Patriarch Bondah

Please thank Dale for sharing that story about Emmanuel Bondah. It was big news in our mission when Assin Foso became a stake, and the story of Patriarch Bondah tells you just how great these people are. It must have been very exciting for him to meet and sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

We held our baptismal service this past Saturday, and on Sunday they were all confirmed. It rained hard for an hour before the baptisms, yet Doris Osie Agyemang, Erica Gyasi, Juliana Frimpong, and Evans Agyemang were all able to make it, though they were soaking wet even before they were baptized! haha They all are wonderful and I am so happy for each of them. They were all at Church looking fresh for their confirmations and a brother named Richmond and I performed the ordinance, while E. Saili the day before did the baptisms. Since it was fast and testimony Sunday they all got to get up and bear their testimonies with a little help from the counselor conducting. It was truly powerful. A little primary girl named Whitney, that I really love, got up and bore her testimony and out of character for her, she began to cry and ended her testimony kind of quickly. I didn't catch it all because she was speaking Twi, but I knew she was talking about her father. I later found out she was saying she knew that one day her father would become a member of the Church and get married to her mother so that they could live as a happy family.

Erica, a recent convert told us after her baptism interview, her "miracle story" of how she knew the Church was true. About two weeks ago, we taught her the Plan of Salvation. After we taught pre-earth life, fall, and creation, she felt confused so we tried to help her understand, but still we didn't feel as if she understood it well enough. We then told her that if she believed that all of the things we had taught her so far were true, then it should be easy for her to accept the message of the Gospel and the Plan of Salvation. We testified of the truthfulness of our message, and asked her to pray again to know for herself. She said she would. Three days later, she was in her bedroom that she shares with her sister Jenna. She was just about to pray before going to bed when the power went out. She got down on her knees and began to pray. As she prayed, she asked Heavenly Father, to help her to know if the Church is true. She told us she then felt something that she had never felt before, and so she prayed, "Heavenly Father, if The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true, please let the power come back on. Not more than 2 minutes after she finished praying, the lights came back on and Erica began to cry.

I am very happy for Chandler and Devrey, and will be thinking about them next Friday!

I love you all!

Elder Hair