First thing this morning when Nazo arrived he informed us that Mr. Iddrisu was going to take another week of his leave to prepare his fields for planting. That meant we had to adjust people around and spread ourselves thin in places. Timothy Niligrini showed up with some paperwork for Brother Divine to take to Tamale around 7:30. Divine arrived around 8:30. Kandie was tied up working with the men until 11am. Then Divine left for Tamale and Timothy went back to his house.
I, on the other hand, took upon myself the task of painting the guest shower room and adjoining toilet room in the main house. We were waiting for Iddrisu to come back and paint the rooms but since he wouldn’t be here this week it was important to us to get the painting on this side of the house finished. The paint that we use in the house is emulsion paint. The only thing I might be able to compare it to is a whitewash paint. It comes in a semi-soft paste that requires water to be mixed with it so you can paint with it. Kandie had mixed the water with it two weeks ago before we knew Mr. Iddrisu wasn’t going to be around. Well, water sours even when mixed in emulsion paint. Let me just say I have never used paint that had such a funky smell to it as I did today. The Ghanaians would say “I can hear the smell of it!” After the paint dries the aroma leaves but I still burned three sticks of incense in each small room just to mask the smell. When the center closed Kandie came up and helped me get the rest of the painting done before we ate a late lunch.
This afternoon Kandie gathered paperwork for us to take to the bank. We received an email this morning saying our bank requested updates on all the signers of the checks and the GNCDC board members. Why this is needed every year we do not know. The banking system over here has so much more paperwork they require just for a simple checking account. Americans would really get upset if our banking system worked this way.
Today is Yendi Market Day. We traveled out to Kulkpeni to get Timothy’s ID to copy for the bank requirements. When we went back into town we visited the market. Vegetables are few and far between at this time of the year. The price of cabbages today is 2-3 times what they are during the rainy season. The tomatoes are small in size; about the size of our tomatoes at the end of the season back home.
Brother Divine called around 6:30 pm and said his lorry had broke down at D.C. Kura, a village about 15 miles west of Yendi. About 30 minutes later he called again saying he had found another vehicle to bring him to Yendi. There wasn’t any room inside the vehicle so he rode on top of the roof. He was at our gate about 7:45 to give us the run down on his business adventures today.
That’s it for the now. Hope you have a good day! Thanks for your support.
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
