The yard was full of workers today. Red and his helper came to work on the metal door for the container. Dawda and his helper were here mixing cement and putting a border on the sidewalk so the pavers could not fall off. Mr. Iddrisu and Donkey were hauling cement, gravel and helping where they were needed.
Red finished the double metal doors and we are proud to announce the doors close and can be locked with a single padlock instead of a chain and padlock. The doors actually look very good considering what he had to work with. In a few days we will have Mr. Iddrisu paint the doors. Red also got the portion of the container’s rotten wooden floor removed. He used a heavy metal plate to make a new floor. We will paint it too and it should last another 23 years.
Dawda got the sidewalk fixed; the only hiccup we had with that project is that he hit a water line. At least this line did not have water in it; it is the line that we use when we pump water out of the reservoir into the large poly tanks. Fortunately Steve had the couplers, pipe, and pipe glue that he needed to fix it without having to go to town to hunt for the parts. The sidewalk was originally put down using one of those 3 ft x 3ft plastic sidewalk molds that makes individual pavers. There was a place in the corner that had no paver and Dawda wanted to know if he could just fill the corner with cement. We told him “No!” because we still had the mold and we would show him how to use it. The workers were amazed at how easy it was to make the pavers and fill the gap!
This morning the doctor from the clinic near the mission house came over to let us know he had written a prescription for formula for the baby of a young woman that tested positive for HIV. Since the HIV can pass through breast milk it is better to feed the baby formula instead of breastfeeding especially if the mother has not started taking the anti-retro virus medicine and if the family can afford the formula. This is another of the services that the Child Center is able to provide thanks to the help of all of you that help with the babies. The babies can’t thank you so we will pass their thanks on to you. Steve spent a long time talking to the mother. She is concerned that she is going to die; he has printed some information off the internet for her to help relieve her fears. The young lady is educated and speaks English very well. The lady has had 3 other babies but none of them are alive; she is afraid for this baby too! She said that the father of the child ran away and left her. So sad!
Thank you for all you do for us and for the people of Ghana!
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
