We got up earlier than normal this morning so we could leave for Tamale at 7:00. We talked to the immigration officer yesterday and he said our passports would be here today. They were to be delivered to the Tamale office. Mid-morning we talked to the FedEx office in Tamale and they said that the documents were being driven up to Tamale and that the truck had left Kumasi and was heading this way. It should have been here around 3:00 pm. At 3:30 we went to the office to check to see if the truck had arrived. No such luck! The truck broke down and had to be repaired but they were moving again.
Our options were to spend the night in Tamale in hopes that the truck got there before the office closed and get up at 5:00 in the morning to come back to Yendi or go back to Yendi and return to Tamale tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow are the monthly classes and Steve needs to be here for them. We opted to return to Yendi. Steve got the phone number of the FedEx man so we can call tomorrow before we leave Yendi and make sure that our passports were actually on the truck and made it to Tamale. After class tomorrow we will head back to Tamale if the passports are there.
While we were in Tamale we went to the bank, bought copy paper, did a little shopping, looked for a new printer and had lunch at the Indian /Lebanese restaurant. Lunch was definitely the highlight of the day! We got back to Yendi before dark which is always a blessing!
When we travel, I like to stay busy; I don’t like to waste my time. A couple days ago while we were walking, I picked up a wet, torn booklet. It had quite a few of the pages missing; it had no cover or title page so we have no idea who wrote it. There were about 80 pages left in the book. The booklet has been sitting on the dining room table drying out; it is about controlling the tongue. I decided that I would read the booklet out loud to Steve on our drive. You can get a lot of reading done in 4 hours! Lucky Steve! I finished reading that booklet and continued reading the book about the Ya-Na’s murder that we started several trips ago. The Ya-Na is the king of the Dagomba tribe; he ruled in Yendi. I also took fabric scraps to cut into small blocks but I did not get any of them cut; but I will have plenty of time in the truck tomorrow!
Enjoy your day!
In HIS Service,
Steve, Kandie and Skeeter
The Monkeyshines
I sure do miss the parents when they are gone! Donkey and Mr. Iddrisu are no fun! I barely get to eat when they are taking care of me! Mom bought me a new toy! It might become one of my favorite toys ever! It is a puppet. The puppet is a monkey; it looks nothing like me; just between you and me I think the monkey is sort of homely! Of course, I am prejudice; I think that African Green Monkeys are the most handsome monkeys in the world! And of all the African Green Monkeys in the world I think I am the most handsome of them all and don’t forget how clever I am! This monkey also has a very fat tail; fat tails are not an attractive feature in monkeys. A monkey’s tail should be thin and sleek! A fat tail on a monkey is sort of like fat swollen ankles on a woman! Those women need to wear some of those compression socks! I wonder if they make compression socks for monkey tails?
Not only am I handsome and clever, I am funny too! Ha!
Love Skeeter
