We went to Tamale today; we had to go to the Registrar General’s office. We are still trying to get the 50 year lease on the mission property. We made some headway this morning; well, anyway we paid some money this morning; bought some forms and gathered information.
I told Steve that I really wanted to get the air conditioning fixed in the green truck before we had to make another long trip to visit the churches. Sunday it took almost 2 hours to get to Salinkuka and the sun shone in my window all the way there and all the way back; I believe I overdosed on Vitamin D! Ha! We decided to drive the green truck to Tamale so they could work on the air conditioning which meant we had to stand on the street and flag down “yellow-yellows” to take us where we needed to go. A “yellow-yellow” is a small 3 wheeled vehicle that people hire to take them from place to place; sort of like a taxi but cheaper.
While we were in Tamale we stopped by the lawyer’s office and picked up the receipt and went to the bank. We also went to the telephone office to check to see how far they had gotten on our request to change the post-paid phone into a prepaid phone. Later in the afternoon Steve hired a “yellow-yellow” to take him around to buy tires for the green truck and for the old van. He was so happy to find the tires for the old van in Tamale because we usually have to pick them up when we are in Kumasi or Accra.
We finished all our business before the mechanic finished the green truck so we sat under an awning in the mechanic garage and tried not to die from heat stroke! It was 107 degrees today and who knows what the heat index was. When Steve walked across the street to buy more bottled water I told him to pick up a couple sachets of bagged water. I used the bag water to pour over my dress in an effort to be a little cooler. There were a couple cats at the mechanic shop; they were so hot that they had their tongues stuck out and were panting like a dog. Now you know a cat is hot when it pants!
They got the truck finished shortly after 5:00. We headed for Yendi as soon as we paid the bill. The truck was cooling beautifully but it only lasted for about 45 minutes then it died. We presume that it blew a fuse but it was raining and dark so we just opted to roll down the windows and ride hot the rest of the way back to Yendi. Steve will check the fuses tomorrow. We cannot find replacement fuses for the truck so Steve just wraps a thin piece of copper wire between the poles of the fuse.
Thank you for all you do! Have a great day!
In His service,
Steve and Kandie
