We worshipped with the congregation at Duuni located south of Yendi. With the new road it only takes 25 minutes to get there. On the way we saw 4 or 5 children playing/walking across the road with a little guy that couldn’t have been more than two years old following them. The problem occurred when the two year old froze right in the middle of our lane of traffic. After stopping and blowing my horn 10-15 short blasts a lady came out of a compound on the opposite side of the road and moved the child off the road. Timothy said it looked like the lady wasn’t the child’s mother since she was heading in a different direction. It is amazing how parents just let children watch children.
At Duuni we were met by Bro. Waja Francis. The congregation has just recently finished putting up a new cement block building. This congregation is one of the bigger congregations we work with. I noticed they didn’t have any windows or doors; when money runs low most local Ghanaians stop the work and start using the building until funds are raised to finance the purchasing of the doors and windows. Individual plastic chairs were separated a meter apart to comply with the Coronavirus guidelines. Kandie and I provided the face masks. I taught the bible class and Timothy gave the sermon. The question and answer period after services lasted almost an hour. There were doctrinal questions as well as inquiries about the Coronavirus.
The congregation was pleased with the gifts that we had brought for the church. They were even more pleased when after services we presented the congregation with money to help purchase windows, doors and whatever is needed. The brethren wanted to give me the credit for the money but I said to thank God and the people who provide us money to help the Churches. Bro. Francis told us the congregation had worked hard on their farm to grow yams, soybeans, and cowpeas. They grew 800 tubers of yams, 35 bags of soybeans, along with a smaller amount of cowpeas.
Bro. Francis joined us as we drove over to the chief’s house. The chief is an old man. He said he had been suffering with an ear ache for 3 months. We gave him some kola and some money for him to buy some medicine to help his earache. He was happy for the kind gesture. As we were going out of the village we stopped at the church building where some men were waiting to give us a large amount of yams. We were happy to see some water yams in the lot. Kandie slices the yams thin and then fries them to make chips that we can eat with salsa.
Our sympathy goes out to our brother-in-law, Charlie Letson and his family in the loss of their sister Cathy. Please keep this family in your prayers during this troubling time.
That pretty much wraps up our day. Hope you have a great Lord’s Day and may God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
