There is a library in Osu, a part of Accra.  It serves the people in that area so they can access books and experience the joy of reading. Kathy Knowles started this library and many others in other areas in Ghana. I believe she said she has 9 libraries around the area.  She is a Canadian.  The library is her passion and she is in charge, but her husband is very supportive. She has local people she trusts run the libraries and she visits a couple of times a year to make sure everything is running smoothly. The library is constructed of three containers joined together on one side, that comprise the library, and storage area for new books that she sells and an office for Joanne, one of the librarians, and a  single shipping container on the other side, for another office for Enoch and storage space for kids supplies and games, and a breezeway in between, for a classroom.  A roof was built over it all to give it a homey look. Senior Sister missionaries have, ...

President Moses of the new Wellington Stake in Freetown, Sierra Leone with us on the balcony of the stake center.  I think he is forty-two. Our first visit to Sierra Leone was on May 26, 2022 to spend a few days training and counseling with the AAAs who live there and those who live in Liberia, the neighboring country to the east.  Solomon Agbo supervises the AAAs in both countries.  He is a former stake president and operates a construction company in Freetown.  A good man.  His latest project is a huge addition to the Freetown East Stake, next to the Freetown Mission Home.  There are some pics of it below. But first, a summary of our arrival from Accra.  A smooth two-hour flight west over Ivory Coast and then over many rivers as we approached Lungi International Airport that services Sierra Leone.  Freetown has a lot of water around it.  The airport is even across the water from Freetown.  We had to register upon arrival and were told ...

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...