Kwaku Obuobi was set apart as the first District Executive Secretary.
To many this may not seem like much of a miracle but I testify this was a miracle
in his life and in the districts history. Each of our District Presidency
meetings since January, we have discussed men that the Lord would have as the
District Executive Secretary. Many were considered but still no confirmation
from He who directs this great work. Last month President Oppong called me on
Sunday evening and said as he was visiting Abomosu’s meetings that day, he was
touched by the spirit to interview a man who had been less active for some time.
He had recently become active again and President Oppong was so happy to see
him again in the fold. He asked the Branch President if he had a calling yet
and was told he had not issued a call but would do so in the future. During the
meeting President Oppong witnessed a vision about Brother Obuobi and his great
future in the Lord’s kingdom. It brought tears to his eyes as he shared those
tender feelings with me that night. After the meeting he welcomed Brother
Obuobi and asked to visit with him in his office. President Oppong was impressed
as he told of his wonderful visit. They reviewed the years before when he had
raised his family in the fullness of the gospel with all being active and
supportive of the Church. They shared times of working together on a service
day for a widow woman who has passed on now and the feelings of her gracious
love as she gave them a sugar cane stock from her humble house. In brotherly kindness,
they spoke softly of Brother Obuobi’s beloved wife who had passed on some 5
years earlier. They shed tears together as they bore testimony of her
faithfulness and love of the Book of Mormon and the healing words found within its
pages. Brother Obuobi with humble heart
relayed why he had not come to church for over 4 years and now had recently
come full circle to full activity once again in Fathers kingdom.
Bernice was his life; he told President Oppong, the sun rose
and set on her every movement during her life. They were blessed with 4
children who are now grown and moved to various regions in Ghana. He spoke of his wounded heart as he placed her
in a grave at their childhood village in the Eastern Region. For months he grieved
for his beloved and began to justify his anger towards the Lord. The grace of
God was for others and not for him, he had reasoned. Why would a loving God
want him to be sad and unhappy, after her examplenary live of cheering others?
More and more he became bitter towards the Church and the members who seemed so
happy despite his devastating loss. He alienated himself and felt justified in
doing so. He said he was a broken man in spirit and heart. Life marched forward
as not to care about his feelings and he was lonely in spirit and soul. During
Christmas of 2011 he was invited to services at another church. Their meeting
did not have the spirit of love he often felt when he and Bernice sat together
on a bench in the Abomosu chapel. He went home and found the tattered Book of
Mormon they once read together with passion and fondness. Opening its pages, he
felt a warm glow enter his heart and mind and felt as if his beloved Bernice
was holding him once again as he began reading the account of Jesus and his accession
to the Americas after his resurrection. As he bowed his head, his eyes were
opened to see his beautiful wife clothed in purity as she smiled from afar. He
wept as he begged her to stay or take him with her. At that very moment Brother
Obuobi saw the Ghana Temple off in the distant behind his Bernice, and the dream
closed. Reverently he sat and pondered
the vision he had just received. Slowly he arose and walked to the Abomosu
Chapel which was locked for the night and just gazed at the heavens while
leaning on the front gate. It was there he covenanted to his beloved wife and
to the Savior himself, that he needed to be healed form his errand ways and
prepare for the temple ordinances he never had time for when Bernice was alive.
President Oppong was notably moved and
he held back tears as Brother Obuobi asked for a blessing from his priesthood
leader he had always loved. A blessing was pronounced and brothers once again
embraced in the fullness of the gospel promises.
Brother Obuobi was called and set apart Sunday April 22,
2012, but more important is a date in May for the entire District Presidency to
accompany Kwabu Obuobi to the Ghana Accra Temple for his own personal
endowments. Sister Dalton will be proxy for his beloved Bernice and her
endowment and then the two will be sealed by heavenly power and authority for
the eternities. It is a fulfillment of a dream given to one humbled man who
loves the Lord with all of his heart and soul. O what blessings will follow!
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