"Working Hard to Finish Strong"

October 27, 2014

Family,

Well this week was a great week for us here in Hohoe! Elder Zaugg and

I really worked hard and were blessed for our work and efforts! We had

a total of 23 heads at the church! (not including children) so we were

super happy! We actually looked more like a Branch then a Group! We

were very happy, but are still facing a lot of struggles! But it is all

good! 

Elder Zaugg and I are both trying to stay focused so we can finish the mission

strong! 

We have set the date of November 29th for our temple trip!

 (First temple trip ever for Hohoe) we are

praying for a successful trip and lots of attendance! The members here are

very excited and can't wait to enter the temple! It will really bless

all of us here to attend the temple. One problem is my temple recommend

expires like on the 20th of November or some time around there! It's crazy

that 2 yrs have already gone by! Yes, we will take tro tro and if we

leave super early we can make it to Accra in 6 hours or so.

The work here is still keeping us busy! This week we had multiple

occasions where we were sitting down with one person teaching them,

and within 15 mins we would have 4-5 people that would be teaching. 

It's awesome. I’m curious how it would be if we were like the missionaries 

at the early times of the church and stood on something on the street corner and

started to preach to people.  For sure we would get a lot of peoples

heads  to turn! They would be thinking "what the heck are these white

people doing here!" haha anyways...

All missionaries fly out 10 pm the day before their release date that

are going to US. Most likely I'll get home late afternoon on the 10th,

but that is my understanding just from when I was an Assistant, it may

have changed.

Gosh I don’t really remember what else has happened this last week.

Sorry I didn’t take notes of things that I wanted to email the family

and loved ones back home. Just know that I love you all and miss you!

And I know that these last few weeks I need to work hard and finish

strong! The last few weeks of my mission will shape the rest of my

life and I have high hopes and goals for when I get home! 

Much love

Elder Eppich