It's May 8, 2022, and Mother's Day in some parts of the world.  Elaine was not thrilled to be in Dakar on this special day.  Me either.  It turns out that this holiday is not celebrated much in this part of the world so scheduling a trip was easy to do for Atobora Brown.  In our sacrament meeting today, Mother's Day was not mentioned.   It is midafternoon and we are in the Archibald's apartment watching two elders eat two sandwiches each and a couple of pieces of KFC chicken each.  They were in between appointments, called Sister Archibald to see if they could stop by for some food and get a ride to their next visit.  Of course she said "yes".  She was in the middle of cooking enchilada's for us when the missionaries called.  The Archibald's (Brad and Becky) are Humanitarian Missionaries here in Dakar, Senegal since last September.  They are from Tremonton, Utah.  Great people with big hearts.  They work under the directio...

  In April 2022 we had a zone conference for all the Senior Missionaries serving throughout the Area,  from Senegal to Ghana.  Those who are not stationed in and around Accra joined in on Zoom.  Elder & Sister Kacher both spoke.  Great people.  They go home to Midway, Utah July 1 as he has reached the General Authority Emeritus status (he has turned 70).  They will be missed by everyone who knows them. After the discussion, we took a group picture of those attending in the Area Office conference room.  Here they are, from left to right: Standing:     Terry & Cynthia Call (Executive Secretaries to the Area Presidency), Ross, Jeri Jacobs (husband is in the OGC office of general counsel), Elaine, Jon and Shauna Duke (Pathway, from Bountiful), Jack Nelson (Diane is taking the picture, Area Historians, from Midway), Neil & Jill Whitaker (Accra Mission couple, from Bear Lake, Neil went to Bountiful High, class of '72), Dale Olsen (...