We only got a small basket of mangoes today; there are very few left on the tree so our mango season is coming to an end. We are always happy when they are gone; it is sort of like the garden at the end of the growing season everyone has eaten, canned and given away all they can but still they don’t want to see anything go to waste!
Steve said that his chest/head cold seems to be getting better and he does not feel as bad as he did yesterday. He is still coughing a lot. A few more days and he will be “right as rain”; whatever that means. If someone knows what that saying means let me know!
We washed clothes this morning. I have been putting it off as long as possible because I hate to iron and everything that is hung on the line seems to need to be ironed! I had an idea that seemed to work very well. I was contemplating the ironing situation and it appeared to me that the majority of the wrinkles come from the clothes laying around in the laundry basket. This morning as we washed the clothes we hung them on plastic coat hangers and then took the hung clothes to the clothes line. It worked like a charm! Most of the wrinkles fell out as the clothes were hanging drying and then when it was time to take the clothes off the line Steve grabbed clothes, hanger and all, and put them in the closet! Imagine that! Sort of like hanging your clothes up as soon as the dryer shuts off. The blue jeans still could use pressing but they are only a small part of the laundry!
I wanted to make pizza and cinnamon rolls for supper but could not find the yeast. It was in the small freezer before we had to unload it a few weeks ago to have it worked on and I have no idea where I put it so after we got the washing done we went to town in search of yeast. We stopped at 4 shops before we found some. The lady that was selling it said she did not want to sell a full package (1pound) but I could have ½ a package which was better than none. When she came back with the yeast she was grinning; she decided to sell us a full package. I am sure that she was smiling because she had seriously overcharged me! At least I have enough yeast to last a while.
We spent all afternoon working on the Quota papers. It is time to renew the quota for the Child Center. The Quota allows expatriates to come to Ghana and work for the Child Center on a resident visa. This is helpful for us because the resident visa is good for either 1 or 2 years and we can come and go from Ghana as many times as we like without having to reapply. Filling the forms is a pain because they want everything to be typewritten. Who has a typewriter in this day and time? We cannot just scan it into the computer because it has to be filled out on the original form that has their official stamp. So we do a lot of typing; holding it to the light behind the original to make sure that all the information lines up in the correct box. Then after we get it all perfect we cross our fingers and hope that when we put the original through the copy machine that nothing happens to it! If that is a success we have to make 15 copies to turn in to the Quota office. We never have figured out why they need 15 copies but we give them what they ask for.
Take care, keep us and the work in your prayers,
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
