Dawda finished plastering the inside wall of the storeroom this morning. He said that he was finished but when we checked it the wall was not flat. It had an inch deep step where he did not get the blocks lined up correctly. When we brought it to his attention he said he knew it was a problem but he could not fix it without taking extra time. We told him that we didn’t care if it took extra time because we did not like it and we wanted the wall flat. We knew that it would be easier to fix now than later. Dawda already had the mortar mixed. It took him about 20 minutes to fill the space and another 30 minutes for it to partially dry so he could smooth it out well. When he finished we were very pleased with the wall.
Red came this afternoon and picked up the corn roasting machine. He is going to take it to his house and work on the propane burners. We are not sure that he actually knows what he is doing or if the burners we bought are big enough. It is all an experiment. If these burners are too small we will look for larger burners next time we go to Tamale.
Today was Yendi’s big market day and while we were in town at the market Timothy Niligrini called and said that his brother was at the gate of the mission house. He needed reading glasses. We told him that he was welcome to wait for us to return but when we got back to the mission house he was nowhere to be found. Nazo had gone to prayers and there was no one to let him in the gate. When we see Timothy on Sunday we will give him a pair of readers to pass on to his brother.
We went to town twice today because we forgot to buy dish soap the first time. It took a little bit of hunting to find it. We used to buy it from Asana, a crippled lady who has sickle cell disease but her shop has been closed ever since we came back this time. Over the years she has sold many things to support herself, used purses, cell phone units, cell phone and homemade soaps.
The weather was not as hot today as it has been because the Harmattan came back in. The Harmattan is the dust that blows in off of the Sahara desert. The dust looks sort of like a fog and it protects us from the direct rays of the sun. The dust also brings lots of upper respiratory infections and colds with it. The funniest thing about the dust is that it makes your hair get very thick. The dust must dry up the oil on your hair and cause it to poof up. The high temperature today was 110 degrees with a heat index of 112 degrees.
Have a great day!
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
