We went to Sobobito to worship today. This village is south west of Kulkpeni about 15 miles. Timothy got a day off from riding his motorcycle to the mission house since we had to pass right by his house to get to our destination.
The church building doesn’t have any trees so we had to meet inside the building. It was beginning to get hot when we arrived around 9:30am. This afternoon the heat index was 129 degrees while the high temperature was 110 degrees. One of the leaders apologized for their smaller number of members that attended services today. He said there was a funeral in one of the nearby villages and it was market day at the larger village of Sambu. We told them we were just happy to be invited to come.
Before I start my lesson I usually try to tell the audience about the gifts that we brought to them. They love getting the benches. They were also happy to get the other items like the crocheted hats and supplies for the Lord’s Supper. Kandie reminded me this congregation has a “white board” so we included a set of dry erase markers. I’m glad we did. Their set of markers was almost dried up. My lesson was centered on keeping oneself and the church pure. I illustrated the lesson by putting a pinch of dirt into clear water. The crystal clear water turned murky with just a minute amount of dirt. There was a great question and answer period after services.
Before leaving the village one of the church brothers introduced us to the new chief. He was a nice guy. He had been enskinned last October but due to the pandemic we had not been able to visit the village. Kandie and I are very watchful of the chairs we sit in. The reasons being most of the plastic chairs here are weak and most Ghanaians aren’t as heavy as we are. Kandie took a plastic chair and I chose a wooden “lazy” chair that leans way back. I set on the front edge of the chair and was fine UNTIL I leaned back to get some money out of my fanny pack and back I went; too far back with a large cracking sound. Everyone rushed to my aid but the damage was done. I ended up giving the chief some money to fix his chair but he resisted so I split the money with him and he was happy. From the chief’s house we went to the old chief’s house to greet our old friend. This old chief had not been officially enskinned so he lost his chieftaincy. We wanted to go see him just because we have been seeing him for the past 20 years. He was glad to see us. His eyes aren’t in good shape but he is an old man. I gave him a little money just because!
The rest of the afternoon was spent getting everything ready for us to leave in the morning to fly down to Accra and meet our son-in-law Marcus and eldest grandson Taylor who are scheduled to arrive on Tuesday. Taylor will be the 5th generation of our family to come to Ghana and we are excited!
Please keep us and the boys in your prayers as we fly the friendly skies. Thank you for your love and support of the work here. May God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
