We woke to cloudy skies and a nice breeze that was cooler than the wind that had been blowing. We were hopeful that we would get some rain when we heard it thundering in the distance but as the day wore on the clouds moved out and it got hotter.
We have not been to visit the Ya-Na since we have been back to Ghana. We hate to visit ourselves and sometimes we can send a nice gift by Mr. Iddrisu and Donkey with our regards and then we don’t have to physically visit him. Steve and I decided that we would send a bag of dried dates to the palace. Donkey and Mr. Iddrisu thought it was a good idea. We went to the market and found a vendor that had full bags of dates (100 pound bags) which was far too many to send to the palace so we bought half a bag. The bag the lady put them in when we bought them was not a very nice bag so Steve bought a new one. Mr. Iddrisu and Donkey drove the motor king to the palace with our gift. Of course we had to send some monetary money with the gift just because that is the custom. But we still did not spend as much as if we had taken the gift ourselves. Mr. Iddrisu and Donkey were not gone very long and they came back with a monetary gift for us from the Ya-Na. The monetary gift is a checks and balances way to make sure that the gifts that are sent to the Ya-Na actually get to him. If you send a gift and no gift comes back there is a problem. We divided the money the Ya-Na sent with Mr. Iddrisu and Donkey. They were happy to get the money. They said the Ya-Na was very pleased with the dates.
One of the brothers from the church at Frigmado came to the mission house this afternoon to get communion juice. While he was here he noticed the mangos that had fallen and asked if he could have them. Of course we don’t care; we were more than happy to share them. Speaking of sharing mangos, yesterday afternoon we took another bucket of mangoes to town and handed them out to the children we met along the way. We went to a different area of Yendi so there was less of a chance that we gave mangoes to the same children. This afternoon after we picked up the mangos from the trees at the far end of the property we shared with our neighbor and we have plenty to give to Timothy Niligrini and his family tomorrow. We only thought the trees were about to stop producing.
We intended to paint the newly plastered wall today but the cement is still not dry. Even with the fans running there is too much moisture in the room. Actually the moisture is good for cement; it will cause it to cure better and be harder.
While we were in the market this morning we met Mr. Adams the “fix-it man” . He said that he has an idea for something special for the extension cord he is going to make for the corn roaster. He said it will have a switch close to the machine so we don’t have to go far to cut it on and off.
Enjoy your weekend!
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
