We have been trying to get everything covered up and closed up for the beginning of our trip back to the states. We have never been this prepared to leave! We are ahead of schedule and will have time to watch a movie before we go to bed. We are going to have to leave Yendi 2 days earlier than we had planned so we can be in Accra to get the PCR Covid test before we leave. According to the Covid protocol to enter New York we have to have the test less than 72 hours before we begin our trip. We are just laying over in JFK airport so there is a chance that we might not be forced to have one but Delta airline said we needed it; we would rather be safe than sorry. We don’t want to be stranded!
It is 5:30 and we only thought we were ahead of schedule. Steve just came in and said that the van spare tire is flat. He is at the vulcanizer trying to get the van’s flat tire fixed. He checked the oil, water etc. a couple days ago but he did not think about checking the spare tire until a few minutes ago. He was surprised to find that it was flat. We have so many flat tires; the tires they sell here are not the best quality and there are nails, bolts and screws around every lumber company and hardware store. People also burn their rubbish in the road so there are little bits of metal and glass mixed in. Many of the sacrifices that the people place in the road have nails and sewing needles mixed in as part of the sacrifice. Hopefully he will be able to find someone to patch the spare; if not we will have to unload the van and take the truck. Fortunately he thought to check it! It would have been bad if we had a flat on the way to Tamale tomorrow; we would have missed our flight to Accra.
Nazo and Mr. Iddrisu started painting the black fence with regular paint this morning. It is going to look good but it will take at least 2 coats of paint; maybe 3.
Divine brought the last of the church reports this afternoon. He is hoping that today will be the day that they bring the thrashing machine to his village. They did take the machine to a village that is a couple villages away from Kpamang to try it out to make sure that it is working. So maybe they will come to his village next. He said that there were enough soybeans in his village to keep the machine busy for 3 days. Soybeans are a cash crop.
Thank you for all you do for us! Please pray for us as we begin our trip home!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
