Divine, the evangelist, was supposed to come this afternoon so we could finalize the amount of money we needed to leave for the completion of the paper work for the church’s annual returns but he did not show up until 6:00. We had just about given up on him and were going to sit down for supper when he came. Fortunately our supper was none the worse for sitting on the stove; chicken pot pie is very forgiving.
Divine has a motor king (3 wheeled motorcycle type thing that has a truck bed attached to the back) and he comes back and forth from his village hauling firewood and transporting people. He stayed for over an hour but we got most of the paperwork figured out. When we found out that 2 of his children were waiting for him in the motor king we sent some candy out to them. We also sent a bag of onions to Divine’s wife Gladys; she will be happy when she sees Divine coming home tonight! Divine also told us that one of the church ladies had delivered a baby girl so we sent clothes, soap, powder and a little money to her.
Zorash, Meri and Amama roasted the grain this morning for the new batch of weaning mix. It sure smelled good while they were roasting it. It has to cool before it can be taken to the grinding mill.
While the ladies were roasting the grain, Steve and Mr. Iddrisu ran the Child Center. This morning the deaf man and his deaf wife brought their twins to the Child Center. The kids are so cute; they have a boy and a girl that are about 1 ½ years old; both of the children can hear; the parents know sign language so I imagine that the children will pick it up very quickly. Ghana has several schools for the deaf. Steve knows a little sign language which helps when they come.
We got part of the fabric scraps washed this morning and hung out to dry. There were a bunch of them this time but most of them were small pieces that will probably only make one small quilt block.
Steve got a call from the tax office this afternoon; they said that they had a message for him so he went and picked it up. It was the letter that approved an extension on the filing of the annual returns for the Child Center. Fortunately we did not need the extension; if we had needed we would have been seriously worried because the deadline for filing was 8 days ago and we would have already racked up a huge amount in late fees! Nothing moves fast in Ghana!
My (Kandie’s) Aunt Daris is in the hospital. She is well into her 80’s. She has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. She needs a pacemaker. The doctors are trying to decide what the best treatment for her is. She is my dad’s sister. We know that she would appreciate your prayers!
In HIS Service,
Steve and Kandie
