I am so aggravated! I had a few quilt squares left after I finished the quilt top. I decided that I would make some pillow shams to match the quilt. I have been 2 days trying to figure out how to get a black boarder around the pillow shams without gathering the fabric. I tried square corners; I tried mitered corners but they did not work. I finally got a piece of Steve’s rope and made a piping casing over the rope with a black piece of fabric. It worked and it even looks good! Ha! I still have 2 more to make but they should be easier. Who knew you could waste 2 days making a pillow sham!
Abdulai Ganu came to see us this morning. He is the young man that had to have one of his legs amputated because he had osteomyelitis in the bone. He has been trying to find out how much prosthesis is going to cost but he is not having any luck getting in touch with the people who will make the artificial leg. Steve dug around in his stuff and found a phone number to one of the men that helped us years ago. He was not even sure the guy was still working with those that need legs. He found out that the cost of the leg will be around 3,000 Cedis. That is about 600 dollars. That might not seem like a lot but it is an astronomical amount of money for a young man that has no job other than begging to come up with. Steve is going to write a letter of appeal for Abdulai Ganu to distribute in hopes of getting part of the money. Of course we will try and find some money too. In addition to the 3,000 Cedis he will have to have money for transportation and food while he is learning to use the new leg. He has a little time to raise the money because the next time the team will come to Yendi will be after the first of the year.
First thing this morning Zorash and I went to town to pick up the diaper rash ointment containers we ordered last week. We bought 1,200 containers; that should last a little while.
This afternoon we went to town in search of Epsom Salt. The ladies in Zorash community group want her to show them how to make the soybean kabobs but getting the Epsom Salt is a problem. We checked with several drug stores and finally found one that said they would order it for us. There is no need to teach them how to do something they cannot get the supplies for.
Meri’s son Aliu that has the sickle cell disease was finally able to go back to school this morning. Meri asked us for ibuprofen for him. She tries to keep it on hand because she never knows when he will have a crisis.
Take care and keep praying for us!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
