Mr. Iddrisu forgot that today was one of the days that he had to work as a payback day. He came to the mission property early this morning to do something with the farm land. Mr. Iddrisu and Nazo plant on the back property. When we realized that Mr. Iddrisu was not coming to work today Steve called him and he was surprised that this was a make-up day. He asked Steve if he had checked the calendar to be sure. As soon as he got to the mission house he went into the office to check. He was all apologetic. He said that he had forgotten to turn the calendar over to the new month. Mr. Iddrisu and Simon, Timothy Niligrini’s brother, hauled gravel all day. I know they are going to be tired tonight!
Nazo sprayed the road on the back of the property with weed killer today and he also sprayed along the wall. When we sprayed the wall the first time we did not add the pre-emerge chemical. Hopefully the combination will keep the weeds at bay for a couple months.
Zorash came to work this morning to make up for Thursday. She started out the day by ironing fabric scraps. Then she helped me in the kitchen and we made peanut butter soup for lunch with banku, the fermented corn and cassava dough ball. We had to make a trip to the market to buy the fermented corn dough and the fresh okra. We made far too much food; we sent the extra home with Zorash.
Abochi, the carpenter stopped by for a visit this morning and he helped Steve fill the generator with diesel. Steve did not need any help but if the Ghanaians can help you do anything they are going to help! Abochi is the guy that does the roofing for the building project; he hoped he would be able to borrow money against the next building to pay for his son’s school fees. His son is going to go to the nurses training college. Unfortunately for him we did not have any money to help him with the loan.
We had to take the green truck to the electrician today because we only had one headlight when we went to Kulkpeni for Bible Study Wednesday night. Steve was excited when he found out that they had changed out the bulbs for the ones that are supposed to be very bright! He said that if they make a difference he is going to have the bulbs changed out in the old van.
When we saw Gomda the mechanic today he told us that he was “organizing” some yams for us to take on the plane with us. He could not understand why we were not allowed to take food; we explained that it was because the agricultural products in Ghana might be harmful to the crops in the states. We told him that if we could take yams our children, especially our daughter, would love it!
Enjoy your day!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
