The Twi Book of Mormon

There are several native dialects spoken in Ghana. The most widely used include Fante and Twi. It is estimated that about 40 percent of Ghanaians speak Twi as their native tounge. In Accra, where there is an accumulation of people from all over Ghana, education and business communication is mostly English, a common language. But in the center of Ghana, school students are taught in Twi and most conversation is in Twi. Many members of the Church in those areas speak little English and cannot read English. For some time there has been a Fante Book of Mormon translation. In August, 2005, the Twi translation of the Book of Mormon was released.
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of the Twi Book of Mormon.

We got a call from Elder Gould who is serving in Obuasi, a branch of the Kumasi Stake. He knew we would be traveling to Kumasi for training, and suggested we bring a couple of cases of the new books to the missionaries in his district. We wanted to be a little part of history, so we delivered the first Twi Books of Mormon to Assin Foso and Obuasi. It was fun!

Delivery to Assin Foso

Members Read Book Missionaries Read Book
So what do members do when they get
a Twi Book of Mormon? They read. 		And what do missionaries do?
They smile and read.

Watch the Historic Moment in Assin Foso
This clip is about 500kb, so be patient.

           



Group at Assin Foso
A Happy Group at Assin Foso with New Twi Books of Mormon



Delivery to Obuasi

Opening the Case Crowd
The missionaries were so excited,
they opened the case before it left the car. 		All the commotion caused
a crowd to gather.

Crowd Crowd
The crowd continued to grow... ...so they became part of the pictures.

Give him a crowd and Elder Markham will try to show off.
Group at Assin Foso
Sorry Elder, you just don't have the balance and grace!


Elders Kyei and Annan Smiling Elders
Missionaries who speak Twi
were curious to see how their
favorite scriptures were translated. 		They were excited to share "The Book"
with contacts and local members.
Elders McAdam, Kyei, Gould & Annan

Afoakwa Family Afoakwa Family
As we pulled out of Obuasi, Elders Gould
and Annan presented the Afoakwa family
their own Twi Book of Mormon. 		This family had recently been baptized
without having been able to personally
read the Book of Mormon.

Afoakwa Family Reads Together
The Afoakwa family reads the Book of Mormon
together for the first time.

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