WEEK 17: Free Food--A Blessing and a Curse





Pictures:  He looks wet in this picture?  The bottom is a picture of cockroaches on the floor after they sprayed the kitchen.  He said it's "only a small portion of them...there were like hundreds"...he did clarify that he still won't go near a spider, he makes his companions kill them!
Hey friends!

Life is seriously sweet in Africa.  Like wow. Time is flying by like crazy!  My companion is super cool, and we enjoy going to the gym together in the mornings. I have discovered that I'm very weak. ha! But that's okay.  

When I first got to this area almost 4 months ago we received no FM (I asked for a translation and this means "free meal"). Now I receive like at least one a day. Which is cool cuz that means they like us buuuut the food is... (he says he has now eaten snail, soup with fish heads, fish eyes, lots of chicken...Tanner wouldn't even eat chicken or even anything with cream of chicken soup in it before his mission). My investigators are sweet. I'm about to get the traditional Ghana cloth (not sure what this is?) for free from one of them. I'm excited. 

I'm learning everyday and I love it. One thing I have really learned to be better at is just love everyone, even people who make you want to throw your head into a brick wall. haha. But yeah, life is sweet, and the mission is an amazing blessing and privilege. Love you all!

Elder Pace 

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