We were supposed to leave for the mini-seminar at Jakpumba at 8:00 this morning but we were a little late getting away. I thought that we were leaving at 9:00 so I was in no rush to get out the door until Steve told me we were leaving at 8:00. When Timothy got here his motorcycle had a serious oil leak. Steve sent him ahead to the mechanic; we picked him up as we passed through town. A young man named Jonah was with Timothy. He is from the Jakpumba area but he is attending high school in Zabzugu. He wanted to attend the seminar so he rode with us. After we picked up Timothy we found out that the guys had not had any breakfast and it was going to be a long time until lunch. You can’t preach on an empty stomach! We stopped and bought them some porridge and bread to eat as we traveled. It took about 1 ½ hours to get to Jakpumba. We stopped at Bakpaba and picked up a pickup load of young people. Steve had been asked to talk about how to get more money into the church treasury. That seems to be a problem all over the world. After Steve’s lesson he divided the people into smaller groups and gave them a paper to fill out with ideas of how to get more money. After they finished brain storming they came back and everyone shared their ideas.
We did not get back to the mission house until 4:30 this afternoon. We had a nice lunch of rice, tomatoes, oil and small pieces of chicken. We were hosting this seminar so we paid for the ingredients for the lunch. Seven ladies from Jakpumba cooked for us. They underestimated the amount of rice they needed to cook and they ran out of food. Next time they will know to buy more rice. We were not in charge of buying the supplies; we just paid for them.
When we got back to Yendi we picked up the newly painted refrigerator. We stopped by last night but it needed another coat of paint so we left it. The sign painter said that he had to put on 3 coats. It looks so much better! It does not smell all that good because they left the doors closed and in this heat it did not take it long to get stinky! It is nothing a little bleach water will not take care of!
We met Divine as we were coming back from town. He had been at Kulkpeni all day; the masons molded 600 blocks today and are planning on molding 600 tomorrow. He said that they will have to mold part of the day on Monday. The block molders are Muslims so they do not mind working on Sunday because Friday is their day for serious praying. Divine’s wife Gladys was helping him fetch water today. She is between 7 and 8 months pregnant. Now how would you like to be hauling water in this heat and also being pregnant? God knew what he was doing when he did not make me a Ghanaian woman!
Take care and have a great day!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
