This morning Tichak, the night watchman, called to let us know that he was headed back to Tamale. If you remember his brother’s son has been in Tamale hospital for several weeks; no one will not tell them what is wrong with the young man and they said that they could treat him for 5,000 Cedis. Tichak said that he was on oxygen; we suspect that he had Covid. Tichak’s family tried to get him discharged from the hospital but the doctors refused to let them take him home or even transfer him to Yendi hospital. Well, the young man died last night. Tichak was on his way to Tamale to bring the body home. How sad, he is dead and still no one knows what was wrong with him.
The clutch went out on the Motor King again today. When Solomon the mechanic came he noticed that it was in low gear; he said that if Mr. Iddrisu drives it at top speed when it is in low it will burn the clutch. Solomon talked to Mr. Iddrisu and explained that low gear was only when he was getting a heavy load to move or climbing up a hill. Solomon replaced the clutch and it is back up and running. We were happy that the Motor King was out of commission today because of the heavy rain we got last night. We knew that the field would be muddy and that Mr. Iddrisu would probably get stuck and we would have to pull/dig him out. By tomorrow the ground should be more solid.
Zorash and I went to town and picked up the lap quilt that I am having hand quilted by the guy that makes tunics. It looked wonderful! The only problem is that when he started a new piece of thread he tied it on the border and the knots are more than ugly! I decided that I would add an additional border to the quilt to cover the knots. I think that will make it look much more finished. I told the man that I did not like seeing the knots and asked for a needle and thread and showed him how to imbed the end of the thread into the quilt. I left him another small quilt; he is going to try sewing the line and hiding the knots.
Warihana’s father, the young teen girl with Osteomyelitis, came back today; he had only been able to raise 100 Cedis toward Warihana’s medicine and transportation. Time is wasting so we decided to go ahead and give the money for the medicine as well as the surgery money. Warihana’s father is going to give us some corn and soybeans at the end of this year’s harvest to help pay for the medicine. We sent the money to the Doctor over the cell phone and he called us to tell us that he had received the money and that Warihana could come to Tamale tomorrow to have the surgery done.
Thank you for all the love, prayers and support.
In His service,
Steve and Kandie
