The roofers came this morning to start roofing the new building. Abochi, the carpenter, told us that he would bring 3 men to help him with the work. We were surprised when we saw 5 grown men and 4 teenage boys at the jobsite. That did not include Nazo, the day man. We asked Abochi why there were so many people there to work. He said that he needed to put the roof on quickly because he had another job that he needed to start. He said that he hoped to get it done in 3 days. Today they got the ridge pole set and the 2 main legs of the rafters set in place. They build the rafters as they go. We had Nazo go to the jobsite so he could keep an eye on the workers and call us if they needed additional materials. Nazo painted the facial boards and put the felt on the roofing nails. It was so hot out there today that we took pity on the men and gave them all a ball cap to keep the sun off their heads. They thought the ball caps were grand.
A new set of triplets came to the Center this morning; each of them weighed in at 2 kilo which is about 4 ¼ pounds. There were 2 girls and a boy. They looked good. The mother brought her sister with her to help carry the babies. What a handful! The mother said that there were lots of twins in her family; and that her sister had a set of twins. We gave them some preemie clothes. They were excited about the clothes because it is hard to find clothes that fit the very small babies.
The little girl that we sent to Tamale to have her hair lip repaired finally got the surgery today. Both of her parents are deaf so the mother’s sister went to Tamale with them to be an interpreter. The mother does not know sign language.
Iddrisu, the man that lost both of his legs in a motor vehicle accident came to the mission house today. He brought the grandfather and grandmother of a child that has no use of his legs. The child has to drag himself around on his buttocks to move from place to place. The child wants to go to school but they have no means of getting him to school. He is 6 years old. There is also something wrong with his hands but he is able to use them. We told them that when we went to Tamale we will buy him a wheelchair. We will look for a child’s wheelchair but if we can’t find one we will make do with what we can find. The child lives with his grandparents; we have no idea where the parents are.
This morning I taught Zorash and Amama how to make cabbage patties. They are made very much like salmon patties. They thought they were very delicious!
Steve and I spent the bulk of the afternoon working on the Child Center annual audit. Yuck!
Thank you for all the love, prayers and support.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
