As we were coming down the lane toward the mission house we saw a young teenage boy carrying something he had killed. As we got closer to him we could tell that it was a cat; yes, a house cat type cat. The cats here are not usually kept in the house; they are wild feral cats and are a great source of protein. The boy was very proud of his catch; and yes they eat cats as well as dogs, monkey, bats, rats, termites and some types of snakes. Every tribe is different so you might have grown up eating bats and cats and another tribe might eat termites. We have said it before and we will say it again, “We have never been hungry!” The young man was happy to let us take his picture.
The lights in the green truck have decided to stop working. A couple weeks ago while we were in town the truck would not start. A man we did not know who said he was a mechanic helped us get the truck started. He also changed out one of the battery cables and that is when the problem started. Gomda took the truck to an electrician today and most of the wires and the fuse box were burned. It is working well now. They did not have a fuse box in Yendi but the electrician knew someone who had a truck like ours so they bought the fuse box from the owner and put it on our truck. Next time someone goes to Tamale they will buy another one to replace the one they sold to us. I love it when a plan comes together!
We got a message from Abdulai Fuseini, one of the double amputees that we have been helping since 2001 sent us a message to let us know he had some yams for us and he wanted us to come and pick them up. We went this morning to visit him. He is in the process of making repairs to his house so we gave him a small monetary gift to help with it. He was happy with the gift. He always calls us his mother and father but he is almost the same age as we are. Nazo went with us to interpret so we shared the yams with him. His wife will be happy to see him coming home this evening.
I thought that my brother Paul was going to Secondi-Takoradi but he was actually going to Accra. We always joke about the “language barrier” between us and the Ghanaians. Well, it seems I am not doing any better when it is between my brother and me. Anyway, he is safely in Accra and will be there until he leaves for the states on Tuesday. At least he will have somewhere good to eat while he is there.
Thank you for all the love, prayers and support. We appreciate all you do.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
