Here’s another story that will partially answer your question, and I’ll try and finish the other part of your question as well. In 1989, the Ghanaian government made the decision that the LDS missionaries were CIA operatives. Furthermore, there were some in the government that believed the Church was a racist organization. They had read anti-Mormon publications, and there were other political factors as well, that led to what is called “the Freeze.” Soldiers locked the churches, disbanded the congregations, and sent all the Western missionaries home. One of the questions my friend, the man we discussed at the beginning of this interview, wanted me to help him answer was the question: “How am I going to explain to my friends that I’m becoming a member of the Church that we the Ghanaian government once attempted to get out of the country?