This afternoon while we were driving around Yendi passing out mangoes we happened upon 3 young men that had a very small monkey. The monkey was the smallest one we have seen in captivity. This guy is tiny. The monkey had a tether around his waist and the guys were just dragging him around every which way. We stopped and asked if it was for sell. They said they could not sell him because he was their friend. We went a little ways down the road and I told Steve that I was afraid that he would die. Steve reminded me that they already said they would not sell him. I told Steve that everything had a price. So we went back and I asked them again. When they asked what we were willing to pay for the monkey I knew that we could make a deal of some sort. After a bit of haggling we bought the monkey for 150 Cedis which is a little less than 15 dollars. As soon as we got to the mission house we gave the little guy something to eat (baby formula). Formula is something that we have lots of at the Child Center. I also cooked him some corn porridge because we were afraid the formula might be a little too strong for his system. The monkey has decided that he likes Steve; he hangs on Steve’s leg when he gets up to go somewhere, he likes to sit on his shoes and he fell asleep at his feet. Once he was asleep we put him in a small box.
Mr. Oldman, our neighbor, came to visit us today to thank us for the mangoes we left at his store a couple days ago. We loaded him up with another box of mangoes to take home. He said that when he got the others he organized all the children that lived near him and shared the mangos with them. He said he saved a few for the adults to eat when they finished fasting. He was able to shed a little light on the fighting that took place a few days ago. His family is from that village. He said that they were putting in a new regent and that some opposed the regent being put in place so they informed the military and when the military arrived the villagers became unruly so the military was shooting warning shot to disperse the crowd and 12 people were wounded and one died. He said that everything was calm now.
Steve went to the bank to pay the employees’ taxes and the withholding tax but he said that there were too many people in the bank. The banks were closed yesterday and since it was the first of the month he figured everyone was there to get their monthly pay and pensions. He said that every seat in the bank was taken up and that the people were lined up outside the building. He said there was no way he was standing in the heat with that many people in line. He will go back tomorrow or the next day.
Please continue to pray for us and for the work.
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
