Paul and Red left shortly after 7:00 this morning to go to Tamale. Paul needed to buy a new battery for his truck. It is now 5:00 pm and they are still not back. We were beginning to worry about them so Steve called to see if they were OK. Paul said that they were about ½ back to Yendi and that they were doing fine.
First thing this morning we grabbed the chain saw and headed to Kulkpeni to cut down a Shea Nut tree that is going to interfere with the new building. We thought that we would just cut the tree down and let the men dig up the stump but Tichak and Timothy and couple of the church members asked us to let them cut the roots before we took down the tree because it would be easier to get the roots out if we had the weight of the tree helping us. As always with these projects they are harder to do than you imagined. Several hours later we had the tree down, uprooted and cut into manageable pieces. Once the tree was down the men lost interest in the tree; they said that their work was done and now it was over to the women to remove the leaves and cut it into fire wood. Steve took pity on the women and cut the tree into pieces that they could at least drag it home.
I spent a good portion of the day working on the books and entering receipts. Shortly before noon a couple brothers came from Nakpachee. The church members have raised the walls on their new church building and they are ready to put on the roof. Thanks to your generous donations we will be able to help them with the lumber, tin, and nails to roof the building. Steve went with them to the lumber yard and hardware store to buy the supplies. He then hired a motor king to haul the load to the village. They were pleased when they left.
This afternoon, Divine, the evangelist, called and said that he wanted us to come out to Kpamang and look at the dam. We were impressed with the look of the dam. The problem is that the bulldozer driver really needs at least one more day to finish the job maybe two. The village had contributed 400GH for an extra day of work; Steve added enough to the amount so they could retain the bulldozer for another day. The chief and a bunch of his elders and village children were sitting on the top of the dam watching the dozer work. This is the first time for many of them to see a bulldozer in action. Better than watching TV, especially since Kpamang does not have electricity!
I almost forgot to tell you that the high temperature today was 121 degrees with a heat index of 130 degrees. Take care and have a great day!
In His Service,
Steve, Kandie and Paul
