The first item of business to do this morning before going to Kulkpeni for services was to go to town and purchase some Ashanti green oil paint and turpentine for Iddrisu to use to paint the gates and doors Red brought to the house the other day. We had to go all the way into town to find the supplies we needed.
We arrived at Kulkpeni around 9:30 am. People usually come straggling until 10am before bible class begins. As members came walking in Matthew Unidon, a leading church member, would give each person a mask for them to wear. Some of the people were resistant to putting on the masks for various reasons. Kandie and I tried to explain the importance of following the government guidelines; especially since masks are mandatory. We told Timothy and Matthew that if the members didn’t comply we would have to leave. The fine and jail time given for non-compliance, should the police show up, is thousands of Cedis and up to 10 years in jail!! It was not for me to force the people to comply so after a few minutes seeing no change in the wearing of masks we quietly went back to Yendi where we had our own service.
After lunch some of my time was spent working on a bible lesson. Then I moved to working outside. We always try to undo the wiring on the water transfer pump before we leave for the states so it doesn’t accidentally get turned on and burn up the pump and run all of our water out of the tank. After getting that job done I cut all the suckers (excess growth) growing on the cashew, mango, and teak trees around the property. The mango and cashew trees were covered with suckers because we had to severely prune them to get rid of the fire blight earlier this year. I then changed out a wheel barrow tire that Mr. Iddrisu blew up by over inflating it. There’s no repairing that tire!!!!!
We were just pulling out of the compound this evening when we saw Red on a motorcycle with a boy holding a small table on his head. Red had finished the experimental communion table we had asked him to make. It really turned out looking good. Red agreed to make 39 more of the tables at a cost of 225 Ghana Cedis (at current rate equals $38) for each one. I’m sure the congregations will like them.
At Kulkpeni tonight as usual the numbers were small but we had a great class. We are trying to get more people interested in attending so I began class by encouraging a few children present to learn John 11:35 “Jesus wept”. One brother asked about the background to the verse which gave us the meat for our class this evening. After we closed Timothy helped me listen to the children recite the verse and where it is found. I had some bubble gum to give each one when they said it correctly.
That’s it for today. May God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
