I forgot to tell you that yesterday while Steve was having our meeting Divine started shouting, “Snake, Snake, Snake!”  Sure enough a snake was crawling beside the veranda behind Steve.  The men grabbed up sticks and brooms and chased down the snake.  The snake lost!  Divine and Timothy know more about the snakes than we do; they said that they call it the “red snake” and it is very poisonous.  

  Yesterday Melissa, our daughter-in-law sent us some information about the cost of bringing someone home from a country that’s borders were closed.  The article said that the cost is usually a little more expensive than a regular plane ticket but that it should not be astronomical.  After reading the article we decided to wait and see what the embassy had to say when they called.  This afternoon we got a call from the embassy; they wanted to know if we were still interested in getting out of Ghana on a special chartered flight.  We told them we were definitely interested.  They told us that the cost for this flight would be 2,000 dollars for each of us and was flying into the Washington DC area.  Once they dropped us in the United States we would be responsible for getting ourselves to where ever home is.  They said that we had to be at the airport in Accra by 5:00 in the morning.  There was no way that we could get there in time even if we drove all night.  We could not fly from Tamale because the last flight was at 4:30 and by the time they called us we did not have time to get there before the flight left.  We were disappointed to say the least.  The guy Steve was talking to “hinted” that they were trying to get a flight together for Thursday.  His advice to us was to go to Accra tomorrow and wait for a call; that way we would already be there if a flight goes out on Thursday.  Steve called the domestic airline that flies from Tamale to Accra; they said that there were flights available for the 11:00 flight but we could not make a reservation.  We have to be at the airport in Tamale tomorrow morning by 6:00 to purchase the ticket.  Our plans are to leave at 4:00 in the morning.  Red is going to drive us and bring the van back to Yendi.  

We have not yet signed the paperwork for the Child Center’s annual return for the IRS.  Awal, the guy that is working on it said that it would be ready to be signed tomorrow morning.  If all goes as planned we will go to the airport buy the tickets then come back to Tamale and sign the papers and return to the airport in time for our flight.  

We have been scurrying around like rats all afternoon trying to tie up all the loose ends.  The sign board painter finally finished the sign boards for 2 of the churches so we were able to pay for them and pick them up.  We cleaned out the refrigerators and gave away the perishable food.  We have covered almost everything in the house with plastic and sheets to keep the dust off of it.  We probably will not get to bed before midnight.  

Please keep us in your prayers as we try to get home.

In His Service,

Steve and Kandie

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