We left this morning around 8:30 and we haven’t been back to the house except and hour to eat lunch. It is now 7:38 pm. It all started last night at 7:30 when Timothy called and said the far away congregation we were scheduled to visit today asked if we could reschedule to another date. We visited the small congregation at Kulkpanga instead. This is a fledgling Church with only a few adults. There are twice as many children as adults. I used the lesson about Noah and the flood from Genesis chapters 6 and 7.
After services were over I noticed a teenage girl that had a sore on her right shin. We were told she had been hit by a motorcycle about two weeks ago. She was fanning the flies away from the open sore. She had finished taking her medicine and I could see she still needed more so we gave her father who is a church member some money for them to buy more medicine. They were grateful for the help.
Today is Yendi’s big market Day. A sister asked for a ride into town so we accommodated her. On our way back to town a motorcycle rider rode by us with something hanging a cloth around his neck. Kandie said she wanted to get a photo of the man. She wanted to take a photograph because he had guinea eggs in the cloth. The reason the eggs were around his neck is to protect them from the vibrations of the road so they will hatch.
We spent some time this afternoon getting a sewing machine repaired for Kandie. We finished up at the repairman about 4:30.
This morning in the pickup Timothy informed us the church building at Jagrido had some storm damage to their roof. We bought 6 roofing sheets and some roofing nails. We had two 2”X3” boards to take with us that had been left over from our roofing project. We drove out to Kulkpeni and picked up Timothy.
At Jagrido we inspected the storm damage first hand. The storm had lifted one corner of the roof up and folded it back on itself. The brethren were happy for the supplies. On our way back through the village we noticed the paramount chief of Jagrido palace had the roofs of three rooms torn off. This chief has a very high rank among the Konkomba tribe. We stopped and asked the linguist (chief’s secretary) if he could take us to the chief. It would be against custom if we went to see the chief by ourselves. The chief was sitting under a tree. We told the chief we had brought building supplies to help the Church repair the damage. We asked about the storm damage to the palace. We decided to leave the chief 300 GH Cedis to help purchase building supplies. As we were walking to the pickup Timothy told me the men were very happy for our gift.
From Jagrido we drove on to Kulkpeni. On the way I stopped to pick up some women coming from their farms. One of the young ladies is a daughter of a church member. The girl doesn’t come to church so maybe we can sow the seed of kindness and encourage her to come.
I will close for today. Have a good Lord’s Day and may God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
