Fwd: Hand Over

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From: Christina Olson <coolson1@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 1:24 AM
Subject: Hand Over
To: Elder Olson <dmolson2@cox.net>

There was a hand-over ceremony for a project we did at a hospital in Techiman, where Elder and Sister Olson are serving.  It is some distance from here to we ask them to take care of it.  Here is their great report.  It sounds like it was a wonderful day with some great outcomes.

Elder/Sister Bullock

Dear Friends,

Yesterday was probably the best day of our Mission.  We really saw the hand of The Lord in all that led up to this Hand Over.  So many threads came together to form this amazing tapestry.
It was scheduled to start at 11 am.  A Sub Chief was asked to be the Chairman and he arrived with some ceremony.  His name is Nana Afena Nketia II - Twafo hene.




The Dever's and we arrived a little early and so did President Robert Awiisi, our Vatican City Branch President.  He was dressed up and did a wonderful job introducing the Church members present.  



Brother Robert Paintsil (a physician Assistant) gave the opening prayer.





Dr. Kessie then spoke and introduced the Chairman and gave a history of the hospital.
They started with no money, just a dream.  He divided his house in half in 2004 and when that got too small he rented another house.  He talked the bank into buying a piece of land for him and holding it until he had the money to pay for it.  Then they saved every penny to buy blocks. 
10,000 at a time. He went to the magazine area and hired men to make them drip line holders and beds. They have been building ever since.
Dr. Kessie said several times how grateful he was to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for this expensive Blood Analyzer Machine.  He was so touched that the Church let him pick out what machine he wanted.  He said, "I guess beggars can be choosers".   








Dr. Kessie also mentioned how humbled he was that Elder Olson had faith in him to remove a cancerous growth on his hand and how we were so willing to help them.  When he mentioned Elder Olson was a retired Veterinarian who had worked on horses for 42 years, the Chief sitting right next to Elder Olson got excited.  Evidently this chief has the only horse in Techiman and he wants to see Elder Olson again.  Coincidence? 
Elder Dever spoke next and gave a wonderful account of how the Church Humanitarian Program got started and it's roll today.
The next speaker was the Municipal Disease Control Officer.  Leaning forward in the picture.

To be continued......




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