We spent about 3 hours this morning raking and cleaning up the yard. We were not raking leaves from the mango trees that we trimmed but just from the ones that fall naturally. Steve started cleaning out the gutters that funnels the rain from the property outside the cement wall. If it weren’t for the gutters the yard would flood and remain wet for days. He got about half of them cleaned out. He said that there were 2 or 3 inches of mud in the bottom of the gutters. As it is now the gutters overflow and rut up the road.
A young man stopped by this morning; he was pushing a metal 2 wheeled cart. H e was collecting scrap metal. We pulled out all the tin cans and stuff that would not burn to give him. He took everything but the glass bottles and saved us a trip to the dump. He has a scale and usually pays people for their metal; we were happy to give him the stuff for hauling it away.
This afternoon I remembered that we had to change the IRS and Social Security forms because Emmanuel, one of the evangelists died and is no longer on payroll. We already informed both the IRS and Social Security of his death. Social Security is divided into 2 “Tiers”. One the employee pays and one the employer pays. The Child Center pays her part in Yendi and we deduct and pay the employees part in Tamale. We pay that portion once a year in bulk; I don’t think it will make a difference if we leave it the way it is until next year but we will have to stop next time we are in Tamale and find out for sure.
Today was Yendi’s big market day. We did not know until we went to town this afternoon to buy more disposable masks. There were people and motorcycles everywhere! It was not fun to drive through Yendi. We stopped and bought a barbecued guinea fowl and bread for supper. Steve is in the kitchen making garlic/olive oil dipping sauce for the bread; we will open a can of pork-n-beans and have a feast! And no cooking involved in that hot kitchen. There is no air conditioning in the kitchen or anywhere else in the house except for the bedrooms.
Papa Zachariah, the night watchman was here when we got back from town. He comes early during Ramadan, the month long fast, so he can turn on the lights and then go back home to break his fast. I guess his wife prepares something nice for him to eat when everyone is fasting.
Our son Aaron is doing better each day. He said that his pain is getting better too. Thank you for the prayers.
Hope you have a great day!
In His service,
Steve and Kandie
