These are our dear friends, Doug and Marie Hadley, receiving their wall hanging during our Monday morning devotional. They have been our best friends ever since we arrived. They live in our apartment building and we have done so many things together. Doug and Chris have been walking buddies. They walk every morning at 5:20. They are from Idaho Falls, Id. They have been the Public Affairs Missionaries and have done a fantastic job!
For part of their goodbye speech, they sang "God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again." Doug sang part of it in Fanti, which is one of the local languages spoken here. It was lovely and very touching. They asked me to accompany them on the keyboard.
That evening they were honored at our Family Home Evening gathering and presented their Kente cloth neck scarfs.
This is Elder and Sister Spackman being honored by President and Sister Graham, our Temple President and Matron. The Spackman's have been Temple Missionaries. They will be returning to Florida, but spent most of their married life in Minnesota, where Elder Spackman worked at the Mayo Clinic.
Brother and Sister Pothier came here as volunteers with Self-Reliance. They are wonderful people and we became great friends. They worked very hard helping young people find jobs. This is Elder Nash presenting them with their neck scarfs.
Bob and Marva Pothier, from Mesa, Az.
John Buah has worked for the Church for 30 years and just recently retired. He is a very special man and deserved all the accolades and tokens of appreciation he received at his retirement celebration. He has been the Welfare Manager for the past several years, but he has held many other positions over the years. This is Elder Vinson, our Area President, presenting him with a plaque.
This picture is Francis Kazeh-Anfo, the Area DTA (Director for Temporal Affairs) reading a certificate of appreciation to John and his wife.
Receiving their wall hanging.
This is Chris with our beautiful Esther Abuyeh. She is the legal assistant in the office. She works very closely with all the legal team. She is a dear friend and very competent at her job.
Esther and Linda.
This gentleman is Ben Markham. He is from Utah and is very good friends with Adaline Matthews, who lived in Louisville years ago. He was here on business and Adaline asked him to look us up while he was in Ghana. We enjoyed meeting him.
Our very good friend, Joseph, with one of his former mission companions and cute, little daughter. He had stopped by the office for a quick visit and Joseph wanted us to meet him.
What a wonderful way to say "well done my true and faithful servants" to those who made the choice to serve senior missions as they head home. We are kind of jealous of the great wall hangings they received. We only got pins but they say the same to us. Thanks for sharing these experiences. We hope you are getting couples to replace those going home.
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