As soon as we finished our walk this morning we cleaned off the kitchen’s island; covered it with Saran wrap, sharpened the knives, got out the meat grinder and meat tenderizer, grabbed large plastic bags and headed to the market. Today was Yendi’s big market day and the best time of the week to buy meat from the butchers because usually on market day they slaughter more cows than normal and the selection of meat is better. The cows are slaughtered on the outskirts of Yendi and hauled to the market where they are skinned and broken down into smaller pieces. Most people only buy a handful of meat because that is all they can afford. This morning we bought about 50 pounds of meat. We bought fillets, tenderloin, butts and hearts. We even bought a hind quarter of goat that still had the skin on it; the hair had burned off so that you could eat the skin too. I thought of keeping the skin and cooking it for our kids but I thought that might be just a bit too much. By the time we got back to the mission house Amama was waiting on us. She worked today to pay back one of the days she was off earlier in the week. We jumped right into trimming the meat and preparing it for the freezer. While Amama and I trimmed the meat Steve ground hamburger, tenderized the steaks and packed it all in the freezer. We save all the scraps, fat, skin and bones to give to the workers. They are always so happy when it is meat processing day because they will have stew meat in their soup tonight. Amama dropped Meri and Zorash’s portion off at their houses when she went home.
This afternoon we washed more curtains; Steve got part of them hung and he put a piece of plywood over one of the guest bedroom windows to help keep the room cooler. While he was working I was cooking, getting some things cooked ahead of time and put in the freezer to make meal prep easier when our kids arrive. Someone asked me exactly who was coming to visit us; Jordan, our second son, his wife Lindsay, our daughter Charity and her daughter Faith.
Divine stopped by last night to drop off the paper work for the churches. He wanted to go to Tamale today and turn the documents in but the Registrar General had gone to a funeral; maybe he will be able to get them delivered next week.
Today is the day that Papa Zachariah will know if he is going to be the next Balogu chief. Nazo said that if he does not get chosen to be the Balogu chief he will probably be appointed as another sub chief because of his close connection to the palace.
We appreciate all the things you do for us and for the work.
In HIS Service ,
Steve and Kandie
