Monday, July 1, 2013

Transferred to Achimota

Elder Gusa (Kenya) and Elder Eppich new companion serving in Achimnota
July 1, 2013
Family,
Well this week was a little crazy just because I knew I was going to be transferred and had to say my goodbyes and then trying to learn a new area but I will start at the beginning of the week. So last Monday our district decided to climb Mt.Yogaga its right behind where we stay and is huge!! I guess it’s like the 2nd biggest mountain in Ghana. So from where we stay the mountain doesn’t look very tough and an easy path to the top. We couldn’t have been more wrong!! Right from the beginning we were walking through seriously the jungle!!! Like the path was all overgrown with trees and grass! We got lost a few times Haha. Then on the way up we would find people on the mountain that stay on the mountain for a week long and fast for the whole time, except I think they drink water. It’s something they do for their church. When we reached towards the top of the mountain there was seriously no path because the grass was probably like 8 ft tall so Elder Hansen took the lead and grabbed a bamboo tree and started to make his way to the top. It was kinda sketchy because there could have been snakes and all that crazy stuff but none of us got hurt. Then at one point of the hike we were like climbing on hands and knees Haha. But we finally made it to the top and it was worth every bit of the 2 hour hike!!! It was so pretty!! We could see everything for a long ways and very pretty!! I took lots of pics but they don’t do it justice!! It was super nice! And the cool thing is that we did it in our missionary clothes!!! No big deal :) it was another good way to say goodbye to Kpong :)
So yes I got transferred because my comp got called to train, but I’m still in the Accra mission. I got sent to Achimota which is pretty close to where I was trained (Kaneshie) and actually pretty similar!! Lots of dirt roads. It has poverty and big pretty homes!!! So it’s the best of both worlds you could say :) My new comp is named Elder Gusa and he is from Kenya!! Super awesome guy who is pretty much like me but black Haha so we get along well and we can talk about anything. The ward is a very nice place and nice people. I’ve already had a couple of FMs from them.
It was funny because while we were in tro tro from Kpong to the mission home we were sitting in the front seat and I saw the driver put a few cedis in his license because on the road to Accra there are like little check points by the policemen and they stopped us and he gave him the license and then the man took the money and didn’t look at anything else and let us go on Haha I’m hoping his license is just old instead of him not even having one Haha. Then later in the week we found out that Ghana vs. USA under 20 game was playing and so we stopped to glance at it and there were about 15 Ghanaians and then one American in the middle of all them and right when I got there Ghana scored and they just started to scream and make fun of me and America Haha it was really funny! I wanted to get a photo but I thought it wouldn’t be smart :) I guess Ghana killed USA.
I got a little late bday present that I bought for myself. It was a sweet Kente scripture bag that says my name on the front and has a Gye Nyame symbol, which means “Accept God” on the back. You see the symbol all over Ghana on walls, chairs, and cars. It was sweet and idk if I want to use it or just save it :)
Elder Gusa and I have been working hard finding new investigators and so we ride our bike lots. We never rode bikes this much in my previous area and so I’m pretty dang sore Haha. Today we played football and basketball for like 3.5 hrs at the church building and there was like 30 guys there and it was lots of fun! Except I got hit in the eye when I was driving to the hoop and now I’m starting to get a black eye Haha so ill just wear my glasses instead of my contacts to try and hide it all :)
Well, it sounds like everything is going good back home with swimming lessons, Kaitlan and David coming home, then Shayne and Kort leaving! Love you all! The Church is true.
Elder Eppich

Birthday scripture case (front)

Birthday scripture case (back)
Elder Eppich on top of Mt.Yogaga

Kpong district on top of Mt. Yogaga

View of Kpong from Mt. Yogaga

Happy, Elder Eppich and Samuel in Kpong

Monday, June 24, 2013

A Great Week in Kpong!


Elder Eppich and Elder Kandeh with 7 baptims this week!

