First thing this morning Gomda the mechanic came to take a look at the truck. His first thought was that it was a problem with the valve. He had a hard time getting it started. At one point he was trying to get the air out of diesel line that fed the fuel pump. After he disconnected the line he sucked on it with his mouth when he got a mouth full of diesel he knew the diesel was flowing to the fuel pump. Please! Can you imagine? I can hardly stand the smell of diesel much less having a mouth full of it! We have seen the mechanic take a mouth full of gasoline and spray it into a carburetor to get the vehicle started. I am sure that fuel of any sort is not good for you to ingest. Actually I thought it was poisonous. After Gomda took the engine apart he found out that the lining in the block was cracked. He is going to go to Kumasi on the bus tonight to buy the parts he will need to make the repairs. Hopefully we will be up and running in a few days. We are still so happy that everything worked out as well as it did yesterday! We told Red that this has to be the scariest vehicle break down we have ever had.
Two new orphan babies came to the Child Center this morning. When we refer to orphans we usually mean that the mother has died. In Ghana you are considered an orphan if either of your parents are dead. One of the babies was a Falani baby from the tribe that herd cattle. The baby was 3 months old and the family tried to feed the baby cow’s milk that they get from the herd but they said the baby was did not tolerate it very well and was vomiting. They have since been feeding powdered milk. The baby was not in bad shape but she will do better now that she is on formula.
The other baby was brought from a place about 3 hours from Yendi. We are afraid that it will be difficult for them to come to Yendi every week but they said that they were willing to do it. This baby was also in good shape because the baby’s aunt has a baby and she had been breastfeeding the orphan and as well as her own child.
Brother Divine stopped by this evening to pick up the blackboard and easel he had left here for the school at Kpamang.
Thanks for your love, prayers, and support.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
