Happy / sad times

hey how are ya??

i think this'll be a shorter email cause we'll talk on sunday.

my week was good. we went to takoradi, sekondi, and swedru zones for splits. then we came back to cape coast for the last couple of days of the week.

i'm gunna tell you about a couple of people right now. they are emma eshun, laud essel, and frank tewiah jr. they are three of my favorite people in ghana.

emma eshun is from moree. she just got back from a mission at the end of last year. the whole time i was in moree, i never met her but i heard about her. laud is from sekondi ward. he is a returned missionary and he's like four foot something tall. he has a high pitched voice and is very smart and funny. i got to know him while i was in sekondi. i found out later that they were dating, and since emma has come home from her mission, they've been preparing for their marriage. they are so sweet.

let me tell you something about ghanaians, they're so freaking awkward when it comes to relationships. they don't go on dates, they don't kiss, they don't hold hands or anything like that. they pretty much act like they don't know each other when they are in public. they won't talk to each other in public, or sit by each other, or interact with each other any differently than any other of the people there.

but laud and emma are so tight. they'll hold hands and flirt and you can just tell that they love being around each other. so anyways, they had their wedding at the yamoransa chapel this weekend. we helped them with transporting some stuff to the chapel and giving them some rides on saturday and sunday and it was so cool. at the wedding as we were setting up and cleaning up, i got to see a ton of my moree people, and even alot of the sekondi people came over. it was a cool day.

then the next day, laud asked us to give them a ride to church at moree ward. so it ended up being an eventful day at moree. first of all, laud and emma were there in their tux and dress and that was exciting. also, it was the return of elder adams and mackay.

and then some not so exciting news also. there is a guy named frank tewiah jr. from moree. he is a returned missionary from ivory coast. he is a teacher at the mtc and he's the type of person that knows everyone. he is in his latter twenties, and is just the coolest guy. he knows the gospel so well and lives it. he makes everyone feel like he's their best friend. he honestly is one of my favorite people in ghana. well, long story short, he was coming back from the mtc on a tro tro a couple of weeks ago and the tro tro crashed and he died.

it was a very odd experience at moree chapel. on the one hand i heard about frank. meanwhile, i am seeing people that i havent seen in almost a year who i'm super happy to see but... you know. so frank's been on my mind alot these past couple of days.

about the phone call, there is a seven hour time difference right now. so what i'm thinking is that if we do it at 2:30 pm your time, or 9:30 pm my time, we could talk. if that doesn't work, the other option would be for us to do it before you go to church. let me know what you think. i'll be back in the office a little later. also, do you want to do that same conference call thing we've been doing or another way?? lemme know.

thanks for the engagement updates you know i love those! haha its so weird. man that's crazy about lisa's due date and osama's death date!

anyways, i'm outta time for now, we gotta go somewhere. hey mom, thanks for all that you do for me. i'm really thankful.

thanks love you
elder mackay