June 29, 2013
Family,
Well Elder Kandeh and I had a great last week together! He got called to train which means I’m leaving my area most likely :( probably heading back to Accra, but that’s ok because we ended with a bang in Kpong district!! Out of the 6 missionaries in our district we baptized 17 people!!!! How crazy is that?! We were told by members there that they have never seen that big of a baptism!!! It was so crazy yesterday trying to get everything lined up for the baptism!! But all worked out!!! I was so happy once everything was finished with Haha.
As for our investigators that were supposed to be baptized on the 23rd.......all six were baptized :) And we were also blessed with a 7th who was baptized during the freeze in Ghana (20+ yrs ago) and so she had no records of being a member and so we had to re do everything for her to rectify the situation and she was baptized! She was a 72 yr old super sweet lady! There are actually two more that lost their records so they have to be baptized again but I probably won’t be here for that! But it was Clement(18) Eben(20) Patience(31) Kuturah (10)Samuel(61) Happy(40) and Grace (the one who had to be re baptized (72) I’ll send a picture of them all and another one of the 12 baptized at our church (the 5 others were baptized in the Senchi branch). So the month of June, Elder Kandeh and I saw 8 investigators baptized! What an awesome month! But as we look back at everything that has happened to us with no lights or water for long periods of time and right now we haven’t had running water for about a week (except late at night when the Ghana water is turned on, our pump is broke) To me I think that Satan was in charge of all of our problems and trying to get us frustrated and not focused on the work so we wouldn’t bring 12 souls unto Christ for our apartment!! But we worked even harder and still kept our spirits high and baptized a dozen :) That is my theory at least! Take that Satan :) Oh we also had 15 investigators at church yesterday :)
So another highlight of my week is we got to play basketball!! First time since MTC!!!
 I missed it so much and I was so sore the next day!! So what happened is there is this really nice compound dealio where the workers of the water works stay at and they have a really nice basketball court with lights and everything! The fun thing is that they are all Chinese men that stay in the apartments and so they came out and played with us!!! We just messed around for the first little bit with companionship vs companionship but then we wanted to play 2 vs 2 against the Chinese and so Elder Hansen and I played these two Chinese men! We’re not suppose to keep score but we both had too much pride and beat them! At first it was a little scary because we were afraid of some Jeremy Lin stuff going to happen! But it wasn’t too bad. I think we won 11-8 or something like that. They both were really good ball handlers and quick too (Of course :)) It was a fun time! And once we finished we sat down and talked to them about what we do as missionaries and one of them didn’t really know Jesus Christ which is really sad! So I think later today were going to go back and have a little rematch :)
Q and A
So we only proselyte in Kpong a few times a week. We are actually called the Akuse Elders but just stay in Kpong. We have 3 cities were in charge of - Somanya, Akuse, and half of Kpong.
We still teach around 35 lessons or so a week. My days here are pretty much the same as when I was trained in Kaneshie except we go out at 10 am instead of 11am. Of course all the kids here love me! There are a lot less white people out in the Bush so they are more excited to see us. Especially in Akuse! I’m pretty sure I’m the only white person there when we go Haha.
Our apartment is a lot nicer than Kaneshie and my bed is good! The power is a lot more stable now! But our pump is messed up so bucket showers pretty much the whole last week.
Hopefully I answered all of your questions!

Well I hope everything continues to go well for you guys back home like it is here for me! Love you all very much! I’m going to miss the Bush! But I’m glad I got to at least taste a part of it and also have success here!!
Elder Eppich

The Kpong district's baptisms for June 23, 2013


Monday, June 17, 2013

Happy Father's Day Dad

19th Birthday dinner

Koforidua Zone

Termite Hill - 100 years old
June 17, 2013

Family,
Well to start off I just want to say happy Father’s day Dad and I love you so much and I’m so grateful/blessed for you to be my father!!
I’m finally a 19 yr old missionary and it feels so weird! I’m getting old Haha but it was a nice little birthday. After we got done emailing we went to the chapel and Elder Cserepes made some really nice fried chicken, Elder Hansen made this guacamole dip, and Elder Amumi(Kenya) made these Japates (not sure on the spelling) but I’ll send a picture of how it all turned out! It was quite the meal! I got dashed some biscuits because it was my birthday so that was pretty cool!
So not much happened this week besides we got 3 of our investigators baptismal interviews finished and so they are ready for baptism next week and then hopefully this next week we will be able to do a few more for the 23rd baptism! We found out yesterday on Sunday that we have 2 ladies in our ward that stay in our area who were baptized a long time ago but they can’t find their records on the church website and so they think they were baptized during the "freeze" in Ghana when the church wasn’t allowed to be there and so their records weren’t done! So I think next Sunday we might have to rebaptize them, but we aren’t sure yet and haven’t heard what exactly we’re suppose to do. We continue to work hard and try not to be pragmatic in our teaching but follow the spirit.
We were walking to church yesterday we saw this man carrying something around his neck. Everybody was running away from him and we realized that it was a huge python that was wrapped around his neck! It was his pet and he was just taking him on a little walk Haha. Crazy guy! I couldn’t get a picture because the man was already walking away and my comp wanted to go to church but it was a big snake!
I will answer some of your questions now. No we don’t have any senior couple missionaries right now and our mission needs them very bad! For breakfast I make eggs with sausage (just hot dogs but a different name here) and then toast some sugar bread and have bread and egg in the morning! It really nice! You can add tomatoes and onions in it as well for extra flavor. Yes we have transfers next week on the 26th I think and I’m pretty sure I’ll stay here just because I’ve been here for one transfer but who knows. Well it sounds like everyone is doing well there and having a fun summer! Have a good week! Love you lots!

