Do you remember what happened to us last Sunday when I loaded the green pickup and found the spare tire deflated? Guess what? At 8:15 this morning I noticed the driver’s side rear tire was low. I used the tire gauge on the tire and it didn’t even register any air pressure. I went into panic mode again. I quickly crawled under the truck and jacked it up, pulled off the wheel and rushed in to tell Kandie I was headed for the local vulcanizer. By this time, it was 8:35 and Timothy was to be at the compound at 9am. When I arrived at the vulcanizer shop they quickly tested the tire for leaks. What they did find was a bad valve core. What luck! They had a used spare core and changed out the bad one. I was surprised to see that I made it back to the house at the same time Timothy was pulling in. All I could say was “Thank you Lord for helping me!” Just as we were about to leave for the village of Duni, the bottom fell out of the clouds and the rain was dropping like buckets. My driver’s side door latch jammed and I got drenched before we were able to get it open. It’s like I told Timothy today; I don’t mind bathing at all but I hate to wear wet clothes!
The village at Duni is about 20 km south of Yendi. We have good road till we turn onto the bush road that is about a ¼ of a mile from the village. When we arrived, we were met by several of the men of the congregation. It was still raining and continued to rain off and on for the next 90 minutes. Since it was raining the church members were slow coming to the building.
The men asked Timothy to teach the bible class. He started out using Proverbs 22:6 where the writer says to train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. He also talked about disciplining the children so they would learn how to be a good member of the community and the church. He had a lot of questions asked during the discussion.
Since the bible class took the majority of the time I abbreviated my lesson about how our bodies are the temple of God and some things we should stay away from that can physically and spiritually hurt our bodies.
The congregation at the close of service expressed their appreciation for the items that we brought to them; Konkomba & English Bibles, 3 pads, 2 pens, cups, juice & bread for the Lord’s supper, dry erase markers and eraser, a record book, and a church bench.
In return the church brought us a huge number of yams and a rooster which we graciously accepted. One lady from the Church asked for a ride to Yendi so she rode back to the town with us. Today was Yendi’s once-a-week market day so I’m sure that’s why she needed a ride.
After getting back to the compound, we divided the yams up with Timothy and also gave him the rooster for the family stew pot. Kandie and I raced around and loaded up the red pickup for our trip to Tamale. Kandie drove the red pickup and I drove the old green truck. The air conditioning repairmen are going to work on the green truck while we are in Accra to meet Kandie’s brother Paul who arrives on Tuesday. We will then fly back to Tamale on Wednesday. I was afraid to drive the old truck tomorrow because I was afraid it might break down and cause us to miss our 11:00 am flight so we came this evening to Tamale. It also gave us a chance to pick up some supplies we will need in the coming weeks.
Hope you had a good Lord’s Day. Thanks for your prayers and your encouragement. Remember us in your prayers as we travel. God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
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