We didn’t get away as soon as I would have liked this morning. Timothy Niligrini was running a little late which normally wouldn’t be any problem but I needed to stop in Yendi to purchase some ruled notebook paper booklets and a broom to give to the congregation at Kpanjamba . We try to always stop and buy Timothy some breakfast food because there never seems to be enough time for him to grab something to eat. Today, Timothy bought some square fried bread. This was a new food for us. After Timothy bought his bread I got out and bought one for Kandie and me. It was light and airy but it was also very greasy. FYI, I still ate mine and part of Kandie’s.
At Kpanjamba one of the church leaders said the number of members were down because of travel and schooling but we reassured the members we didn’t care how many were present ,we were there to teach a few or a lot; numbers didn’t matter to us. At the end of services it is customary to announce how many men, women, and children attended and also the total contribution. A total of 96 people, mostly younger kids filled the small building. We were lucky in the fact this small building does have electricity and there were two small ceiling fans helping to circulate the air.
Due to the heat the congregation asked us to combine the class and lesson time into one before the room got really hot; this was ok by me. My lesson dealt with setting goals for the congregation as well as personal goals for this year.
We had a good question and answer period after services. One young man had asked for prayers from the Church because of his dreams. My first item to discuss at the question and answer period was to explain how the brain works even when we are asleep and how some individual’s habits can promote dreaming that can be scary. This is a difficult concept for these people to grasp. Their ancestors all ran to the Juju men and soothsayers to find out what the dreams meant and they usually paid a big monetary price for it.
Late this afternoon Red came by the house. He said his friend needed a handicapped tricycle for a brother that couldn’t walk. The man was in an automobile accident. We have been storing these tricycles for several years now. When I brought it up to the house to get a better look at it I could see the tires were dry rotting but the man who came for the tricycle was glad to get it. He said he could buy the tires for it .
Hope you all had a good Lord’s Day. Thanks so much for your prayers and support. May God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
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