Elder Eppich

We are teaching this boy's mom and he is the cutest little kid that rides this pink cinderella bike haha his name is fefe

Monday, June 10, 2013

Happy 19th Birthday Elder Eppich

Elder Kandeh, ward member, Sister Comfort and Elder Eppich in Kpong Ghana
June 10, 2013
Family,
Well this week went by pretty fast! It doesn’t seem like it at the time but when you look back on Sunday it’s like what the heck just happened? So I’m trying to remember what all happened this week.
To start off with some of the highlights off the week.  Sister Comfort was baptized yesterday! She was a little nervous but she was ready for it! The great thing about baptism here in Kpong is that it is right after church they have the baptisms so they have lots of support. That helps so much!! Then our last recent convert passed the sacrament today and that is always an awesome feeling! Oh and yesterday we had 12 of our investigators come to church!!! It was so awesome I was just blown away. It’s the most I have ever had come to church at one time!! And pretty much all the ones that came have baptismal dates. We got that number because this last week we worked so hard! We contacted so much and started to look for more of the elect and we came to find out that we have so many more areas that we are in charge of that missionaries have never even been to! So hard work pays off!!
This last week did not feel like rainy season!! During the daytime it was super hot!! But then at night time it gets to like 80 degrees so it feels so nice!! Oh and on a side note we had no lights, or water for 110+ hrs!!! It was like 4 days of nothing Haha! So that was pretty rough, but at night time we slept really nice because of the cooler weather. After the first day we figured out that it was just our compound without lights and so we call ECG and after 3 days they finally came and fixed the wiring problem!! When we would come home at night we would just change and go outside in our little compound and look at the sky!! It was really nice because all the stars you see back home are in a different part of the sky and upside down (exp. Big dipper) plus since we are on the equator we can see the different constellations that you can only see when you’re in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere! But it is so crazy to think about all the worlds that have been created and what is all out there.
And yes I got the packages! Thank you so much!! I was going to wait until my birthday to open it but this morning I was bored and so I decided that I would just open it anyways :) it was all perfect and I loved it!!
 The tro tro drivers here are super scary, I think I mentioned it before, but we were in a tro tro and the driver cut off a guy on his motorcycle and hit him and the guy crashed his motorcycle! He was ok but then they got in a heated argument about whose fault it was and they were pretty tenaciously engaged!! In my opinion it was the tro tro drivers fault but since the road rules are different here in may have been the motorcycle guys fault!!
So for right now we have 5 serious investigators for baptism on the 23rd by his grace all will work out but if not I know at some point they will be baptized! So the serious ones are Sister Patience who just married a member and is 30 yrs old and she really wanted to join the church so they can be sealed in the temple next year. Clement is a referral we received from Tema and his mom had just been baptized a month ago but he now lives with his Auntie and hasn’t missed a Sunday yet. -Future missionary-. Then Sister Happy and her husband Brother Samuel are doing really well. Also Brother Samuel lost his left hand and forearm. So the resurrection will be something good for him :). Then Kuturah is 10 yrs old and her mom is a LA that we brought back to church and now she wants her daughter to be baptized. Then last is Brother Eben who is 20 and we met last week when he came to church by himself. His Auntie lives in Italy and she told him about the church and so he came and really wants to be baptized! And so like I said "by His grace" they will be baptized on the 23rd but if not the 23rd then the next date!!
So I think that is everything that happened this week, oh btw mom my leg is fine from the dog bite except it is swollen and looks infected........ hahaha jokes I just gave you a fright! :) Well I love you all and thanks for the birthday wishes! Can’t believe I’m almost 19 :) love you all!
Elder Eppich

Monday, June 3, 2013

"The dang dog jumps up and bites my ankle!"

