Kirkham's Mission Blog from Liberia

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Visitors to Our Mission

Elder Vinson of the West Africa Area President and Sister Vinson did a mission tour here and stayed with us at the mission home. We hope they come back, now that our funiture is here.

Sister Vinson and Sister Kirkham

Sister & Elder (Dr.) Elmer stayed with us at the mission home while he examined many of our missionaries. Dr. Elmer is our life saver. He is enormously helpful, helping ensure the best medical care for our missionaries when they need it.

Two of our resident deer at the mission home

After 4 long months of waiting, the furniture we bought in Salt Lake City finally arrived.

View from the balcony outside the President's Office

The view is spectacular from my office!

Assistants' "apartment" & Dormatory for incoming & outgoing missionaries

L to R. Four great missionaries going home: Elders Willis, Smith, Harris, Anderson and two Assistants, Elders Pentreath & Skouson

Just another typical, rainy Sunday, coming to Church in the rain

Sister Kirkham is crossing the "road" to come to Church at the Logan Town Branch.

Mission Office in Monrovia

L to R: Brother Sayon who takes care of the missionary apartments, Elder Miles, financial secretary of mission, Sister Hezseltine & Sister Kirkham, Elder Willis (Assistant to president)

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

A temporary detour to Frankfurt, Germany

About 10 days after arriving in Liberia, I suffered a small stroke. We were flown with Dr. Elmer, the West Africa Medical Advisor, to Frankfurt, Germany for diagnosis and treatment. Every conceivable test known to medicine (inside & out) was performed and it was confirmed I had suffered a small stroke of unknown cause. I became well acquainted with German hospital food.

While I was enjoying hospital food, Judy had opportunity to tour the beautiful Frankfurt countryside.

A wonderful blessing of going to Frankfurt was attending an endowment session in the Frankfurt temple. It was thrilling to hear the session in German. I served my first mission in Switzerland. It was a fantastic experience.