Good Parts of the Flight

The flight.. was an adventure. If you want to read about it, its in the post just below this one. But if you only want the good news, the highlights of the flight so to speak, here they are.

Met a missionary headed to the Accra, Ghana MTC. Saw 2 other Elders doing the same thing. First missionary I met actually did some missionary work in the airport.. though it wasn't looking very promising.. the man he was talking to seemed annoyed and upset..

Met a little 5 year old boy - Joshua. This was while waiting for the bus. (2 hours.) His parents are from Ghana, but he has never visited it, and is very excited. We did all kinds of good luck things to get the bus to come.. danced, crossed our fingers, pretended to throw salt over our shoulder..

Even the next morning at the airport we were buddies. He watched my stuff for me when I left to get breakfast. ;)

Our frustration with Delta brought our little flight of people together. At the airport in the morning we all recognized each other and said hello in the halls and shops. Felt like a little community, and was pretty funny.

Flew first class on a very long flight. After sleeping for several hours, I talked a lot with my neighbor. A man named Kofi. (A traditional name here for boys born on Friday. Not everyone follows this tradition, but it is decently common.) He has been living in the United States for awhile. He came here for college, bachelors and master's degree, and has been working. Now he is moving home to Ghana, hopefully permanently. We talked about religion and the Book of Mormon, and the church for a bit over 2 hours. It went very very well, and I really enjoyed talking to him. He didn't want to take my copy of the Book of Mormon - it has a note in the front - but promised to accept the next one he saw, and I believe him. I also have his phone number and email address, and will make sure that he gets one personally from me ;)

After discussing the Book of Mormon we talked on many other topics. He also taught me a few words in Twi, which was great.

The last happy thing : we landed!!! We finally got here. :)