I had a hard time sleeping last night because I could not turn my brain off. As soon as the alarm went off this morning I told Steve that I thought we should go ahead and write a couple letters to the GRA (IRS) office and apply for an extension just in case the accountant did not have everything ready for us; I was afraid that since tomorrow is the last working day of the month the GRA office would not have time to approve an extension. Steve thought it was a good idea and wrote the letters so we could drop them off before we left for Tamale.
I am happy to report that we had a successful trip to Tamale today. We needed to sign and pick up the church accounts and to have the accountant help us fill out the annual returns on the Child Center and the church. We were pleasantly surprised when the accountant told us that he had not only filled out the annual returns but he had uploaded the necessary documents and had filled the returns for both the church and the Child Center! What a happy day! Now we do not need an extension! We were able to sign all the documents but we could not get a hard copy because they have to be sent to the Registrar General’s office for approval but once they are in the hands of the Registrar General they will not be able to charge any penalties. We can breathe a sigh of relief!
While we were in Tamale we saw a semi-truck full of 300 pound bags of dried red onions. We could not resist; we stopped and bought a bag. We will divide them with the workers and our friends. Now don’t you wish that you were on our gift list? Some people give flowers and chocolate but we give ONIONS!
When we got back to the compound around 5:00 we noticed that there were quite a few mangos under the big mango tree in the front yard. We quickly scooped them up and added onions to the bag. After we unloaded the truck we took the mangos and the onions to town to give to the old lady that we buy bread from. When our kids were here visiting we stopped to greet the bread lady and introduce her to our kids; she gave us a loaf of bread to share with our children. Isn’t that the sweetest thing? People are so kind to us! The bread lady was thrilled with her gift. She does not speak much English and we don’t speak much Dagboni but she let us know that Nazo had stopped by and told her that we had to go back to the states because of a death in our family (our sister-in-law, Shelly); she gave us her sympathy by saying over and over in broken English “sympathy, sympathy”.
While we were in Tamale, Timothy Niligrini, the evangelist, called to see if he could get the food money for this month’s class. Steve sent it to him by mobile money. The classes will be tomorrow and it would have been difficult for his wife Rita to cook if she did not get the ingredients until tomorrow.
Have a great day!
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
