We are so excited! We have our passports back in our own hands! What a relief! We are so anxious when we are not sure where our passports are! We knew the passports were somewhere between Tamale and Accra but there are no tracking numbers. We got back from Tamale at about 6:30; it was dark when we pulled in the driveway. When I got out to open the gate I switched on the security light by the gate and by the time I walked to the house to unlock the doors the electricity went off. We are happy that the generator is up and running and has a full tank of diesel!
Today was the monthly evangelists’ and church leaders’ class. We had lots of extra men attend the class. We invited Bro. Divine to come and talk to the men about how to keep the accounts for the churches where they attend. A few months ago, he talked to the church leaders about bookkeeping but they are not the treasurers. Today, the treasurers came with the church leaders and evangelists. The total number of men that attended the class today was 55. Sister Rita had to cook lots of extra food today. I was the pay master today; I gave the men their transport money, took a record of the baptisms and sold the men juice and Bibles. We wanted to finish as quickly as possible today because we wanted to leave for Tamale as soon as class was dismissed and the men fed. It was 2:00 when we left Yendi.
One of Kulkpeni’s neighbors planted 2 trees on the church property; he is also the one that built a pig house on the property. The masons are digging the footer through that portion of the land. He said that we have to pay for the trees because he planted them. Here in Ghana trees do not belong to the land. If you buy land and you want the trees or don’t want the owner to have free access to your property you have to buy the trees even if you are going to cut them down! Isn’t that crazy? I did not ask you to come on my land and plant trees but you did it anyway and now I am expected to pay for the trees. The whole thing makes my eye twitch! Timothy and John, the mason, are going to talk to the guy and see how much he wants for the trees. One of the trees is a Mahogany tree; the bark is used for medicine. The tree is a mass of knots and blemishes from where the traditional healers have been cutting pieces out of the tree. The other tree is a palm nut tree.
Take care and enjoy your weekend.
In HIS Service,
Steve, Kandie and Skeeter
The Monkeyshines
Another boring day! The parents went back to Tamale without me again! This time Mom did not come back with a cute toy; she came back with medicine. Monkey medicine! It is almost time for my rabies and distemper shots! Ouch! These have to be administered by the vet! I heard Mom and Dad talking about what would be the best way to give me the shots! How about we do it this way; “forget the shots all together!” Mom says I have to share; how about I don’t take the shots and share the vaccine with a more needy monkey! I am sure that there is a monkey out there somewhere that needs the shots more than I do! I will gladly make the sacrifice for them! I heard Dad say that maybe Mom could make a hood of some sort to tie around my head! What! I am not a falcon! Nor am I a horse that needs blinders! I am a baby monkey that does not need shots! I can tell you this is not going to turn out well for me!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ME!
Love, Skeeter
