Thanksgiving Week!

We were able to chat with Conner this morning!  Jared was able to talk to him before work and Cameron was home and able to talk with him.  Conner wants to know everything about Cameron's wrestling season.  Conner said they had 10 missionaries stay over at their apartment on Sunday evening and they had a Turkey Bowl and played football.  Conner said he and his companion did not play as they stayed behind and cooked for all the missionaries.  He said it is so hot there right now that they only played for about 30 minutes.  It most certainly does not feel like November to him!  I also spoke to Conner's companion.  He is such a kind guy.  Conner said they are walking about 10 miles a day.  His legs are no longer sore and he said he has been getting up early to exercise.  They had a stake conference last week and he said he was blessed to be able to hear his Mission President speak.  All is well!

Conner's weekly email:

This week was a pretty unremarkable week compared to what I was thinking it was going to be. Elder Matakaiongo is still with me so that is great.  I have not idea what is happening with that but that is alright.  I did make some pizza last Tuesday.  Our zone leaders had a small oven and I had some pizza dough and sauce sent to me by an awesome person back home.  It turned out pretty good considering the instructions were in Fahrenheit and the oven is celsius.  Also they don't make a lot of cheese here, but we had some of the finely shredded parmesan that we put on afterwards though.  It is funny that they don't make too much cheese here because they have cows walking on the roads everywhere all the time.  The cows also have like this saggy camel hump thing on their backs.  They are very different from the cows back home.  The other thing I got last week was a mango.  It was slightly smaller than a full size American football. It was sweet.  I think my favorite thing in Ghana, outside of the people, is the fruit.  You can buy the best tasting softball sized pineapples for about 20 cents in American money.  It is 60 cents for a full sized one.  I think the only thing food wise I don't like anymore is when they use a lot of pepper.  Last week we ate a stew that was almost all pepper.  It messed my stomach up, but I'll get used to eating that too.  Elder Matakaiongo has taught me how to eat his peoples food too.  That stuff is the bomb.  I'll make it for you guys when I get back.  As far as the work is going we have some awesome referrals and we contacted two families.  I really am hoping that they can progress toward baptism, but we will see what they chose to do.  Anyways, I hope all of you have an amazing Thanksgiving.  Enjoy that turkey and pie for me.  Let me know what you all are up to.  I'll talk to you all next week.

Elder Garrison