Week 103

Mom, 

Well things are going good here. I haven't really thought too much about everything back home but I do feel that I have accomplished a lot since being here. I am looking forward to this last week. It should be fun. We had a good week attended a funeral which was really big. We had like 10 funerals in our area on Saturday. I'll have to explain the craziness of funerals here when I get back but it was crazy. We have some sweet people we are teaching and we are still finding even more. Well family hope you have a great week see you soon.

love Elder Thornhill 

Week 102

Mom, 

We do have some adventures it has been good. I'll be honest I haven't been the best at keeping a journal, but I write down all the cool stuff so I'll do better this last few weeks.We had a good week. It was really fun, I am enjoying my time in Oda. We went to this place called Abenase, it is like a 30 minute drive from Oda and it is really small. We had a movie show in the town and there were like 300 people there, it was pretty awesome. We taught some good lessons there before the movie show too. Love you.

Dad, 

Yeah, my companion is 18, so pretty young. It was a good week. We went to the church at like 6:30 this morning to play basketball, it was pretty fun. I also went to the market and bought some things for when I come home. I got some cool fabric for the girls. 

Thanks dad love you 

Week 101

Mom, 

We had a good week this week. We taught a lot of new people and had some great lessons. We went on an adventure today. We saw a snake it scared me ha but we finally made it to a town that doesn't have any missionaries called Abenase and taught a man there and just gave him a Book of Mormon, it was pretty fun. We have been trying to have these movie shows once a week at the church and we are hoping that the rain doesn't disturb us this week so a lot of people will come. Well sorry don't have much time today love you have a great week. 

Love Elder Thornhill 

Dad, 

They are great, the English level is low but it is so sweet. I love it here definitely different than Accra but so awesome. Thanks dad I love you too 

Elder Thornhill 

Week 99

Mom, 

Hey family I have like no time the internet is not so great but I will try my best. My companion is Elder Obasi from Nigeria he is 18 and a cool guy. Oda is sweet, there are just random pigs that run everywhere. It's a lot different than Accra, the English level is lower so I have to use my twi more. We had a sweet movie show and it was sweet. We made some good contacts and we are going to the temple tomorrow. We played a lot of basketball today the church has a nice hoop and the church compound is one of the nicest I have seen. 

I will call around probably 2 or 3 your time 

I am excited for the time I have in Oda. Love you 

Week 98

Mom ,

We had a great baptism. He was very ready. We had quite the experience to try and have the baptism. We went to our chapel and there was no water. So then we got organized and went with everyone to another chapel nearby and started filling that font but then the water stopped running so then we had to move again to the chapel on the temple complex and there was finally water ha. It was a good memory. Quite the adventure. 

Sounds like the wedding was great. I will have to met this Roxanna lady. I am sure they played some 80's music for Jacob ha.  

Well the big news this week is that I am training a new missionary. I got the call on Tuesday and I was a little surprised. I will just be able to do half. I will also be going to an area called ODA which is in the eastern region of Ghana. It's in the bush but it's a pretty big town. I went there once when I was in the office. I will have a lot on my plate but it's should be great. I am excited. love you mom 

Hey dad how is it going? How is the bishopric? I was talking to my companion yesterday about how mission lets you know about how a ward works and all the different callings and work that goes in to maintaining  a ward. Yep transfers are on Wednesday and I actually will be leaving to go to a faraway place called ODA it's in the bush so it's far from Accra. I will be training a new missionary which is kind of weird and reopening an area so it should be an adventure ha. No rest which is a great thing I got a lot to get done. thanks dad I love you 

Week 97

Mom, 

This Easter was good. We had some activities planned to go with the ward to sing to less active members during the week. The coordination wasn't the best but we were still able to go to see a few less actives with some member on Friday right when we started it began to rain ha it was an experience all the hymn books were getting wet and the members were soaked. It was a good time and one of the less active members came to church on Sunday so that was good. 

We are also looking forward to Vestige's baptism this Saturday. He is so sweet and is so ready he might be the most prepared person I have ever baptized he has a good fellowshipper and we are now trying to work with his wife. She is a little bit hesitant  because she thinks her English isn't good but it really is, so hopefully we can work with her. 

Oh we went to a zoo today. It wasn't too big but it had some cool animals. A crocodile, camel, hyena, a lot of monkeys. We went with the office elders so they could drive us and President and Sister Hill also came so that was pretty cool. It was a good time I'll try to send pictures next week. 

Well things are going good. just keeping on love you have a great week I got the package it was great I already finished most of the candy ha  

Love Elder Thornhill

Dad, 

I enjoyed it very much. I have realized birthdays don't really mean anything ha. It's just another day but we did enjoy with like a gallon of ice cream. We don't get that very much so it was a treat. I was just talking to the guy that runs the internet cafe. He's a good friend and we always have small conversations about the church. He has read the Book of Mormon so that is good but he is not really interested in the church so that is sad but he is a cool guy. thanks dad the jokes are always the best  

love Elder Thornhill

Week 96

Mom, 

Hopefully I can think of something to do for my birthday. Our ward mission leader said he was going to buy like sparkling cider and pour it all over me ha. 

It was actually pretty crazy a church had a big parade on one of the streets they had palm leafs and were singing some songs just walking down the street. We are planning to go to members houses and sing to them on Friday especially less active members. Actually me and some of the other elders started that last night. We studied about Christ riding into the Jerusalem and visiting the temple it was nice.  

Well we had a nice week. Probably the highlight was the baptism we had. The water was not really running so there was only like a foot and a half of water in the font so we just had to work with it. It was nice my companion did a nice job at the baptism, I was surprised everyone was able to be baptized.  It was a good week.  

Elder Thornhill

Dad, 

Thanks we will see how good it works out. Something that I have also realized nothing can take the place of just going out and knocking on doors and contacting people especially here. If you work hard you find cool people and the work is so sweet. I love finding and meeting new people. It just like new possibilities and new people and personalities. It's nice being able to meet and interact with so many people. Thanks dad I love you