Three big Zone Conferences held the week of April 9.

All of the zone leaders participated in instructions for their zone at the conferences.  The zone leaders were inspired as to what needed to be taught to their zones!  

Cape Coast, Yamoransa, Mankessim Zones

Praso and Assin Foso Zones

Mpintsin, Takoradi and Tarkwa Zones

First Combined Priesthood/Women Leadership Training meeting following the announcement at General Conference.  Held in Axim of the Tarkwa District

The Choir from the Conference

Adult session of the District Conference in Tarkwa

Hello Ghana! I am so happy to be back. I missed all of our missionaries. It was wonderful to go home to see our daughter married for time and all eternity in the temple and see the children, grandchildren, family and friends. We are so grateful for all who made their wedding amazing! These posts cover a couple of weeks and the last few crazy days with "jet lag" in preparation for transfers but we have the most incredible mission and missionaries!

Yesterday we attended our first Ghanaian wedding! It was for one of our Elders!  We were so honored to be a part of such a special time for them. 

Our couple missionaries came together on Friday night to say a final farewell to the Clements.  Sister Clements father came to Ghana earlier in the week.  It was such a plesure to meet him and visit with a man of honor and integrity.  

Elder and Sister Fitch and Elder and Sister Sorensen joined in the farewell as we listened to the stories of the Clements mission. 

Elder and Sister Clements-April 2018

We want to wish Elder and Sister Clements all the best.  We love you and appreciate all you have done in serving our Heavenly Father's children here in the Ghana Cape Coast Mission.  

Today our Sunday worship took us to Nyenasi.  We love the people here in our mission. The children spent an hour singing  primary songs that lead them to the Savior.  We are grateful to serve with these beautiful saints. 

A fast trip home for a very important event! The wedding of Madison and Garrett was perfect! We are so grateful for all our friends and family that made it possible and came to the reception. We could not have done any of this without our dear family and friends, (who are just all our family with different last names!) We love you all and are eternally grateful to you. It was a wonderful week and it was such a blessing to have our last child sealed for time and all eternity in the temple. I thought I would share just a few fun pictures of the family.

I had never flown this far by myself before and it was nice to be on the Dutch airline of KLM

I stopped for a short visit in Omaha to see our newest grandson of 3 weeks. 

Arriving home were my favorite treats!  Everyone was so very kind.

Yes it SNOWED!  I saw every season of the year last week! I almost put on Christmas music!.

This grandson became Ghanaian and would not take his wrist bands off!

More awesome grandchildren!

My dad of almost 93 years spoke to Madi and Garrett the day before the wedding.  It was a realy special time to see him and hear his voice.  He is an example of love and service. 

Anybody recognize these awesome friends?  They were so kind to come to the reception.  We love you!

Madi and Garrett were married in the Salt Lake Temple.

More wonderful grandchildren...

and more!

So grateful we could all stay at Mom's home and have wonderful food!  Thanks Mom for the memories of family!

The "brothers" as Madi called them growing up.  Our 3 sons!

Wade and Kallie on their way to the airport!

Eric and Noelle ready to head back home too...

Jordan and Crystal looking forward to the drive back north.

President Hillam's mom...and mine too!

Madison and Garrett- the reason for the trip home!  We love you!  

April is flying by and these are the pictures of the events before Sister Hillam left for our daughters wedding in the US. So it is catch up time!

So grateful for our supply elders!  Elder Hess and Nielson are always asking how they can help and then the response is, "WE CAN DO THAT!" 

Yamoransa Elders Laiafi, Adou and Ochs

Our always smiling... Agona Abrim Elders Riding and Moreno.

The Elmina District continues to smile with Elders Berry and Kuteka

And it rounds out with Elder Brown and Etukudo.

Our Moree Sisters have more energy then you know!  They go, go, go!

We are so glad Elder Sagario has arrived.  He has waited months and months for a visa and now is here!  Elder Ochs and he will be off and running. 

Our other mid transfer arrived too!  Elder Bassey will be training Elder Kpakpo.  So glad he is here and the English is doing great!

MLC March 2018

MLC leaders...

and more leaders...

and more....

and more.  We are so grateful these Elders and Sisters  have such a love for their missionaries in their zones and the mission! 

Our instruction from Elder Smith and Tovela, the assistants, is so helpful to keep the mission on a path leading to helping our Ghanaian friends join the church.

President Hillam instructing at MLC

Elders Pahulu and Holtman in Mankessim

The Mando District

Elders Ntow and Ukpabio

Elders Egemba and Gunn round out the district!