Jack, Zorash, Meri and Amama spent the whole morning cooking corn and soybeans. Stirring a cook pot over a camp fire for 4 hours is not my idea of fun! Hence the reason I helped Steve and Mr. Iddrisu in the Child Center. I love it when a plan comes together!
Jack and I thought we were going to burn the brush pile after the Child Center closed. We were going to take the hot coals from the fire after they had finished cooking the grain and use them to start the brush on fire but when Zorash found out that we were going to burn up the brush pile she asked if she could pick through it first and get all the sticks and twigs. We told her that she had to do it today because the brush pile was going to go. She said she would carry the sticks on the back of her motorcycle. Jack felt sorry for her when he saw the quantity of small sticks she was gathering and he offered to haul them in the motor king. By the time she was finished gathering sticks he had a whole motor king full. It was her lucky day!
This afternoon we went to town to buy eggs but we could not find any. Maybe they will have some in a few days. We got to the market before we realized that today was Yendi’s big market day. We stopped by the cold store (sort of like the lockers of days gone by) and bought some frozen chicken. While we were out we also took the trash to the dump; we do not have individual garbage pick up at the mission house. Yendi does have a garbage truck and it picks up things that look like dumpsters. There are several dumpsters in various places around Yendi but most of them are full and overflowing. We just take our own trash outside of town where the garbage truck dumps the rubbish.
While we were in the market it started to rain. It is amazing how quickly the vendors can put up their wares and how fast the market can be evacuated! People were darting about all over the place. The streets were deserted as we drove back to the mission house.
We appreciate all you do for us and for the work.
In His Service,
Jack, Steve and Kandie
*P.S.* Please remember to keep Perry Martin and Rusty Johnson in your prayers for a safe arrival in Accra. They start their trip tomorrow morning U.S. time and arrive Friday morning Ghana time.
