This morning we picked up Timothy Niligrini at his house and went on to the village of Binalado which is south west of Kulkpeni. This is one of the villages that we don’t have problems getting to due to the heavy rains. At this time of year the existing pot holes in the road grow much bigger because the rain water softens up the ground. There are places here in the compound that after a big rain will allow your foot to sink 1-2 inches into the muck. Then a couple of hours later you wouldn’t know it had rain because the soil is so porous. It is really weird!
When we arrived at the church building we were happy to see the church benches sitting out under a big tree. This allows us to spread out. The church buildings are usually small so it is a great way to get the virus. We had disposable face masks to give to anyone. There were nine men and nine women present with thirty-six children. Daniel, a church leader, had a short bible class and Timothy and I taught the sermon. The topic of “repentance” was requested. During our visit I told the people about the Covid-19. We found out today that misinformation (lies) are floating around. Did you know if you get the vaccine it can cause your body to become magnetized so a cell phone or any metal object will stick to you? If you are vaccinated and put a light bulb on the site where you were stuck it will light up. Since I have been fully vaccinated I debunked both ideas by physically showing everyone that a cell phone didn’t cling to me nor was I able to light the small trouble light that we carry in the pickup. My idea was not to convince the people to get vaccinated but they needed to hear the truth so they could make an informed decision.
After services and a brief question and answer period we walked over to the chief’s house to greet him. On the way one of the brothers made a plea to us to help a widow who is a church member to help buy corn to feed her family. She lost her husband in May of this year. After getting the details of the situation we gave the widow 150 GH Cedis ($25) to buy 10 bowls of corn. She was very grateful for the assistance. The price of corn has jumped from 5 GH Cedis a bowl to 15 GH Cedis. That is a huge increase in the price. Corn is the main food stuff in our area. We are happy that our supporters give us “whatever comes up “money for this kind of situation. We talked with the chief briefly.
As we were walking to the pickup a brother told us a young lady wished to be baptized. That made our day. Her name is “Happy”. She is the daughter of Emmanuel, the evangelist that died with dementia earlier this year. A short distance from the church building there is a little river that is deep enough to baptize in. At the bridge there were two boys fishing with a hook and short black line. Another boy had used a stick as a stringer to display four 6 inch fish that looked like shad. It doesn’t matter how small the fish are, they are going in the stew pot! After Happy was baptized we prayed with her and bid them farewell.
On the way back to Timothy’s house he informed us a handicapped sister from Kulkpeni needed some help with repairs to her handicapped tricycle. Her name is Abuwa. We also assisted her with a little money to help with the repairs. Thanks for the help with this situation also.
Kandie worked on her new quilt project this afternoon. We couldn’t do much outside because it rained the majority of the afternoon.
Tonight at Kulkpeni our memory verse was also my lesson “pray without ceasing “1 Thess. 5:17. Our class was small but good.
Thanks for your prayers and support. Have a good day and may God bless.
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
