Timothy Niligrini, the evangelist called last night and said that an old lady at Jegrido died. She is one of the church members and the family asked the church to do the burial. They did not bury her last night; they waited until this morning. Steve went out to Kulkpeni at 10:00 and picked up a load of men that were going to also help with the burial. Most of the villages do not have a burial ground; they just pick a spot outside of the person’s house and start digging. Steve said that the place they picked was full of huge rocks and the men had to work really hard to get the grave dug.
The bad storm we had last night did a lot of damage. We saw several roofs that had been blown off and damaged shops. One of the classroom / sleeping quarters that we use for the seminar got ¼ of its roof blown up. When the wind blew it up it laid over on the other part of the roof and the wood and nails damaged those roofing sheets too. The church is looking for a carpenter to repair the damage. Timothy said that a few of the iron sheets on his sewing room also came loose.
We got out early this morning and started hauling brush and raking leaves again! The storm blew down tons of leaves. It was difficult to get the fire burning this morning because everything was wet but once it got started it kept burning. On a good note the cistern / reservoir is almost full and the Daka River is also full. That was one huge rain! Yendi gets her drinking water from the Daka River. It has been dry for almost 2 months. Everyone is excited about the rain. The ladies harvest rain water from their roofs. It has been threatening rain again this evening so maybe we will get more rain.
Several of the filling stations in Yendi are out of diesel. Steve said there were long lines of tractors at the filling stations this morning waiting to get fuel so they could head to the fields and start plowing. The farmers here do not own their own tractors; they hire tractors and drivers to plow their fields. Most of the men that own tractors do not do much farming. They make their money by plowing for other people. Some drivers will plow for a portion of the grain when it is harvested. We needed diesel for the generator and the first place we stopped did not have any. Steve decided to fill up the truck while he was getting diesel for the generator. Better to be safe than sorry.
Thank you for the love, prayers and support.
In His service,
Steve and Kandie
