Since we were able to pick up our passports yesterday evening we were free to leave the hotel bright and early this morning. We got up at 6:00 and were back in Yendi around 8:30. That gave us plenty of time to gather up the stuff and make the copies that Steve needed for the monthly class. Today Steve gave all the men that attended the class ball caps. The little things mean so much to them. He also passed out “Save the Date” papers to the men to let them know that Lord willing we are going to have the seminar later this year. It is planned for the end of November. The men were excited that there is going to be a seminar this year. We have not had one for the past 2 years. Steve said that 31 men attended this month’s class. One of the men showed them a picture of some stuff that had been confiscated from a stranger that came to his village. He said that the man appeared in their village and said that he was lost. He had been traveling with some other men but somehow got separated from them. The villagers gave him something to eat and drink but they said something was just not right with him so they called the police. The police came and arrested him after he revealed that he was a member of the Boko Haram. When they searched his belongings they found bullets and some sort of something that could have been used as a weapon. He was hand-cuffed and taken to the police department in Tamale. No one has heard anything else about the case. Scary stuff!
The electricity has been on and off all day! We are presently running on generator power. It rained heavily for a little while this morning. Steve said that it disrupted his class because there is no ceiling or insulation between the tin roofing sheets on the church building where they were having class and the auditorium. When it rains it is deafening! They took a break until the rain stopped.
I had a very quiet day! It was so enjoyable! I got quite a bit done on the quilt top I am working on. We did not eat lunch until Steve finished with the class this afternoon. So we had “lupper”, that meal between lunch and supper.
Joseph from Sakpei came to the mission house to lead us to the bus stop so we could hire them to carry the handicapped tricycle to the village but as we were going to Yendi Joseph said that he thought he could carry the tricycle on the back of his motorcycle. It is amazing what they can carry! He tied it on the back of the motorcycle and away he went. He had an uncomfortable ride because he had to sit on the luggage rack of the tricycle. Steve gave Joseph the money it would have cost to put it on the bus, so he was happy!
Another brother, Godwin, needed a communion table; he also put the communion table on the back of his motorcycle and took it to his village.
Thank you for all you do for the work!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
