It started raining last night after 12am and it continued to drop rain through the night. I checked the cistern this morning and it was nearly full. I called Timothy Niligrini around 6 amand told him we would come pick him up at 6:30so he didn’t have to ride in the rain. We were surprised to see the rain had caused some minor flooding in places along the way to the village of Bungbali, near Saboba.
When we arrived, no one was around the old Nim tree that sets beside the church building. The reason, I suspect, was the fact that off in the distance the church members could see the wall of rain that was moving our way. You could see the rain falling in sheets in the distance. We did have time to walk over to the chief’s house and let the elder-in-charge know we were present and left our kola for him as well as the chief who had gone somewhere.
We hoped to be able to sit under the Nim tree and feel the cool air but the rain chased us into the small cramped church building. It rained hard for about 45 minutes. These church buildings don’t have ceilings in them so the noise of the rain falling on the tin roof is exponentially louder; as my mother used to say “you can’t hear yourself think!” for all the noise. When the rain finally subsided worship commenced. Timothy interpreted for me as I taught a lesson concerning how Christians are to conduct themselves in the Church and outside in the village. After services a question was raised about modest dress. The young man who asked the question implied the immodest dress by some Ghanaian women is due to them copying Americans. I was quick to point out everyone needs to monitor what they purchased to make sure the clothing is modest.
There was a lengthy meeting after the question and answers about the money the congregation had spent so far on their building. It seems the advice that Jesus gave about counting the cost before building falls on deaf ears a lot.
We were treated to a nice lunch of Fufu and groundnut soup with chicken. It was very delicious! When we said our goodbyes around 2pm it was still trying to spit rain. We dropped Timothy off at his house at 4pm and we drove into Yendi and stopped at the police station. We went to the police station to fill out the forms so Kandie can get a duplicate non-citizen’s card and driver’s license made. Two forms were hand written; one for the non-citizens card and one for the driver’s license. If a mistake was made the form had to be discarded and a new one filled out. We finally received both documents at 6:15. We plan to leave early in the morning to go to Tamale to get the cards remade.
Poor Skeeter didn’t get to see much of us today. We left at 6:30am and got back to the house at 6:45pm. What a day!
Hope you had a good Lord’s Day. May God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
& Skeeter
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