It was another scorching day. As I am writing this email at 4:15pm the thermometer is saying 1010F. This is the kind of temperatures that we usually expect at this time of year. This coming Wednesday, the 6th, is Ghana’s Independence Day and the heat is what we always remember about the day. We feel sorry for the local marching school children that are competing to see who will win the award for the best marchers.
I was glad that Gomda, the mechanic, was able to get the part for the green pickup yesterday so we could have a/c today as we traveled to the bush. We visited the village of Yawondo today. We had to pass Timothy Niligrini’s house on the way to this village so we stopped and picked him up instead of him having to drive into the compound.
At our arrival we met Brother Daniel, one of the church leaders who led us to the chief’s house so we could greet him. During the course of our conversation with the chief he told us that he was replacing the wood and some roofing sheets on his house due to termite damage. He had purchased some bags of cement but was concerned he was a few bags short so we gave him enough money to buy 2 more bags of cement which made him very happy!
Our visit to the Church today had a twofold purpose; worship with the Church and have a naming ceremony immediately after services. I was glad we were sitting out under a tree because the church building is small and lacks air circulation. We were glad to see the members had plastered the outside walls of the building with the funds we had provided last year. We provided more funds today to help finish a small section of the exterior of the building and make an apron around the foot of the building to protect it from rain erosion. We will also provide a metal door and two windows to replace the wooden ones; because where there is wood, there are hungry termites! My lesson today was entitled “What can we see to do for God?” I used the parable of the Good Samaritan for the basis of my lesson.
After services Timothy and I were asked to give a short message for the naming ceremony for a church member and his wife who have a 2 month old baby girl. She was a cutie! She never woke up for the 5 minutes that I held her. The mother had her wrapped up in a cloth like this child is cold. Really, when you could cook an egg on a flat rock in this heat and sunlight! By the way, the parents named their child “Beauty”.
Later this afternoon, Mr. Adams, the electrician, came by the house to look at the motors that might be used to roast the seed we grind for the child center. We were not lucky this time so Mr. Adams is going to find us one in Tamale, hopefully, this week.
Hope you had a good Lord’s Day. May God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
Email directly: taylorsinghana@gmail.com website: www.ghanamissionfund.org
