<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Bo Together]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bo Together]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:35:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Independence Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is our third 4th of July in Sierra Leone. And for the third year in a row, Kathy and I didn't go to a parade or picnic in the park. We didn't stay up late watching fireworks. This morning, we witnessed 87 people being baptized at one service. Children wanted to hold my hand, young men and women gave me fist bumps, and adults smiled so brightly when we caught eyes, smiles that I will never forget. These beautiful and friendly people are so easy to love. When a baptismal candidate has...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/happy-independence-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a49315c0e6d46569498754f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:32:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_fe27cf1a74ba4b4e96814f2a56fa74a2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halfway ]]></title><description><![CDATA[(This post is based on a letter we sent home to our ward today.) December 28, 2025 We landed in Sierra Leone 18 months ago this evening, June 28, 2024. With the help of senior missionaries, local leaders, and Church members, we opened a new mission in rural West Africa, the Sierra Leone Bo Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our mission is based in the city of Bo and includes half the country, the Southern and Eastern Provinces. I’m told the total population of Sierra...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/halfway</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69518d7282b426413643e51d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:45:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Sunday Morning Boat Ride. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have four stakes in Bo and one in Kenema. Outside of these two relatively small cities, scattered among the towns and villages of Sierra Leone, are our mission branches. We organized our 22nd branch this morning. The branch is in Sumbuya (soom-boo-ya). There were eight branches when we started our mission. We will set up the 23rd next week. More branches are in process. Our dear friends, Elder and Sister Arnell join us for each branch opening and help support the new branch leaders. Elders...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/a-sunday-morning-boat-ride</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69484b166cebe7424b31dc94</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:45:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_4c1d404ba5fe487f9f0e154ef1118984~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winks and Smiles and a New Branch in Moyamba Junction]]></title><description><![CDATA[We organized 10 new branches during the past two months and are awaiting approval for three more. (We are trying to keep up with our missionaries!) Let me tell you about our newest branch and its first branch president. The branch was organized one week ago. It is the Moyamba Junction Branch and its first branch president is Donaldson Frazer. Brother  Frazer grew up in a Muslim family. Seven years ago, while living in Moyamba, a small town 90-minutes out of Bo, he learned about the Church of...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/winks-and-smiles-and-a-new-branch-in-moyamba-junction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691102d81e1d1e1ad9fd5e4a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:17:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_b140f515452d4bd5abb016434491ebca~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Does it Take to Baptize 120 People in a Small, Remote Corner of the Jungles in West Africa?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of our friends back home spend Saturday mornings watching soccer games; we go to our missionaries’ baptisms. There are a dozen...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/what-does-it-take-to-baptize-120-people-in-a-small-remote-corner-of-the-jungles-in-west-africa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b9aa8eb8338a1ae1937a8f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:36:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_c83c2f83933a47b7ab331238fac3bf23~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["I've Never Been Happier"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Road to Moriba Town "I've never been happier!" These words were expressed by a missionary during a zone conference in Moriba Town a...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/i-ve-never-been-happier</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68481df014f5ed1121881de3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:13:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_03d58fa0cf9e45749fa77e0ce1cefdd5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bonthe Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you look at a map of Sierra Leone and know where the boundary is that divides the Freetown and Bo Missions you will notice we have 90%...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/bonthe-island</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683cc36a8f951bdeee8a64d7</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 21:54:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_58ecec249bcc4f8980b5610d618e63e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Baptisms]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have baptismal services almost every Saturday and Sunday. Today is Easter. We had baptismal services today. Imagine celebrating the...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/easter-baptisms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">680551690306f55bd56d20ad</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 20:00:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_5c5b7182fba64b828cdeee39feeaf733~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elder Joseph Musa Dongboi ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the truly happy things I get to do is set apart full-time missionaries who are members of our mission branches. We have 45...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/elder-joseph-musa-dongboi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67daf9aa435d935012762311</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:15:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_3376bf51d7fd49808bee56b1caf75cbc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tree of Life Vision]]></title><description><![CDATA[I need someone to paint an African Tree of Life picture that fits with this post. And note for the image, a few of our churches have...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/a-tree-of-life-vision</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ce11ad9eca22eca53b91e4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 23:06:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of our African missionaries told me of a dream he had. In his dream he saw a church within a compound, a church he had never seen...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/dreams</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67cb3b65b1797c58cda98c2a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:34:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merry Christmas and Happy New Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorry for the late post! We had a bit of trouble with our blog but we think all the kinks are worked out and we're ready to go again....]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677ea61a53ebc7e39998be80</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:32:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_f33baf30c92747ee9c0e3581419d8e51~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Day Dawn is Breaking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott - Sierra Leone has four provinces. 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The large green ball...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/finally-a-blog-post</link><guid isPermaLink="false">676f117d244c748c7a37eaed</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:56:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_b9cf3a65d888473d947ce7cf6586ce6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott- I met Moses, a thirteen-year-old boy. I had just parked my Toyota in the compound behind the small branch house on a Sunday...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/moses</link><guid isPermaLink="false">673290a231756b3948d88193</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:18:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_899feb1e96644dec86e20923240bf438~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naomi Johnson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snaps and Snippets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kathy- When you want to take a picture here, you ask, “Can I take a snap?” Here are some snaps from the last few weeks paired with...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/snaps-and-snippets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671522f530e6abcbf5a690be</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:34:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_a15596a95212484783673604ba3d6c29~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is the cardio section?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott- Two of our elders found a sweet gym near their compound, and were invited to join in for a work out  anytime. It’s minimalist and...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/where-is-the-cardio-section</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670c47e29f61ca5c92cb40c4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 22:24:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_654eb58c7cc34db78c154a62f3d06356~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_765,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chiefs of Kailahun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott- We have four missionaries serving in Kailahun, which is near the border of Guinea. These are the first missionaries to serve in...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/the-chiefs-in-kailahun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6702a24d2714bce755c8fb4a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 14:59:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_2430b42a29b54539938cea7a0aea4c6d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Random Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I sat down to write this blog entry, I heard some commotion outside. I glanced out the window and saw two boys holding large, dry palm...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/random-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f9ac20db76332839cd0bc1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:53:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_6a11f4a7d737463d95473c255ffcd30b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_948,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take it Easy On the Corners!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scott- If they can use a 125-cc motorcycle instead of a minivan to haul 7 people; then they can certainly use a four-cylinder minivan...]]></description><link>https://slwyatt61.wixsite.com/bo-together/post/take-it-easy-on-the-corners</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f096092e5298a128babc39</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2024 22:29:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cd0e8d_54f449ab99cf4243ad72ec6996fc1ae3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>slwyatt61</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>