Our Bishop and his wife recently received a mission call to serve in the Ghana, Accra Mission...it's kind of funny because about two months ago I got a call from Bishop Dalton and he said, "Michelle, tell me how a couple leaves for the Ghana, Accra Mission, but returns from the the London, Leeds Mission." I then explained how mom and dad had been called to serve in Ghana, but that partway through their mission the church was ask to cease all missionary work so they finished their mission in England. About a month later, during Ward Conference our Stake President announced that Bishop & Sister Dalton had received a mission call. It kind of makes me wonder if they had their call when Bishop called me, but they hadn't announced it yet.
Since the Dalton's received their call, I have been reading dad's missionary journal. I thought it would be fun to look up the names of some of the people mom and dad worked with and see how they have grown in the Gospel. It's been kind of eye opening to see the work they did and the foundations they laid (literally & figuratively) for the Gospel to come again to the people of Ghana. A lot of what dad was doing, besides training the leaders, was purchasing property for future church houses and overseeing the construction of buildings in progress.
The field was definitely ripe for them! Twice they had men from nearby villages come knock at their door with a list of names of people who were ready to learn about the church and be baptized. It will be good to hear what has become of these men.
Reading through the pages of dad's journal has been therapeutic. We get so busy going through the day to day routines of caring for him that I forget the man he was.
