We are PREGNANT!

Well, its about time we let everyone know that , there is going to be a little Parcell joining the family soon. We found out about three months ago during a doctors visit. It was shocking but not unexpected.
We found out about three weeks later that I had a pancreatic tumor that had to be removed. That made it very hard to tell anyone about the pregnancy. We knew that there was the risk of loosing the baby because I had to be put under. I am grateful to all of u whose prayers were with us during this time. The surgery went great and the baby and I came out just fine.
The recovery from the surgery wasn't easy, but I can say the worst is over.

I think it is about time we started enjoying my pregnancy like every first mum and dad would. We don't know what we will be having yet, but we will find out next week. I am especially excited to go shopping for baby stuff and also to have a baby shower. And I think I know the perfect person for that.(Sher)
I wish I could add a picture to this post to that everyone can see my cute baby bump but unfortunately, I do not have one yet. But I promise to post a picture of me immediately I start poking out.

We am so grateful to the Parcell family: mum and dad, Toby and Sher and the boys for all the help and support. I am especially grateful to Effie and the fam for driving up all the time to feed my cravings.
We are looking forward to posting more in the weeks and months to come.

Takyiwah Parcell

Conference.

We were privileged to be there this morning at the conference center to experience conference this morning. This is our third conference experience together and our first as a married couple. We enjoyed the talks today as it mostly was about how we could be a part of missionary work, and the importance of it.
Missionary work is important to our family as it what brought us together. We met on the mission field as missionary and convert. And it is always thrilling to think about how we felt then. We are glad that, we listened to the promptings of the spirit when we did and are grateful for the consequences that have followed later. They are great and that makes it very rewarding.
Mission work is very divine and we both testify to that. And we are very grateful for this Restored gospel that gives us this great opportunity to experience its divinity. This church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is truly the Kingdom of God upon the face of the earth and we are proud members of this great family.
We leave this with you in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

its finally over

Today is the last day of August and our bishop asked us to speak. Frankly, this week has been a very busy week and we didn't have a lot of time to prepare our talks. We decided not to do much on Saturday, but just go to the temple and spend sometime preparing for the talks. We were able to finally put some stuff together and printed our talks out. This morning was nerve racking for Takyiwah as it was her first time in along time giving a talk in a new ward. It went really well, and we aere able to make good use of the time we had. We are so glad that, this is finally over and we can sit doen and relax. What a load has been lifted off our backs. Hopefully, such a great opportunity doesn't come our way in a long time