We got word this afternoon that Abdulai Fusheni died. Abdulai is one of the first men that we helped get artificial legs. My parents were still alive then. The accident happened in 2001. Abdulai was in a motor vehicle accident and lost both of his legs. They were amputated ¾ of the way up between his knees and his hips. When we first heard about Abdulai he had been in his room with no means of getting out. He did not even have a wheel chair. He was pretty depressed and helpless. Steve, Dad and Red went to his house with a wheelchair and they installed a lift bar so he could help get himself up and into the wheelchair. On Christmas day 2001 Steve, Dad, Red and Mr. Tjani took a handicapped tricycle to his house. What a wonderful Christmas present it was for Abdulai. Shortly thereafter the funds were found to send him down south to Nsawam where he learned to walk on his new legs. We did not want him to have to go around begging so thanks to generous donations he has a small store that he operates from the comfort of his own house. Over the years we have helped him with wheelchairs, repairs to his house, electrifying his house, enlarging his store and helping with food and medical expenses. Abdulai has been in failing health for a while. He has had a few strokes so we were not surprised that he passed away. We will go visit the family tomorrow. He has several children.
Today was Yendi’s big market day. We went this afternoon; we were looking for more table cloths for the communion tables we are giving to the churches when we visit them. We only found one today. We bought some vegetables while we were walking around the market. We bought a barbecued guinea fowl for supper. We always reheat them in the microwave before we eat them just to make sure they are safe to eat. I always look into the cavity of the bird and pull out the things we don’t particularly like to eat. Today I noticed a small fluid filled pocket near the kidneys. I thought that it might be part of a bladder that had been left in the bird. Do birds even have bladders? Inquiring minds want to know! When I went to remove the thing it burst open and sprayed me right in the eye. It burned and I could not help but wonder what in the world was in my eye; pretty disgusting even for me! We quickly flushed out my eye. My eye seems to be fine.
We took the small generator to Mr. Adams, the fix-it man. We have not run it in several years. Red is going to need it to run his small welder when he comes to lengthen the grates in the wall. Steve did not even try to start it because he figured the gas would be bad and he did not want to gum anything up.
Thank you for all you do for us! We really appreciate the help!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
