The Yendi notes today are coming courtesy of Rusty Johnson.
By Ghana standards today was pretty uneventful. After breakfast Perry and I started working on a project of cutting the seam on one side of a plastic bag. These bags are rectangle with one opening on the short end. We had to rip one of the long side seams so that two sides were open. The ladies at the seminar will use the bags to put all of the participants’ meals. They have bowls they will set the bag in, pour some food in it, and I guess they have some way to tie them. They will use these bags at each meal so there were several thousands of them. After a few minutes we got the process down and started cutting, and cutting, and cutting and cutting. We did discover that turning the overhead fan off help because it was blowing the bags. After 3 hours we finally finished the task. We both agreed that if Kandie showed up with more bags we were going to volunteer to go out to Kulkpeni and help dig the hole for the new out house.
Jack and Steve manned the clinic this morning while Kandie loaded up supplies that needed to be carried out to the seminar site at Kulkpeni. We couldn’t take them out there until 3:00pm so that gave Perry and me time to work on our lessons after lunch.
A little before three we headed out with the supplies. Jack was on the Motor King and we were in the green truck. We unloaded the supplies and then headed to the next village that sells firewood. Kandie bargained with the lady that was selling and got a good deal on enough firewood for the ladies to cook with at the seminar. We filled the Motor King up and sent Jack on his way back to Kulkpeni. We then proceeded to load the truck with the remaining wood and headed out. When we got to Kulkpeni, Jack had already unloaded his wood and was headed back to the mission house. As we were finishing up Jack called and said the Motor King had broken down not far from the Mission House. We headed that direction and found him and towed him home.
The locals love seeing Jack on the Motor King. For those that have never seen one it is basically a three wheeled motorcycle with the back being a truck bed. The bed can also tilt like a dump truck. It’s really a cool vehicle. They just wave at him and laugh. I guess seeing a white guy on a vehicle that is made for work is funny to them. When we were towing Jack
back they really got a good laugh.
Tomorrow will be filled with more preparation for the Seminar. It’s hard to believe by this time next week we will start our journey home.
In Christian Love
Steve, Kandie, Jack, Rusty & Perry
