We got a nice rain this morning. Of course by Ghanaian standards it was only a little rain; they love it when it rains for hours and comes down hard and fast. They have not figured out that a gentler rain will allow for the water to penetrate into the ground instead of running off and rutting up the ground. The ground in our area is very porous and sandy so after it rains it does not take long for the ground to dry out. The sky was dark when we went for our walk this morning so we just walked up and down the lane because Steve was afraid that we would be caught in the rain. It started raining around 7:00 and quit raining about 8:30. Nazo was the only worker that was to come to work today. If it is raining when it is time for them to come to work they do not come because they are either riding bicycles, walking or riding motorcycles and they do not want to get wet. They are supposed to come when the rain stops. It was past 9:00 this morning and Nazo still had not come to work so I called him. I told him that the rain had stopped and that he should come to work. He sounded sleepy. When he finally got here he said that because it was raining he was still sleeping and that when I called him he was confused about what time it was! He was very apologetic that I had to wake him up. I think we have all overslept at one time or the other. It was too wet for him to paint or to rake leaves so I set him to ironing fabric scraps.
For lunch I made cabbage fritters so we shared them with Nazo; cabbage fritters are one of the few foods that I fix that the Ghanaians actually like! We didn’t figure that he had a chance to eat breakfast this morning because he had to jump out of bed to come to work and he would enjoy having a good lunch.
Steve went to town this morning and took the deposit to the bank in Yendi. That is a job that Mr. Iddrisu usually does but today was his day off and we did not really want to wait until Monday to make the deposit in case there was a problem. Monday will be our last day in Yendi so we have been scurrying around trying to get all the loose ends tied up. We got our carry-on packed today and I spent part of the day entering bits and pieces of notes that I have made. I keep a notepad handy so that if I hear a proverb or a story I will have something to jot it down on so I don’t forget it.
Our neighbor Mr. Oldman came this afternoon bearing a gift. He brought us 2 Aloe plants. He said that one of his friends in Accra has a lot of them at his house so he asked for some. He said that they sent 4 plants; he shared 2 of them with us. Not only did he give us the plants he took the shovel away from Steve; dug the holes; went to the compost heap, got the compost and planted the plants for us. That was so sweet. He probably figured we did not know how to plant a plant! Sure hope that they do well. We put them in the front flower bed so that we can keep an eye on them and water them when they need it.
Thank you for the prayers and everything that you do for us.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
