food to the needy members. There is a definite need here, and thus far President Desire has given people money from the fast offerings to purchase food. There is no Bishop’s Storehouse here… Continue reading The First Bishops Storehouse and Church Distribution Center in Cotonou

We have now settled into a routine with our new mission. This week all the elders received a letter from the First Presidency telling them their call had been changed and they are no longer part of the Ghana Cape Coast Mission but are now part of the Ivory Coast Abidjan mission. I think they… Continue reading An African Funeral

We have a fairly active group of member Branch missionaries here in the Cotonou Branch. Monday is P (for preparation) day for the full-time missionaries. That is the day we wash the clothes, clean the apartments, and the elders write home to parents, etc. (Soeur Black and I have the luxury of communicating any time… Continue reading “Horse” on P-Day