Divine called around noon today; he has a very difficult time getting phone reception in his village. Steve could not even hear him the first time he called. He called back and all Steve could get was that something had happened to his leg and that he needed Steve to come get him and take him to the hospital. Steve tried several times to call him back but never was able to get through to him. We had no idea what was wrong with his leg so Steve grabbed some gauze, rubber gloves, ace bandages, rolled gauze, 4×4’s and tape. We did not know if he was in an accident or had broken leg or cut his leg or what. We rushed out to his village which takes about ½ an hour to get to. When we got there Divine was in his room lying on the floor in a great deal of pain. It took Steve a few minutes to figure out that he had been stung on his foot by a scorpion. The scorpions we have in this area are not usually poisonous enough to kill a person but they are very painful. We helped Divine get to the truck; one of his friends went with him. Divine sort of reclined in the back seat with his leg over his friend. Some woman from the village wanted a ride into Yendi; she was carrying several sacks of stuff. We borrowed the one that was filled with her clothes and gave it to Divine to use as a pillow. Steve drove as quickly as he could to the hospital but the road was rough and every bump made Divine moan. Once we got to the hospital they worked quickly and filled the sting and the surrounding area with Lidocaine injections and gave him a Tramadol IV drip. You should feel pretty good after that. While they were working with Divine we took the lady who caught a ride to the bus station.
This morning we talked to Donkey about his son Yahyah and his upcoming trip to Kumasi to enter the police academy; we decided that if the guy wanted to work today and tomorrow we would pay him to cut the tall grass at the back of the property so he would have a little money to buy some of the items he needed. Donkey said that Yahyah was trying to finish the weaving he was doing so that he could sell the cloth and get the money he needs. Yahyah has been trained as a kente cloth weaver. We decided that it might be better for us if we just bought the cloth he was working on. When we took our walk we went to Donkey’s house to see if we liked the color of the cloth. We agreed to buy the full piece he was working on and to buy 3 smaller pieces he had already completed. He was hoping to finish the weaving today.
A couple years ago a little boy came to us that had a very strange condition; he did not have good use of his arms because part of the bones was missing and he could not bend his elbows. The child is getting close to 3 years old and he has learned to eat with a spoon and to feed himself. His name is Abdulai. Abdulai has a new baby sister who is 3 weeks old. The baby was born with seriously clubbed feet. Both the mother and father came to the Center this morning. We explained where the parents needed to go and what they needed to do to get the child on the list to go to the southern part of Ghana to get the braces. We told them that when it was time for them to go we would help with the transportation.
Please keep us and the work in your prayers.
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
