We washed more fabric this morning. I am happy to report that we have gotten the bulk of it washed. Anyway we have washed all the hand dyed wax fabric; the rest is factory made here in Ghana and should only require 1 wash and 1 rinse cycle.
Zorash came into the kitchen this morning and helped me and Amama make ginger / onion Shito. Pronounced Shee-toe. We ground about 3 pounds of onions and 1 pound of ginger as the base of the Shito; then we added oil (far too much oil). Ghanaians love their oil. After we finished the process I drained off most of the oil. It took 3 ½ hours to cook the Shito. It has to be cooked until everything turns a dark brown. My main job was to keep stirring it to prevent it from burning. Zorash ran back and forth to the Child Center while it was cooking. I washed clothes between stirring. Zorash did not want me to cook it on high but when she was not in the kitchen I turned that stove up as high as it would go. I love to “high fry” something! I don’t have time to fool around! Ha! It was delicious when it finally finished cooking.
Dawda, the mason, came to the mission house this morning. I wanted to ask him about making a set of steps so we can climb up on the roof. When my dad built the house he built flat roofs over the steps leading into the main house and into the apartment. We can get up on the flat roof with a ladder but I want to make it easier to access. Why? Well, I think that from that vantage point we would be able to see the back part of the property. When we stand in the yard the back field is blocked by the Child Center. We have to stand on the far corner of the veranda and peek through the trees with the binoculars to see what is going on in the back field. Dawda did not want to make the steps my way and I did not want to make them his way; he even had his foreman come and talk about the project. His foreman came up with “Plan B”. We can have Red make metal steps. Red is going to come tomorrow and give us an estimate.
Papa Zachariah’s sister came to the mission house this morning. She is old just like Papa. She wanted reading glasses. She might need reading glasses but she has cataracts. The cataract in her left eye is very noticeable. A couple years ago Papa Zachariah had cataract surgery and he is doing fine. Steve encouraged her to go to Yendi to the eye nurse and schedule an appointment to have them removed the next time the eye doctors come to Yendi. She did not appear to be too thrilled with Steve’s idea. After trying several pairs of reading glasses she found one that she thought she could see better with.
Have a great day!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
