James, the church leader from Kulkpanga where we worshipped on Sunday stopped by a few minutes ago to pick up the thatch we promised him. He was very pleased with the thatch because the bundles are big and the thatch is the long straight beautiful thatch. There is some very ugly bushy thatch that grows by the river. When Divine bought the thatch for us he knew which was the best type to get. He had to go deep into the bush to get our thatch. Divine stopped by to drop off his motorcycle so he was here when James came. Divine was going to drive his empty motor king right past James’ village on his way home. Instead of hauling the thatch in the pickup we paid Divine to take it for us. Divine was happy with the extra money.
This is the second time Divine has come to the mission house today. He was here bright and early this morning to do some paper work for one of the churches. He had planned to go to Tamale but the guy he needed to see was in Bolgatanga so he is going tomorrow. Divine went to Kulkpeni and worked with the masons that are molding block for his house.
Zorash could not come to work today because she was sick. She was throwing up all night and was very dizzy. She called this afternoon to get some anti-acid tablets. She said that she was so dizzy that she could not walk without assistance. She said that her 2 teenage children were so worried about her; they thought that she was going to die; they were weeping and crying. If you remember her son was sick on Thursday and Friday of last week. We figure that she has whatever he had. She is feeling better now but is very weak.
The first thing that Amama and Meri spied when they came in the house this morning was the newly painted refrigerator. They were amazed; they said that it looked new. Amama wanted to know who painted it; she was surprised when I told her that the sign painter had painted it for us.
Mr. Iddrisu and Steve spent a good portion of the morning at the IRS office. Now the government wants everyone, even retired people, to fill out an annual return; even if they do not make enough money to pay taxes. How they expect the illiterate people to fill out anything is beyond me. How are they even supposed to know that they are to fill out an annual return? Meri, Amama, Tichak and Papa cannot read or write but we will fill out their forms for them; we just wonder what the rest of the population is supposed to do.
Steve talked to Daniel Batoln this afternoon and he said that the fighting in his area had gone down and things were calm. Please pray that they stay that way.
Thanks for all you do!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
