Our hired driver that took us to the airport this morning was named Edward. He arrived 30 minutes sooner than we had expected. Check in time at the airlines started at 10:30. When we arrived one of the gate agents looked at all the luggage and asked if we were with a group of people. (We had three luggage trolleys). When we told him it was just the two of us he took pity on us and allowed us to check in early. The excess luggage charge was $151. They were kind and gave us a break on the luggage charges.
The flight was about 15 minutes late getting to Tamale. We were happy to see Red’s smile. Kandie orchestrated the packing of the van with the 11 pieces of luggage. After leaving the airport we drove toward the lands commission office to see how the land papers were going. On the way there is an older woman that sells fresh vegetables .We have bought vegetables from her for years. She was happy to see us again. Of course we had to explain we had traveled back home as the reason for not seeing her sooner. We bought Irish potatoes (25 pounds), cauliflower, green onions, eggplants, cabbages, apples, and a pineapple.
At the Lands office we were told they had tried to let us know there was a form that needed to be filled out and a fee paid before the papers could be moved on down the line. As my father-in-law Royce, used to say “It’s par for the course!” After leaving the lands office I had Red drive us to the pension’s office so I could check up on some employee business.
I spent about 30 minutes at the pension’s office before we headed for our last stop; a filling station that we like because we can fill up with diesel and buy groceries. On our way we passed the Tamale Teaching Hospital where there are venders outside along the street selling fresh bread. I had Red stop. I bought 12 loaves of bread so we could give one loaf as a gift to each of the workers.
On our way to Yendi we stopped in Kulkpeni at Timothy Niligrini’s house to give him a loaf of bread. We also met Brother Matthew as well. Timothy was holding his new daughter whom they have named Dinah. We will be seeing more of her in the days to come.
It was around 5:45 this evening when we arrived at the compound. We rewired the water pump so we could transfer water to the upper tank. I wanted a nice hot shower so I can sleep well tonight. Tichak, the night watchman helped us off load the luggage from the van. We will unpack the luggage tomorrow morning.
Hope you had a nice day!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
