Tis the Season

Nativities are very popular in Ghana because it is such a Christian nation.  We have loved the variety we have seen in Africa:

Photo Courtesy Nene Dunenyo First, former DTA in Africa West Area

Typical Wood Carved Nativity Sold Throughout Africa

The Hands of the Carpenter

Following the example of the Savior's occupation as a carpenter, skilled artisans in carpentry are found in Africa. (Photo credit Phillipe Kradolfer)

Harmattan is here!

The Harmattan is a dry and dusty wind blowing northeast and west of the Sahara into the Gulf of Guinea between November and March (winter) each year. It is considered a Natural Hazard. On its passage over the desert it picks up fine dust particles The dust in the air can severely limit visibility and block the sun for several days it is comparable to a heavy fog, this effect yearly cause airlines millions due to cancelling and diverting of flights.

Cars are covered in a layer of dust as are the hallways in the MTC due to open windows with screens.  It is difficult to keep anything clean and if history repeats itself will last at least 2 months.

Elder Dube Was in the Africa West Area Presidency

Last August, Elder and Sister Dube were transferred to Salt Lake City, to work in Church Headquarters.

Learn A Bit More About Africa

Over 11 million square miles: That’s roughly how much land constitutes Africa, a continent with more than 50 sovereign states, trod by 1.1 billion people who speak thousands of languages. A continent so varied, and with such a deep and complex history, it’s the source of some of the earliest advances in mathematics, urban planning, engineering and surgery.

So why are people always telling me that they recently returned “from a visit to Africa”? Or that their lifelong dream is to go on safari in “Africa” one day? Why is this diverse and massive continent constantly referred to as though it were a single country?

“When it comes to Europe, people want to be very specific: Eastern Europe, Western Europe,” says Kathleen Bomani, a creative consultant and researcher from the Upanga neighborhood of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “We didn’t have a Berlin Wall to separate us, but...they get all the nuance!” In talking about the continent, she says, “there's a disregard [where] for so long it’s been OK for anyone to refer to it as just ‘Africa,’ a huge landmass. It has to change, and really we need to start doing that ourselves. The onus is on us.” (Europe.newsweek.com/youre-100-percent-wrong-about-africa-399037?rm=eu)

The Ghana MTC Is Closed For Two Weeks

In order that missionaries world-wide do not leave the MTC Christmas week, the program has been reversed so that only MTCs receive missionaries the week before Christ.   On December 22, we will welcome 60 new missionaries to the Ghana MTC.

Ghana MTC 26 November 2015 Slide show