First dog bite casualty in Akuse
June 3, 2013
Family,
Well this last week was a pretty good week! Rainy season is starting up and it rained probably three or four times this last week! And a few of those times it seriously rained super, super hard!!! I couldn’t believe how hard it was raining and then with the thunderstorms at the same time it is kind of scary! We were on our way back from Somanya in the tro tro and we see this flash to our left and then a huge boom came right after it. It made me jump and the guy next to me was laughing Haha. But we will get around 4 inches on the roads so it’s sketchy but so awesome!! We can’t really proselyte during that so we just wait it out.
On Tuesday we had a zone conference in Koforidua and that was an awesome drive! It took about 90 mins and driving through the jungles and mountains of West Africa :) and it was super pretty because it was early in the morning and there was a bunch of fog in the lower parts of the mountains.  I got a birthday tie from President and Sister Judd! Oh and then 2 days ago was my year mark from graduating high school!!! Haha what the heck?? So weird to think about and then next week is my birthday and I'll be 19… so crazy! I got all the candy and saline solution so that was really, really nice! Sister Avery (mission secretary) kept the shirts, ties and socks to give to missionaries that need them and I kept the Weiler’s ties to share out here. Tell the Weilers, Sloanes and ward members thank you very much! I gave some ties to some missionaries already and then I’m going to give some to our RC (recent converts).
So on Friday it was quite an eventful day! We had to go to Akuse and when we first got there we had to go and get our bikes at the district President’s house because we travel far in Akuse. When we got there nobody was home and the gate that was surrounding the house was locked. We needed the bikes so I called president Tyson and he said I can jump over the wall to get them Haha. So I did! It was pretty cool but not a big deal :) and so this is when it gets pretty awesome…We went to visit a LA and she has this 5 ft wall around her house and a big gate and when we started to go in, one of the workers told us to not go in because they have a crazy guard dog that will bite you and that we need to have the lady come out and tie the dog up. So we tried to call the lady but no answer and so that stranger said that he will try and shake the gate so that the dog would bark and would wake the lady up that in side. So while he was doing that the bar that was holding the gate together came off and so the guy said that we needed to grab that bar and lock the door again so the dog doesn’t come and get us  but this whole time I’m thinking that there is no way I would be scared of this dog (it was a big dog, but I’m a missionary and nothing fazes me except the spiders, snakes, and sometimes thunderstorms Haha) and so when my comp was reaching around the big gate to grab the bar I was watching the dog to make sure he didn’t run to the gate, and I then glanced at my comp and then back to the dog and the dog wasn’t there anymore and my comp and the stranger was trying to shut the gate but it was just stuck and they started to run and left me there all alone Haha so the dog comes running out of the gate and then stops and looks at me Haha and I’m thinking where the heck am I going to go!!! So I just turn around and run!! and I saw the big wall that was surrounding the house and it was like 5 ft tall so I knew the dog couldn’t jump over that so I took a few steps and jumped onto the wall and when I was lifting my left leg up the dang dog jumps up and bites my dang ankle Haha but he couldn’t hang on so I lifted my leg and just stayed on top of the wall for like 5 mins while the dog was just staring at me Haha and then he ran off and killed some chickens and I jumped down and ran to my comp lol. It ripped my pants pretty good and I’ll try and send a pic of it. But it was just so funny because you always hear of missionaries running from dogs or getting bit by dogs and it happened to me Haha. But mom, don’t worry because I called sister Judd and she called Dr. Elmer and they think I won’t have a chance of rabies or any problems Haha. Than after that we went to an investigator that lives outside of Akuse in the village of Atzevenya and its right on the Volta River and super pretty!!! I’ll send some pics of it. But in the end it was an awesome day where we taught great investigators and the Lord was protecting his missionaries :)
We have a sister ready for baptism next week and her name is Sister Comfort! She is a really nice girl who lives in Akuse. And then later in June we should have some more investigators ready for baptism that stay in Akuse and Kpong. Clement, Sister Happy, and maybe Happy's husband.
So now I’ll answer your questions;
Yes we still get a few FMS (ward members feed them) but we got our sub raised to 180 Ghana a month so that’s super nice! (they have more money to buy food)  I try and drink as much water as I can. We have indoor plumbing and all that good stuff but when lights go off (which they go off when there is a storm because it gets pretty cold with the wind and rain) we have to shower with a bucket and cup. We take like 30 sec showers because the water feels so cold to us Haha. And on Pdays we normally wash our clothes, email, buy some food, cook, and rest. We haven’t played anything here because we’re always busy. If we didn’t wash our cloths for 2.5 hrs in the morning we could do stuff. I hope I answered all your questions! I love you all very much! Have a good week! This Work Is DIVINE!

