Amama came back to work this morning after a week off. We sure did miss her. She got about half the ironing done this morning. When she started ironing the iron would not work. It appeared to have been dropped because it was trying to fall apart. I found an old iron that would not hold water for her to use. Steve went to town and bought one, he bought the best brand they had which was a Phillips but it did not have a water reservoir so it could not steam. We cannot get the wrinkles out without steam. He went back to town and bought a cheap steam iron. Amama is funny; when he got back with the new iron she did not want to use it. She said that the old one was still good. I insisted that she use the new one; I told her that we would save the old one so we would have one when the new one broke.
Jacob from Nakpa and one of the brothers from Jakpumba stopped by this afternoon. They were trying to get a saving account set up at the bank. They are trying to organize a group for the youth in their area. They needed a little help getting all the paper work that the bank requires. The bank requires photo Id’s and all sorts of things. The second time they went to the bank they were successful.
A new set of twins came to the Center this morning. They were so tiny. When they were born they weighed 2.64 pounds and 2.86 pounds. Today they are 6 weeks old and the weighed 3.96 pounds and 4.62 pounds. They were born at 7 months. The mother is a first time mother and she is very worried about the babies but they seem to be doing fine. We gave them some preemie clothes, tiny handmade hats and a couple homemade blankets. They were very happy with the gifts. One of the babies is a boy and the other a girl.
Divine stopped by for a visit this afternoon. He was on his way to Timothy Niligrini’s house. He is spending the night with Timothy so they can leave early in the morning for Tamale. They are going to Tamale to do some paper work for the churches.
Tichak, one of the night watchmen, has a son that has epilepsy. Right now Social Welfare has a program that will give those with epilepsy 2 female sheep. Tichak’s son qualified to receive the sheep. He got them a few days ago. The idea behind the program is that the owner of the sheep will raise then and they will multiply and when the boy is ready to go to school the sheep can be sold to help pay for his school fees or any other thing the boy needs. Tichak was excited about getting the sheep. We had some old chicken wire that we donated to the cause. Tichak used it to make a pen for the sheep.
Steve is busy painting. He has been painted most of the day. Things are looking better and better.
Take care and have a great day!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
