The morning started out with a bang. We were up earlier than normal so we decided we would try to get the lumber for the carpenter out at Kulkpeni before the sun got sooooo hot. We were able to get the good lumber at the end of our road. While we were there Zorash the receptionist at the Child Center stopped to ask if we could carry some bags of cement to a building on up into town. Her family has a small building that she is having re-plastered so they can rent it out again.
At Kulkpeni the carpenter was happy to see the nice lumber we had bought. He is using the 2×6 and 2×12 boards to make door frames and doors for the new rooms and to replace three other doors and frames on a couple of the rooms on the property that have termite damage.
On the way back to the house we passed a small three wheeled dump truck that hauls the dirt the mason’s will need to plaster the new building. The driver said he would drop a load of the dirt out at the building site later today. Now I need to get a larger dump truck of sand dropped at the site to be mixed with the dirt for the stucco plaster.
It was 11am before Kandie and I could get back to the Child Center to help see the children. When we are building something it always seems to take more time than you think it will take. I was happy to see the two surviving triplets this morning. Both babies had gained weight and looked in better shape. The young ladies taking care of the babies are using feeding bottles to give the Lactogen (formula) to the babies. That is taboo around here because the Ministry of Health highly discourages the use of baby bottles because people don’t clean them adequately and then you have the problem of diarrhea in an infant.
After lunch we took two more boards out to the carpenter at Kulkpeni. It was 117 degrees Fahrenheit and driving the old van that has no air-conditioning allowed us to feel every degree of heat.
Kandie came in to the bedroom after we had taken an afternoon nap and said she had been eating a cold piece of candy and sheared off part of her dental crown. So far she doesn’t have any tooth sensitivity and we hope that continues.
Later in the afternoon I had a visit from Iddrisu, the amputee. He came to the house with a friend to pick up his extra prosthetic leg.
Hope you all have a good day.
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
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