New chapel in Moree

hey family

sorry i haven't written back the past couple of weeks. i had every intention of doing so, but we've been busy.

two weeks ago i woke up and first thing went to the office and read the emails. then all day had a ton of things to do and went to bed late. as i was about to fall asleep my eyes shot open and all at once i realized i forgot to write you back. so i said to myself, "i'll let myself slip this one last time, then from next week going i'll write every week."

then last week rolled around and i wanted to know how lisa and the twins went that week. i rushed out of bed when i woke up and read the email which was a huge relief. then the same thing happened and i totally forgot to email back again cause we were doing a bunch of stuff. i didnt even realize that i forgot to write back until the next day.

so i've made a commitment that i won't read any emails until i've found a time at which i'll read and respond at the same time. so i'm sorry i'm slacken of late. i'm not sure if it's a good thing that i'm not focused on home or a bad thing cause i forget about you sometimes, i donno if i should be embarrassed about it or proud of it, but it is what it is and i love you and you know that!!!

dad i gotta say that your temple story a couple weeks back was one of the funniest ones i've heard in a while.

and i'm happy the twins were born healthy and ok. i was pretty worried about that up until that monday when you said everything went fine.

the last couple of weeks have been pretty sweet for me. especially yesterday, when i had one of the highlights of my mission.

the saunders went home about a week ago so that was pretty tough, they were so sweet. the asays are the new office couple now and they're really cool people. last week we were in kumasi and sunyani alot, and since then for the next three weeks we'll be able to spent alot more time in our area, so i'm really pumped about that. it's amazing how fast the shulz are picking things up.

so yesterday was a day i've been waiting for for close to 2 years. MOREE WARD WORSHIPPED IN THEIR NEW BUILDING!! it was a pretty special thing to be there. the chapel is very very nice and there was a very good spirit about the day. there was about 300 people there! i tell you less actives were just coming out of the woodworks. it made me feel good to see how many people still remember me. i was especially happy to see Georgina Wilson (a former less active) and Felicity Hawkson (a recent convert) and their families who i havent seen in over a year. it was one of the highlights of my time here in ghana. i saw some of my best friends there yesterday.

it was also pretty sweet that elder adams and i both got to be there with everyone for it. i'll see if i can attach a couple of pics. (by the way the ward leadership bought like a hundred red ties and gave them to the members in the weeks leading up to yesterday)

anyways, still, all is well for me...i'm trying to make the most of my days here cause if there's one thing i know its that i'm gunna miss this place.

love you!!

elder mackay