The mini seminar is over; it was a great success! We found out all sorts of interesting things. Divine, the evangelist from Kpamang was on hand to fill out the paper work for the men. Many of the men find it difficult to read and write English even though they can read the Konkomba language. I had to make an extra trip to the mission house to make photocopies. Forty-five people attended the seminar. I was the only lady that sat in the classes. Timothy’s wife Rita was around because she was cooking lunch for the men. After the last class we loaded the people up in the truck and van and carried them to their various bus stops. We also loaded the wheelbarrows we rented in the back of the truck to return. We could have waited to take them back tomorrow but we did not want to pay for any extra days.
The mason and his helpers did the last of the work today. They plastered the new doors in the old buildings. Everything looks nice. Once it gets a coat of paint it will look even nicer.
Red, the part time driver, stopped by last night and picked up the receipt and transport money for the new poly tank that we bought last week in Tamale. He got the new tires put on his truck. He assured us that it would make it to Tamale and back. Around 8:30 this morning he called to tell us that the guy we bought the poly tank from was not happy that we had sent a copy of the receipt with Red instead of the original. Who knew? The man said that he wanted to stamp the original so no one could reuse it. He would have liked for us to bring the original to Tamale before he released the poly tank. Please! Steve talked nicely to him and told him we were coming to Tamale tomorrow and that we would bring him the original. While we were talking to Red he said that his truck had broken down and that he was presently hunting for a way to get the poly tank to the station to put on a truck coming to Yendi. Please! Another expense. Around 1:30 we talked to Red and he said that he was back in Yendi and that they had off loaded the poly tank at the Yendi station and he was trying to rent a motor king to bring it to the mission house. What another expense? Then guess what we saw on our way out to Kulkpeni this morning? One of the small hardware stores has started selling poly tanks and they had 2 of the same type we bought in Tamale! Can you believe that? Oh! Well, ours is sitting in the back yard.
It is the first time for one of our guests to come to the northern part of Ghana. He just loves the round houses with the thatch roofs. They only make square houses in the southern part of Ghana. He was very pleased when he found out that he was going to sleep in the guest round house with a thatch roof.
Take care and have a great day.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
P.S. The high temperature for today was 120oF. Yesterday’s high temp was 121oF.
