We got back to Yendi at 4:00 this afternoon. Steve said the air conditioning in the van worked well. The mechanic said he found the leak. He said that it was on the connector of the compressor. He said that when he found it he knew that “Mama”, that’s me, would not be happy if he called and said he wanted to put in a new compressor so he repaired the old one. Even our Ghanaian friends know how frugal I am!
When we got back to the mission house we quickly unloaded the vehicles and headed back to town. We picked up the new used bicycle for Daniel, the new church leader at Yowando, we checked to see if any of the vehicle batteries are good, and we picked up the water proof paint we had ordered. Steve uses the vehicle batteries to run his C-pap; the unstable electricity burned out his first C-pap machine. He has a battery charger and a couple batteries that he keeps charged and rotated. The unstable electricity is hard on the batteries too. Mr. Baba the battery mechanic said that only one was holding a charge but he wanted to keep it another couple of days to be sure.
Let me tell you that waterproof paint we got was a mess. The paint has a coal tar base; it is black and very sticky until it dries. One of the cans broke open in the truck on the way up from Tamale; I sure am glad that was not all over my vehicle. The top on the other can had rusted through. Mr. Gaddo, the hardware seller that ordered the paint for us put most of the broken can into new buckets. A little of the paint from the can with the rusted lid splashed out in the back of the old green truck when Steve hit a pothole we cleaned it up before it had time to dry. We plan on painting the cement fence and the building during the dry season. The waterproof paint keeps the regular paint from molding and makes it last longer.
We had partial success in Tamale. We got the gift tax on the land figured and paid. We are happy to have that out of the way. Last night while we were at the hotel Steve tried to go on the Registrar General’s website and download the forms for the registration. He downloaded some sort of form then we remembered that when we had to reregister the Child Center some years ago a man named Mr. Mahama helped us with the process. I asked Steve if he still had his number. This morning before we went to the office Steve called him and surprise surprise he was still working for the Registrar’s office and he was more than pleased to talk to us and help us begin the process. We feel 100% better about the process now that we have someone to guide us along.
Red stopped by this evening to let us know that he has finished the doors for the garage. He is going to spray paint them before he brings them to the mission house.
Take care and have a great day!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
