Week #66

Defending a book

well this week was a fast one and we were expecting a few people at church but naaaaa hahahah satan is working tooo hard on our investigators i guess, so we are gonna have to send in the Calvary AKA THE BOOK OF MORMON! the ultimate book of defense. 

for some reason this week everyone we have been running into seems to be a Jehovah witness.... now if you know anything about them they like even have a different bible so even using the bible to back up your testimony about this gospel is just useless. but something elder Piutau and I are trying to imply in our proselyting is when questions come from people we meet we try and answer it using the Book of Mormon! 

hahah you might ask your self how can you answer a question lets say about adam or eve, or of the life of jesus christ of even a question about the people of Israel. how on earth are you gonna use the book of mormon to answer a question like that!?! its something that elder nash did and i saw the effect of using the book of mormon to answer questions. when you use the bible to prove or show your point of doctrine your nearly trying to Convince someone of the truth. BUT when you use the book of mormon to answer not just the average questions but even the soul searching questions you are Converting someone to the gospel.

i know its not going to be easy but i know the only way to defend this truth unto the power of conversion is through that book. the challenges are endless, but the potential of lives changed are endless. i challenge all of you to study that book so that when friends, family, co-workers, ect. come asking those curious questions theyve always wanted to ask, YOU can defend the faith and help the people you love so dear know the Fullness of the Everlasting Gospel. 

I LOVE YOU ALL SOO MUCH. my prayers and blessing be upon you all. thanks for the support!

elder jeppson

ps. like 28 days till xmas but like who the heck is counting...........................heheheheh

1.THANKSGIVING FEAST..... hahahha somehow

2. The young women had there program on sunday and all these wonderful beautiful girls did such a great job and its fun to watch there testimonys grow! 

3.......................HAHAHAH oh elder Piutau is sooo tired of fetching water from the well so when it rains he just enjoys it and takes a nice rain shower hahahahahh

Week #65

Hot then Rain then Back to Hot then more RAIN

Tarkwa is just such a cool area! elder piutau just had such a fun week. we see anything weather it be a shop or a person or a cool shirt! we stop and talk to litterly EVERYONE!! we had a greet week with many new investagators and still trying to scope out this massive area! missionary work is not jut fun but its the chillest! that doest make sense but when you just love what you do life seems sooooo simple. teaching.talking.learning.sleep.repeat. (PLUS FOOD) hahahahah

well funny story: after a lonnnng day elder Piutau and i were walking from the University in our area. and it had been raining all day but i mean who cares its just some rain but all the pot holes on the road were covered and as we were walking in the dark back to the house along the highway a big olllllllle semitruck drove by and hit the pot hole FULLLL OF MUD and water!! hahah yea we got soaked it was halarious! but the cool thing is that a taxi driver saw the whole thing and immediatly pulled over and said,''GET IN OR I WONT GO TO CHURCH!" hahah we were like what the heck who on earth says that!? so we got in and found out just that day the ZL's in another area in the next town had GC'd him and gave him a pamphlet. he said you guys are men of God and i need to do some service so thats why he stopped and took us to town for free!

there are still some wonderful people in this world who still see that god blesses his children even from the slightest things that we do to serve and help those around us! also want to thank the ZL's cause with out there constant efforts that man probly would of never picked us up. because of there effort a man was blessed and us after we were just soaked got a nice ride  back to town! God has his ways, they might be weird or strange, but who knows maybe one day that man could be a bishop, idk but all those little seeds planted but US as latter day saints will one day blossom into a beautiful Lilly!

another great week ahead! loved the pics of the temple dedication! god has granted the tresure valley with another temple, lets make it count and use it!! WORK WORK WORK till the work is finished!! love you all god bless!

elder jeppson

1-6: TONGANS CAN EAT!! WHOLE COW! hhahahah
7.the legend and i
8. rice ball and palm nut soup with a side of smoked fish. one of my favvvvs

 

Week #64

Malo e Lelei

TARKWA!! my new area is sooo cool, and ohhhh my goodness it is HUGE! i cant believe how cool our area is. tarkwa is a BIG mining town in ghana! so its pretty dusty but i thought it was gonna be a bush... THIS PLACE A CITY! its actually a way nice area! and my companion and Second son is elder Piutau! from tonga! hes got a great sense of humor and loves the work. we are excited to get to know tarkwa together! hahha

well it wasnt an easy saying goodbye to nkanfoa, the apparment, the companion, the members, it was all just too unreal amazing. but all good things come to an end sometime so that we can start a new chapter. the 4.5 hour tro tro ride to tarkwa from cape is not the fun at alllll! hahaha and the first night we got there water and power were both out. they have fixed the power but for the past almost week now everymorning and night we go and fetch water from the well outside our house to bath....OHHHH GHANA! its sooo dope to be a missionary here. doing things you never thought youd have to do! lol

we had district conference down in takaradi on sunday so it was great to see soooo many members of this district get together with the idea of in the next few years to create a stake here in Tarkwa! I LOVE SEEING THE WORK GROW!

well nothing really to say more, excited for another week ahead full of good times with a tongan! hahah love you all!

elder jeppson

no pics........... card reader is not working hahahah

(updated 14-Nov with pictures)

-the family lineage!! hahaha getting big
-tarkwa and its massiveness!
-good ole boncu and okru stew

 

Week #63

Words of Appreciation

this week was AWESOME!

first off, i have been called to Train AGAIN and also elder mease has been called to train!! sooo proud of that guy for how far he has come, he is ready to train. i am confident! and also i will be whitewash training, opening a new area, and being a district leader..... YEA ITS GONNA BE ONE CRAZZZZY RIDE! hahahah so im preety sad im gonna be leaving my city, Cape Coast! but im excited for the new journey!

i cant describe how grateful i am for the lords annointed servents. this week we had elder nash of the africa west area presidentcy come and instruct our mission for 5 hours.... Blessing upon blessings as that man opened up his life and laid it all on the table. he sees the future of our mission and he wants us to get there. hes wants us to elevate! i loved every word of his instruction. as a young missionary himself in south america he told us how hot he says it was. so he just straight up said, " youve been called to ghana, embrace and love the heat, its what you been called to do." BAAABOOOOOM! man i loved that so much for some reason.

elder Nashs relationship of the savior is something i envy to be like. his appreciation for jesus christ can not be written. he knows his savior and he encourages all of us to do the same. study his words and get to know him. For about 2 hours of him there we got to ask him any doctrinal sound question, that man answered EVERY question using the Book of Mormon..... it was sooo cool the way he related every question to some story in the book of mormon. i strive to be that conversant with the scriptures but i know the only way to be like that is to study them. and study and study till i can never forget them. We in the ghana cape coast mission was given such an honor to hear from one of the lords servants.

the rest of the week was great and busy learning from our investagators and trying to resolve there questions. we had 2 investagtors again walk all the way from a nearby village to church. man i love the faith of those that have found the truth, its a miracle in the process!

IM AN UNCLE!! hahahah congrats kenz and andy on there new babies! love you all and my prayers and blessing be upon you for your help and love you all show me! i miss you all

elder jeppson

1.pizza with the boys to celebrate mease training!

2.late nights by the beach...so pretty
3-6. having to say goodbye to the best ward ever...not an easy goodbye
7. its an art to watch these guys fish.... pretty cool!