Elder Eppich

Prison in Akuse


One of the two dams in Ghana on the Volta river. The blue pods are for fishing.


Homes in Atzevenya

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The coolest place (except for the wall spiders)


Elder Kandeh, Samuel Joseph and Elder Eppich and Samuel Joseph's baptism in Kpong Ghana
 
May 27, 2013
Family,
Well this last week was another good week for Elder Kandeh and me. We taught a lot of lessons with a member present and his name is Lawson and his older brother was in my MTC group but is serving in Cote'd Ivore. He is a super awesome guy! We also had a baptism for one of our investigators yesterday and his name is Samuel but we call him James. But he is a really sweet kid who is 16 yrs old and I really hope that he will serve a mission!! That would be so awesome! His sister will be baptized in June for sure! The missionary that baptized Elder Kandeh is our branch clerk in Kpong, it’s a super small world.
It’s pretty tough to pay attention at church because most of the time they speak their own dialect and so we can’t really understand. It helps a lot for our investigators because it will help them understand easier! But this area is getting pretty big concerning the church growth. We have members coming from far away to come to church. Hopefully in the next couple of months they will add another branch. Transportation is the main reason why we can’t get our investigators to come to church. We are trying to re do our working areas and it has to get approved by President Judd first but if it gets approved, Elder Kandeh and I will have all of Kpong and all of Akuse while the other Elders will have Somanya. Somanya will grow a lot if it gets a branch there!
But I’m super happy I will be able to stay in Akuse because it reminds me of home......kinda haha because it just a small little farming community! And then the other day we went outside of Akuse to teach a man and it is a super small village with just straight mud houses and straw on top! Some of the houses had aluminum on top but not many. And it is right on the Volta River so they are all farmers or fisherman. But it’s the coolest place!
One of the scary moments that happened this week, well to start off I thought I was getting used to spiders and not afraid of them anymore, but I was sitting on my chair and I dropped something on the ground and like a foot from my face I saw a huge!! Wall spider! It seriously scared the crap out of me!!! I guess my fear hasn’t left all the way!! There just ugly big spider!!! Oh and then we had PEC in the bishops office and he has A/C in his room and it was set to 21 C about 70 degrees and I honestly thought I was going to freeze to death (not really, but it was super cold!!!!) I couldn’t wait to get back outside Haha.
We have some good investigators right now but a lot of them are far away from the meetinghouse and so they don’t show too much commitment but I think by the time we continue to teach them than they will realize how important this message is and want to come and see how we worship.

Well it looks like you are all doing good back home and sound great! I love you all!
Elder Eppich

Monday, May 20, 2013

"Thank you for coming to Ghana and Serving a Mission"

Elder Eppich and Elder Kandeh, Liberia
May 20, 2013

Family,

Well, today I have lots to talk about! Hopefully I will remember everything I want to say! So to start off I did get transferred from Kaneshie and Elder Van Scheltema L but I had a good last day in Kaneshie! I went around and said goodbye to all of our investigators and RC (recent converts) and the members! One of the coolest things I got to hear on my mission is when I went to say goodbye to Debora she said to me “thank you so much for coming to Ghana and serving a mission because if it weren’t for you two then I would have never been baptized into the church!” It was so awesome to hear her say that!!! It made me feel so good. She truly has found the Pearl of Great Price!! She was very sad to see me leave! And then it was also super hard to say goodbye to the ward mission couple, Brother and Sister Mensen. They were so nice to me and Elder Van Scheltema and Bro Mensen actually shed a tear when I was leaving. He always called me his new son and I’m going to miss him so much! He was a really funny guy. I have a cute picture of us I'll try and send.

