This morning the Konkomba lady that had to have her leg removed about 4 years ago came to the mission house. I think I told you about her in an earlier email. She would like to stop begging and find some work to do. She thinks she would like to learn to be a seamstress. The Social Welfare office gave her a sewing machine. Her crutches were in terrible repair so Steve reworked them for her. He put on new arm rests; hand rests and rubbers tips. She was happy with the improvements. Someone had put nails in the legs so they were no longer adjustable. The crutches were 2 different lengths. Steve tried to get her to let him make them even but she said that she liked them uneven because one was for standing and resting and the other one was for walking. Her leg was amputated above the hip joint. She said that she had an artificial leg but when she tried to wear it she got sores and it was painful. She would like to use the leg again. Her stump was seriously swollen. Steve gave her ace bandages with instructions to wrap the stump so the swelling would go down. He also gave her some large tubular bandage to use when she puts the prosthesis on again. He also told her to only wear it for a little while at first and then gradually increase the time. She needed a chair and a table to put her sewing machine on. We went to the market and bought them then we took her to her sister’s house to wait for her husband to bring his motorcycle and carry the table and chair back to the village. She was very happy with the gifts.
This afternoon we went out to Kulkpeni to measure a door on one of the sleeping quarters that the termites have eaten. The door was barely hanging in the opening. We are going to have a metal door made to replace it. We found a man that is making doors 100 Cedis cheaper than Red can make them. Last time we saw the guy he was sick. He has an ulcer. We told him to drink milk and take Omeprazole. This afternoon he could not thank us enough for helping him with his illness. He said that he is good as new and able to sleep and work! He said he will never stop drinking milk!
This morning during a lull at the Child Center Zorash and I came up to the house and made the green Shito. Amama and Meri loved it as much as Zorash did. We cooked a huge pan of boiled yams and shared with all the workers. Everyone had a wonderful lunch today. Of course Zorash and Amama who helped cook took the leftovers home with them; they will get to share with their families.
Amama’s rival (her husband’s 3rd wife) stopped by this morning to show off the new baby. She brought a friend with her that also had a new baby. Today was the 40th day so the babies were all dressed up and so were the mothers. The mothers were wearing blue and white and the babies were dressed all in white ruffled dresses.
Thank you for your help!
In His Service,Steve and Kandie
