We were both up a few minutes after 6 am. Our original plan was to visit the congregation at Bincheratanga today. We ended up having some confusion about where we were to visit today and ended up going to visit the congregation of Borido east of Yendi instead of a long distant congregation as previously thought. This meant we had extra time which allowed Kandie and me to do four loads of washing and hang them on the clothesline before we had to leave for the bush.
When we arrived at Borido we apologized for our surprise visit but they were very glad to see us. Brother Foster is one of the church leaders at this congregation. He led us to the Chief soon after we arrived. The chief was sitting under a tree making a new wooden pestle using a hoe that has a 2 inch metal blade to eat and smooth the handle of the pestle down to the size the man wanted. The old chief was using an old wooden mortar as a table as he chiseled down the pestle to size. Kandie persuaded the man to sell the mortar and an old pestle. The old chief was tickled to death to get paid good money for his old wooden items. Of course we also gave him kola.
During worship service I taught a lesson about women and men’s work in the Church and how each is different but both are equally as important. Timothy interpreted for me. I was just finishing up the lesson when a commotion occurred in the back right corner of the small mud ball church building. The ladies were quickly getting away from the wall. In the 17 years we have lived in Ghana I have never seen a brown scorpion this big. It was crawling up the wall of the building. One of the men quickly took a shoe and killed the scorpion and carried it outside. Scorpion stings are not usually fatal to adults but they can cause tremendous amounts of pain to the victim. Later on after services Brother Foster said that once a big cobra had entered into the building.
After the question and answer period we received good news there were three young ladies and one young man that requested baptism. We also informed the Church we would help with matching funds so they can plaster the three inside walls and floor of their church building. They promised to give us the estimate of the cement and labor costs next week during the class time.
We took the four young people down the road to a culvert where some ladies were washing their clothes and Foster baptized them Please keep these new Christians in your prayers. After the baptisms we drove a few miles to the village of Kpanjamba. Brother Foster wanted to accompany us when we dropped off the bag of clothing to the Church. The church leader wasn’t able to attend class last month when we distributed the clothing. We met three of the men from the church sitting under a tree. We explained where the clothes came from and reminded them of the class next week and seminar next month.
As we drove toward Yendi we saw seven small children fetching water along the road. Kandie took their photo and as a reward we gave them some apples we had carried for a snack. Oh, how those kid’s grins were from ear to ear after receiving the apples. A few miles down the road we picked up two Falani ladies (nomadic tribe that herds cattle) carrying milk to sell in Yendi. They were surprised we stopped for them since they didn’t ask for a ride. We arrived back at the compound without any problems.
That’s it for now. It would be long before we go out to Kulkpeni so we will bid you “good day” and may God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
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