So I was transferred to Kong (pong) which is the bush. It’s absolutely beautiful out here and I’m super lucky to come out here! My new comp is Elder Kandeh and he is from Liberia. Super awesome guy as well. He is a little different then Elder Van Scheltema but it’s ok cause were going to do work together J

So for my new area it is huge!! We cover just a little bit of Kpong but then on certain days we travel by tro-tro to Somanya about 25 mins away from our apt and then on Fridays we travel to Akuse which is about 30 mins in the opposite way tro-tro ride. But Akuse is like the coolest place I’ve seen. It’s got some legit villages with huts and just super small brick buildings and every Sunday somebody pays for a bus to pick all the investigators and members up because its cost like 4 cedis for a trip for one person but they get to do it for free!!

Oh and when you just walk outside our apartment you can see lake Volta!! It’s still pretty far away but you can see it really easy from where we stay in Kpong! The apt is a lot nicer than my old one in Kaneshie but we have a problem with the electricity where its super unstable and the voltage will jump super high at random points and so we weren’t able to have the fridge running because when we try and plug it into the regulator it would spoil the regulator cause it’s so unsteady. A few days ago an electrician was going to come out and try and fix it, which we needed super bad. We didn’t have any cold water so I wasn’t drinking any water, which is super bad here, and like an hour before the electrician was about to come the lights went off on us which was the worst timing because we needed the lights on for him to fix it! And I couldn’t last many more days without drinking very much water so about 15 mins later I decided to say a little prayer and ask Heavenly Father to turn on the lights again so that we can fix the fridge problem and I didn’t even say amen yet and the lights went back on and it just put a huge smile on my face and I started thanking Heavenly Father and it was a really good testimony builder!! God does love his missionaries! But that was another one of my highlights of the week!! I’ll never forget it!

Oh and Kraymer got a hold of me!!!!! It was so awesome to talk to him! We talked for about 20 mins about the mission, but it was perfect timing because we had just finished eating at zoo-zoos and I put in my sim card and a few mins later an unknown number called and I just answered and was like”KRAYMER!!!” I honestly didn’t think it was going to work Haha but it did! The talking lagged a little bit but I’m guessing its cause we’re like super far away from each other.

One of the hard things about coming to Kpong is that they speak Ewe and Krobro here not really Twi! And so now I have to try and learn a different language Haha! But it’s ok I will just know lots of different weird/cool languages.

Then the first Sunday at the Kpong branch they had their primary program and it was so funny and cute! They had this 5 yr old kid (looked like one of the Riner boys, but black Haha) and he was their chorister!!! It was super cute and then the same boy went and recited something in the podium and he talked really loud (kind of like the Riner boys) Haha and it made me feel right at home Haha. Oh and lots of the kids have never seen a white boy before in our area because it was just opened and so when I get in the tro-tro little babies will just look at me and start to cry Haha I hope it’s because I’m white and not ugly lol.
So some more info about the area I serve in, it is green all around and mountains as well! The other day it started to rain and it was absolutely beautiful! I really wish you guys could all be in my shoes for just 10 mins to see how amazing it is here!! Pictures just don’t show everything!

So the other missionaries in the apt are Elder Hansen and Elder Cserepes both from Utah. Elder Hansen knows Kraymer!! He went to the same BYU football camp and he and Kraymer both won the best tight end award!! How crazy is that?! Such a small world! But our apt is super legit! Last night we played Uno forever and then our neighbors came and gave us Fufu and Banku!.

So I’m in need of some things and I hope I will be able to get my stuff from Ashley because we don’t get mail very often out hereL so because of the voltage changing so much it spoiled my whole toothbrush and I’m not sure if there is any way I could get a new one, and then for my birthday I just want like soups or stuff that is easy to cook over the stove top. Like when I was at BYU I ate a lot of those chunky Campbell soup. You might have to send a box. But I need more nutritious foods because I’m afraid I’m losing weight now. So if you could send lots of soups that would be awesome because I can cook rice and then poor a little bit over the rice I make and it’s super nice. Oh and possibly if you can send that USB with the GC talks and the state championship football game because Elder Hansen wants to listen to it. Possibly otter pops as well. Not sure if that’s possible but all you can say is no J so I hope I haven’t forgotten anything but I love it here! Sounds like all is going well back home! Good luck at State Karigan! Love ya!

Elder Eppich JR

Elder Eppich in Kpong

Brother and Sister Mensen in Keneshie (ward mission couple)

Beautiful countryside of Kpong Ghana

Kpong Ghana