Ghana



A woman balances a display case of brown eggs on her head as she walks by the LDS church in the town of Yamoransah in Ghana (west coast of Africa).

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This village near Cape Coast now has running water thanks to the efforts of the Mormon Church.

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A woman in Cape Coast, Ghana stirs a cauldron of palm oil which when finished is sold in the local markets. The Mormon Church in Cape Coast set up programs for locals to earn income and become self sufficient as part of their on going community service projects throughout the world.

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Grace Gifty Andoh-Kesson with her sleeping son William Benjamin Kesson teaches a Sunday School lesson to teenagers in Cape Coast, Ghana. After each Sunday service, church members meet for gospel lessons. Since there are no paid clergy members, the LDS church depends on it's members to volunteer their time to help teach.

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Kojo Nyankah (10) and Basil Croffie (12) look through a church hymnal prior to Sunday service. The two Mormon boys were waiting for the sacrament meeting to start in the chapel at Cape Coast - a small town in Ghana.

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Joseph Lartuy, a homeopathic practioner in Accra, Ghana reads the small print of his Book of Mormon in a lesson conducted in his home by two missionaries. Lartuy is a recent convert to the church.

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Elder Alexander Offei's message is met with guarded curiosity at the gate of a residence in Accra, Ghana. Elder Offei and his missionary companion Elder Nathan Niles were proselytizing - going door to door looking for converts. They had no luck with these two. Offei, 21 is from Ghana.

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