We got a little bit of rain this evening; it was a pleasant relief from the heat! Maybe it will be cooler tomorrow.
Asana and her mother came to visit us this morning. Asana has been crippled since birth; she is the teenage girl that we gave a handy-capped tricycle to last year. She uses the tricycle to go to school; she used to have to be pushed to school in her wheelchair by her siblings and friends. The tricycle has given her freedom she never had before. She has worn out the tires on the tricycle. Steve gave them some money to take care of the problem.
I was trying to sew this afternoon when the transformer decided to stop working. The sewing machine is an American machine and runs on 110 current; the mission house is wired for 220 to run all the British products. Steve came to my rescue; he tore into the transformer and rewired the outlets. The transformer has 2 outlets so you can run 2 things at the same time but in all the time we have been here only one of the outlets works. Guess what? Steve fixed both the outlets while he was working on it.
The room I sew in is too dark! One of the 4 foot florescent lights burned out. The bulb did not burn out; the electrical portion of the light fixture burned out. This afternoon we went to town and bought a new fixture. I am hoping that will be Steve’s next project! I am dropping a heavy hint in this note! Steve always edits the notes after I write them; now everyone knows I need more light to sew by! Ha!
Meri finally got her National Identity card but she is the only one of the workers that has been able to get theirs. This is not an isolated problem to our area; they are having the same problem all over Ghana especially in the areas that do not have cell phone service.
Mr. Iddrisu and Nazo have started harvesting the soybeans they planted on the back of the mission property. They are not the best farmers but soybeans should do well; the field is very bushy so we are not sure what kind of a yield they will have. Soybeans are a cash crop; they will probably hold them until the price goes up at the end of the dry season.
Thank you for the love, prayers and support. Without your generosity we would not be able to do the work.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
