I MADE IT!

Hey family!  Well I arrived here in Ghana and it is an experience to say the least!  There is no way on earth that I could have prepared myself for this, it is beyond anything any of you have ever dreamt of!!!  The driving is worse than anything we've been in, street venders are everywhere tapping on you windows...there are no stoplights, and the stop signs just mean that whoever gets there first has the right of way!  Sometimes they even drive on the wrong side of the road just to get where they want to go, we were driving around cars that were coming straight for us!!  The freeways are nuts and the exits are just dirt roads, so whenever you want to exit the freeway you just drive off the road into the dirt towards whatever building or place you have in mind!  

 I placed my first Book of Mormon on the plane ride to Ghana with a man who sat next to me.  He was from Liberia.  He was a strong Christian and was interested, he gave me his e-mail and asked me to e-mail him!!  

Anyway, it is incredibly hot over here, I started sweating almost immediately!  And you are never dry...humidity.  Well just wanted to tell you all I was here.  My MTC (that stands for Mission Training Center) companion is from Ghana and is serving in the Nigeria, Benin City mission!  Well, thank you all for sending me here!  I definitely understand what you mean about safety now dad, it is the most crazy place I have ever been to in my life!!!  Anyway, I love you all!  Try to share the gospel of Christ, or build up a fellow member this week!  Love you all!

 

P.S.  I had this dish on the plane called Ganea (Ganeeya), and it is like rice that is chopped up really finely with nuts and other wierd fruits and things, and then we had a spicy type of rice with chicken, the food is really good.  Well gotta go, but I love you all!

 

Love,

 

Elder Johnson

Headed to Ghana!

We headed to the Salt Lake City Airport bright and early Thursday morning.  As we got the bags all checked in, we saw more missionaries arriving.  We took a few family pictures, said our goodbyes with a few tears and sent Elder Johnson on his way to Ghana.  With a final wave he was off on the Lords errand.

                           We'll measure in two years and see how the heights have changed.

Last family photo for two years.  We are blessed to have our missionary serving the people of Ghana.

Only a few days left!

Welcome!  I've created this blog for everyone to follow Elder Alex Johnson on his mission in Ghana, Africa.   He will be flying out on Thursday the 17th and after a transfer and a 10 hr flight, he will arrive in Accra, Ghana as a new missionary for two years for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  What a blessing!

Mission Farewell in American Fork