After getting the green pickup ready yesterday for today’s visit to the bush I was not happy when I tried to start it this morning and it failed. I guess it is time to go to town sometime and purchase another battery. I was just glad the old van started although it does not have air-conditioning. Timothy didn’t seem to mind. As we passed through Yendi we stopped at a vendor along the street and bought two handkerchiefs to use to wipe the sweat off our brow.
This morning we traveled to Nakpachee which is on the road to the Nanumba District south of Yendi. We were asked to visit them so we could discuss building a church building. The congregation has been established in the village for a number of years and they have struggled with problems. Now they are ready to build a building. With Timothy interpreting for me we gave a lesson entitled “How to build a spiritual House”. I thought the title fitting when we were coming to discuss the building of a physical church building with them. There were nine men and eleven women present for the service that was held in the school room. There were thirty-one children also with us. The church gave 12.30 GH Cedis for contribution. This is equal to about $3.00 USD.
After services Timothy and I sat down with the brothers to find out what they were prepared to do towards putting up the building. The building size is approximately 16’ft x 30’ft. They already have a piece of land given to them by the chief. They have the land cleared and staked with small nylon rope demarking where the foundation will be built. They are going to try to do a lot of the work themselves like putting up the mud ball walls. I assured them we would match the work and money they will provide. Timothy and I drove past the plot coming into the village so I wanted to go to the site to make sure I wasn’t consenting to help build a big building that would collapse when the rains come. Seven to eight men piled into the van as we went to inspect the site. After we finished looking at the site we begged leave of the brothers and drove back to Yendi.
Because we had already passed the chief’s house I made sure to give a few more Cedis for kola to the brother who would pass them on to the chief. Before leaving the site I encouraged the brothers to get land papers for their property. That is becoming more and more important now.
On the way back to the house I stopped and pick up a lady that needed a ride to Yendi. If fact when we got to town we ended dropping her off just a few blocks from the house at the lorry park .
The temperature was 110oF today. The strange thing about today was there were clouds, not dust, covering up the sun for a large portion of the afternoon. It sure seems like it is early for a rain to come.
Timothy Niligrini called later in the afternoon asking if Emmanuel, the evangelist could come see me. Timothy rolled in with him on his motorcycle which surprised me. When Timothy called he said he was waiting to go to Jegrido, his home village, to carry out a casket for an uncle who had died today. The carpenter hadn’t finished the casket so he had the time to bring Emmanuel in to see me. Timothy has a long night ahead of him because it was 5:30 pm and he still had to get the casket, take it out to Jegrido, and then wait for the burial to take place. .
That about sums it up for today. I hope you having a good Lord’s Day and may He bless you richly.
In His service,
Stephen Taylor
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