We had not been in the mission house more than 15 minutes when the electricity went off. We had to start the generator so we could find the bags and baskets we needed to go to the market.
Around 6:00 this evening Steve finally got his hands on the lost luggage. Actually the luggage was never lost; they knew where it was but it did not get put on the plane. The plane only had 2 open seats in the economy section; the flight was very full and everyone had all the bags they were allowed to carry free plus many of them, myself included, had extra bags that they paid to carry with them. There is only so much weight a plane is allowed to carry; we figure that is why part of our luggage had to be sent on a later flight. Whatever the reason it is an aggravation and an added expense because someone (Steve) had to spend an extra night in the hotel in Accra to pick up the luggage. I said all that to say that once Steve claimed the luggage he tried to call Red to let him know what time to be in Tamale tomorrow morning to pick him up; Red had turned his phone off and had forgotten to turn it back on. About 8:30 this evening Marcus and I decided to go out into the town and try to find Red. We took Tichak, the night watchman, with us so we would have an interpreter. We went to his shop, his house and the places he usually hangs out in the evening but we did not find him. Finally we left a note with his wife. Shortly after we got back to the mission house he called and got the rest of the details. He is supposed to come to the mission house in the morning at 5:30 to pick up the keys and the van.
This afternoon when we got back to the mission house we were headed to the market to buy the supplies we will need for the seminar when we saw that the green truck had a flat tire. Red took the truck to the tire repair place and had it fixed. We picked up Zorash and headed to the market. After we bought 900 pounds of rice, 100 pounds of beans, 50 pounds of corn, 75 pounds of onions, 37 gallons of oil and numerous spices and other ingredients we headed out to Kulkpeni to off load the stuff in the store room. Timothy was there to meet us and help with the unloading.
On our way back into town we stopped at the bakery and order the 500 loaves of bread.
It was dark by the time we got back to the mission house. Marcus did a good job of dodging the vehicles, people, animals and bicycles. It is treacherous driving after dark. Many of the vehicles don’t have lights. We met some driving down the wrong side of the street.
We did a load of clothes so Marcus would have something clean to wear tomorrow. The suitcase with his clothes and personal items is one of the ones that did not make it. We have no clothes dryer so his clothes are hanging under the air conditioner.
Take care and have a great day! Keep praying for us!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
