CHRISTMAS IN THE MTC

Christmas Eve Day we had a "SERVICE PROJECT"

The Primary Children of the 2 wards nearby were invited to a PARTY hosted by the MTC Missionaries

WE TAUGHT THEM "MISSIONARY SKILLS"
TYING A TIE

MENDING A SHIRT BUTTON

LACING SHOES

GREAT SISTERS HELPED

PRIMARY TWINS

 THEN ON TO FUN GAMES

 LEARN

TEACH

WHEN I GROW A FOOT OR TWO

SANTA CAME TO TOWN!!!

GOODIES FOR EVEN PRIMARY PRESIDENTS

SHE'S WORKING ON THE "DON'T POUT" PART

A GREAT MORNING

ELDER YAO FROM IVORY COAST IS A PASTRY CHEF
WHO MADE "BOUCH DE NOEL" FOR THE MTC

IN THE EVENING THE MISSIONARIES PERFORMED
A NATIVITY PLAY

WISE MEN

SAMUEL THE LAMANITE MADE A GUEST APPEARANCE

THE EVENING ENDED ON A SPIRITUAL NOTE AS
WE EACH CONTEMPLATED OUR SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SAVIOR
AS WE SET ASIDE OTHER THINGS AND SERVE HIM

Temple in December

What a wonderful time to visit the temple!

Our grandson Luke wanted to receive the 

priesthood in Ghana

He and Sister Emma did baptisms and tallied up over 70 with names Emma 

had found

Our oldest son Benjamin is a great 

father

HEALTHY MISSIONARIES ARE IMMUNIZED TO STAY THAT WAY

The December 10th Group Arrives at the MTC 3 days after Ghana Peacefully Elects a New President from the Opposition Party

three-time contender for Ghana’s Presidential seat, Nana Akufo-Addo has been named the President-elect of the country after a historic poll in the country.
Akufo-Addo polled 5,716,026 of votes representing  53.85 percent against his fiercest rival and incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama’s  4,731,277 votes.
- See more at: http://citifmonline.com/2016/12/09/meet-ghanas-new-president-nana-akufo-addo/#sthash.A6fhipTH.dpuf

three-time contender for Ghana’s Presidential seat, Nana Akufo-Addo has been named the President-elect of the country after a historic poll in the country.
Akufo-Addo polled 5,716,026 of votes representing  53.85 percent against his fiercest rival and incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama’s  4,731,277 votes.
- See more at: http://citifmonline.com/2016/12/09/meet-ghanas-new-president-nana-akufo-addo/#sthash.A6fhipTH.dpufthree-time contender for Ghana’s Presidential seat, Nana Akufo-Addo has been named the President-elect of the country after a historic poll in the country.

Akufo-Addo polled 5,716,026 of votes representing  53.85 percent against his fiercest rival and incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama’s  4,731,277 votes.
- See more at: http://citifmonline.com/2016/12/09/meet-ghanas-new-president-nana-akufo-addo/#sthash.A6fhipTH.dpuf

A three-time contender for Ghana’s Presidential seat, Nana Akufo-Addo has been named the President-elect of the country after a historic poll in the country.
Akufo-Addo polled 5,716,026 of votes representing  53.85 percent against his fiercest rival and incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama’s  4,731,277 votes.

 As the new missionaries arrive Sisters Tibbitts, Obeng and Acquaye stand by to check them in 

 Elder Tibbitts inputs information to the data base as the missionaries check in

 New Missionaries have some more paperwork to do

 Lots of bags appear as we receive missionaries from 9 countries on the African continent as well as Madagascar, Tonga, Philippines, United States and Canada

Elders wait patiently to be interviewed by President Brubaker and receive their missionary badge

MEASURING FOR TEMPLE CLOTHING

ELDER HINSON FROM MERIDIAN IDAHO SMILES THROUGH MAJOR JET-LAG

SISTER BRUBAKER SPEAKS ABOUT WRITING LETTERS HOME

THE WELCOME DEVOTIONAL

TRANSLATION IS PROVIDED FOR THE FRENCH SPEAKERS

INTRODUCING OUR PURPOSE AS MISSIONARIES

Our first missionary from Ethiopia - About his country

Elder Gebreyohannes from Ethiopia

Found a Joseph Smith Brochure and after reading it wanted to know more.

Now he is serving as a missionary!!!

With nearly 100 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world, as well as the second-most populous nation on the African continent after Nigeria.

After successfully defending itself against European colonial powers it remained a sovereign state. In 1974 power fell to a communist military dictatorship backed by the Soviet Union, until it was defeated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front which has ruled since about the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite droughts every few years the economy has been strengthening little by little since the fall of communism.

Ethiopia's ancient Ge'ez script is one of the oldest alphabets still in use in the world

Ethiopia was one of the first countries in the world to adapt Christianity in the early 4th Century. Today a slight majority of the population adheres to Christianity, while around a third follows Islam. A substantial population of Ethiopian Jews resided in Ethiopia until the 1980s, but most of them have since gradually emigrated to Israel.

Early Christian Church carved out of solid rock

The LDS Church in Ethiopia - From Church Newsroom

The first members in Ethiopia were expatriates attached to embassies who held Church meetings in homes in Addis Ababa. In March 1985 Church Apostle Elder M. Russell Ballard and Elder Glenn L. Pace of the Seventy visited Addis Ababa with Church relief supplies. The Church donated some $2.8 million for famine relief and irrigation development in Ethiopia and neighboring countries, such as Sudan.
The Kenya Nairobi Mission, which includes Ethiopia, was created in 1991, and the first official Church meeting was held in Addis Ababa in August 1992. In 1993 the Church was legally registered and the first missionary couple arrived. In February 1993 the first missionaries arrived, Elder Eugene and Sister Ruth Hilton. The Church was legally registered on 16 September 1993.
The Addis Ababa Branch (a small congregation) was created in January 1994 and was presided over by Girma Denisa. He was the first Ethiopian to serve the Church as a full-time missionary.

Currently the newsroom site show 1,903 members and 5 congregations in Ethiopia.