Steve is outside spraying for mosquitoes. He tries to spray every 2 weeks during the rainy season. Just to keep them at bay. We still have mosquitoes because none of our neighbors spray; they really can’t afford the spray but there are things they could do like putting a little oil on the standing water around their bath houses. I told him to be sure and spray inside the Child Center because I saw a couple today.
The little girl that walks with the aid of a stroller came back to the Center this morning. If you remember she came a few weeks ago and we gave her a new stroller. She has learned to drape herself over the back of the stroller and go where ever she wants to go. Today we gave her a baby dolly. She was thrilled! Now she has a baby to ride in her stroller as she walks around. We told her mother that the problem would be that the other children would want to take the baby away from her and she has no means of stopping them because she has limited mobility.
Mr. Iddrisu and I had a problem with the language barrier today. He is the one in charge of paying the taxes. They should have been paid last week but since he was sick they did not get paid. He told me that he would pay them today. This morning I asked him to start painting the baseboard and window trim in the apartment with oil paint. I assumed he would paint this morning and go pay the taxes this afternoon. This afternoon when we asked if he paid the taxes he said, “No, Sister Kandie you brought out the oil paint and told me to paint.” I said. “Yes, I thought you were going to do both.” He told me that he cannot do both on the same day because he has to go to pay the taxes first thing in the morning before the bank gets crowded. He is going to go tomorrow and pay the taxes; I doubt any painting will get done tomorrow.
Yesterday while we were in the village a lady came in from her farm with a huge basket of green tomatoes on her head. I was so excited. No one here eats green tomatoes but occasionally we find them when they are freshly picked. I bought a bunch and this morning I fried some for the workers. I did not tell them what they were eating; I made them guess. They guessed plantain, cheese and chicken. I always cut my green tomatoes in cubes so they really did not look like tomatoes. Everyone thought they were delicious but no one will fry them for their families because tomatoes are supposed to be red and eaten in soup. Most do not eat raw tomatoes either.
Divine, the evangelist stopped by this morning and picked up the paper work to take to Tamale. He is still waiting to hear about his teaching assignment. He thinks that they will change their minds and send him to Kpamang. We hope he is right.
Take care and please share the notes with anyone that might be interested in the work over here.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
