We made another safe trip to and from Tamale. We did not have too much to do today so we did not leave the mission house until 10:00 this morning and we got back at 3:30. We were successful in getting the “code number” that we needed to pay the Social Security tax for next year. We hope that we do not have to pay additional Social Security tax later in the year. There is always a chance that the minimum wage will go up more than we estimated and we will have to make another deposit when the minimum wage increase is announced. The most we have ever seen it go up in one year is 11%. We gave everyone a 13% increase so maybe it won’t go up more than that.
When we were in Tamale yesterday we ordered powdered chlorine for the rain water we collect in the reservoir. We were supposed to pick it up today but the guy that was selling it could not get hold of his supplier. We will try next time we are in Tamale.
There seems to be a shortage of formula for the babies at the Child Center who have lost their mothers. Every once in a while we experience a shortage. We were only able to get 3 cases from our supplier in Yendi. We went to the Nestle’s warehouse in Tamale and we could only get 2 cases. That will be enough to last for a month or so. We like to keep a good supply on hand. We don’t want the workers to have to hunt for formula to buy while we are gone.
As we passed through Kulkpeni on our way to Tamale we stopped at Timothy Niligrini’s house to give him money for his motorcycle repairs. Timothy and a couple of the other brothers that graduated from the Bible school in Tamale are going to attend the funeral of one of the school’s directors. He is going to ride his motorcycle. It will take him about 1 ½ hours to get there. We want his motorcycle to be in good repair for the trip. We gave Timothy transport money as well as sympathy money. We left money for Francis, one of the other alumni students. Timothy is not planning on spending the night.
Thank you for all you do for us and for the work in Ghana. Without your generous support the work would not go on.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
