We are safely back in Yendi; thank you for the “safe travels” prayers. This morning when we checked in at the airport to fly to Tamale the agent told us that they had changed their policies and that each passenger was only guaranteed 2 suitcases with each ticket. We still pay for poundage and additional suitcases will be sent as there is weight available on the plane. In other words they were not sure that all 12 pieces of luggage would make it on the plane with us. There are 4 flights a day from Accra to Tamale so we were hopeful that if all the luggage did not get on the plane with us they would come on the next flight. We had to pick the 4 most important pieces so they could mark it “Priority”. Fortunately all our luggage arrived on the plane with us.
Red was waiting outside when we exited the terminal. It was good to see him. He told us that the van had no air conditioning. We knew that the A/C mechanic had not fixed the leak the last time he worked on it. We went to his shop and hoped that he would recharge it so we could have a cool ride back to Yendi but a cool ride was not in the cards for us. He said that the leak was too big and he needed time to fix it. We will take it to him next week when we go to Tamale on business.
Not sure how hot it was today but at 4:30 it was still 101 degrees so I figured it was up around 110 degrees today with a heat index of who knows what.
While we were in Tamale we saw a semi-truck filled with onions. We stopped and bought a 200 pound bag. We love onions! We are going to share them with the workers and our friends. The van was full of luggage so we had them put on top. Getting that heavy of a bag up on the luggage rack of the van would have been a real challenge but there was a motor king driver that was buying 6 bags of onions; he had his onions loaded almost as high as the van. They put an extra bag on top of his onions and pulled up alongside the van. Red climbed on top and they hoisted the bag up on the rack. When we off loaded it this evening it sort of just slid down the side of the van.
Red told us about an old man that needed a walker. He has a swollen leg and finds it very difficult to get around. The doctors want to amputate his leg but he has refused to let them. We suspect that he has diabetes. Red wanted to know if we had a used walker to give him. We did not so we stopped as we were leaving Tamale and bought him a walker. He will be pleased!
On our way into Yendi we stopped when we passed through Kulkpeni to say hello to Timothy. Then we met our neighbor Mr. Oldman; he was sitting with his group of friends on the road leading out to the mission house. We stopped and greeted him.
Supper is in the oven so I will close for now. Take care and have a great day!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
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