Today was the day for the monthly class. The men went away happy today because Steve gave everyone that attended the class a new tire and tube for their bicycle. He also used some of the teaching material that the ladies at Bethel made. Today was a geography lesson; everyone took a map back to their home congregation to use with their teaching program. Steve said that 28 men attended this month’s class.
Joseph, one of the church leaders from Sakpei, came to the mission house before he went out to Kulkpeni for class. When we visited Sakpei a couple weeks ago I bought used repaired calabash gourds from the church ladies. One of the gourds was old and cracked but the repair string had come loose; the lady really wanted to sell the gourd so she agreed to make the repair. Joseph brought it to me this morning. It was a fine repair job!
Tichak, one of the night watchmen just came in and told us that a big portion of the cement wall fell down. It looks like at least 100 blocks fell down. Steve is trying to get hold of Dawda the mason to see if he can come tomorrow and organize some men to put it back up. While we were in the states last time, the neighbors on the other side of the wall felled a tree and it fell against the wall. It knocked down the razor wire and damaged the top row of blocks; we figure that it compromised the wall and the strong straight line winds we got yesterday were its downfall (pun intended). Hopefully we can get it repaired quickly. We only have 1.5 weeks left in Ghana before it is time to go home on leave.
Red came by this afternoon and picked up my brother Paul’s truck and enough money to get him to Accra; he is planning on leaving early in the morning to drive down to Accra. He said that he is going to drive down the eastern side of Ghana; he said that the road is good most of the way. The only hiccup on the way is that he will have to board a ferry to cross the big river. He said that the ferry is usually reliable. He hopes to be there in about 9 hours rather than the 15 hours it would take if he went through Kumasi.
In Steve’s absence today I worked on the books. I got the receipts for the Child Center entered and I started working on the withholding tax. I had hoped to get part of the payroll for the next few months done but I got side tracked looking for a telephone number that we lost. I finally waited until my daughter in the states was awake and I called her. I don’t think it would have been very kind to call her and wake her up for a phone number! Fortunately she had the number so our problem was solved.
Have a great day!
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
The Monkey Shines
OK! This bug eating thing is getting out of hand! Dad had already put me in jail for the night when Mom noticed that the big termites were flying. They come out after a big rain and we had a huge rain last night! Mom caught one and asked me to please try it. It was dark and I really could not see what I was eating. In case you are wondering, the wings are big but inedible! It was pretty good and it was dead so I ate it; mostly just to please her. Once I ate it she grabbed her flyswatter and caught 4 more. I ate a couple more but oops! I dropped one and she knew I was full. At that point I thought I was finished with the termites but no she got a plastic coke bottle and started catching more. She said that I could eat them this morning for breakfast. Excuse me, I would rather have Frosted Flakes!
First thing this morning she pulled out that bottle with the termites! She dumped a couple out on the veranda; they were still alive! WHAT! I grabbed up one and tried to eat it but it bit me! Did you know termites have teeth? Someone should have warned me! After that I did not try to eat another one. I did roll a couple around very quickly with my hand but I never let one get close enough to bite me again! I do learn from my mistakes. Mom tried again this afternoon but I still would not eat one.
After last night’s high winds and rain Mom decided that I needed more protection from the wind so they hung a tarp around the corner of my jail cell where most of the wind hits. This is supposed to give me a little protection from the storms. My best bet is to get inside my house; the sides of my house are sheet metal so the wind can’t get in.
NO MORE BUGS!
Love Skeeter
