Yesterday Timothy Niligrini told me that his motorcycle wasn’t running so I picked him up this morning and the motorcycle up and drop it off at the mechanics shop before going to the bush. After loading the machine Timothy informed me that Kiyee, a church member at Kulkpeni, was hit by a motorcycle while riding his bike near his house. We then walked over to Kiyee’s house to check on him. He had two severe cuts to the face and a swollen right wrist. The man helping Kiyee didn’t have the money to purchase the prescription medicine the doctor prescribed so I took the prescription along with me to purchase after we returned from worship.
I knew we were going to be late for worship after dropping off the motorcycle. We still had to go to the house to load everyone up in the old van to go to Borido. When we arrived I told the congregation that I was the cause of our lateness and Timothy told them the story of Kiyee. They were very understanding. I introduced Dahlia and Jack to the congregation. The brethren were happy to have Jack preach. He gave a lesson from the book of Jonah. The Church was pleased to see the visitors.
During the questions and answers session after services a sister brought up a problem the village was having: “No water!” One teenage girl was asked to bring a bowl of water from their house that had been fetched several miles away. The water was so muddy no one would want to use it for bathing much less using it for cooking! The village has a well but the pipe leading down to the water is in needs to be replaced. I gave the Church a little money to have a man who repairs well pumps come give an estimate of the cost. We will see if we can help fix the well.
From the church building we walked over to the chief’s house to greet him. When he saw Dahlia he said his wife had died and he needed a new wife; he made a marriage proposal for her. I had told Dahlia if something like this happened just tell the person that you are already promised; because I promised her she didn’t have to marry anyone she did not want to marry.
When we go back to Yendi we stopped at Mr. Hayes’ pharmacy and purchased the medicine for Kiyee. It was an antibiotic. We went out to Kulkpeni to drop off Timothy and Kiyee’s medicine. We got back to the house about 2pm. The electricity was off so I started up the generator.
Later this afternoon Brother Divine brought the father of a boy, Majieed that had been bitten by a snake a couple of days ago. It took three vials of ASV which is equivalent almost $250. The family had been able to come up with half of the money. Thanks to our supporters we were able to provide the other half of the money to pay for the ASV. The father was very happy!
That just about wraps it up for today. /;.We wish you a good Lord’s Day and may God bless!
In His service,
Stephen, Kandie, Dahlia, & Jack
