We finally got the washing machine hooked back up this afternoon. We have not been able to do any washing in the past 10 days. It is amazing how much laundry can back up in 10 days. When they pulled the ceiling down in the kitchen they broke the water faucet. Steve had to make 3 trips to town before he found enough parts to fix the faucet. As soon as he got the water turned back on and the washing machine hooked up we started washing clothes. I washed 4 loads this afternoon; I would have washed more but I ran out of clothes line space. With 115 degree temperatures it does not take long to dry clothes.
The carpenters worked on the veranda ceiling again today. They thought that they were going to get it finished today but they did not. Maybe tomorrow. They worked until almost 5:00. In between washing and hanging out the clothes we loaded 30 roofing sheets in the back of the truck. As soon as the carpenters left we headed out to Divine’s village to deliver the roofing sheets. Divine arrived just before we did. He had been to town to get the wood. He hired a motor king to transport the lumber from Yendi to his house. He was happy to see the roofing sheets.
Zorash, the receptionist for the Child Center does not usually work on Saturday but she took an extra day off earlier in the week so she paid it back to us today. Yesterday while we were in the market we walked past the ladies selling green leaves. These leaves are sort of like spinach or turnip greens. I do not know how to cook most of these green leaves and I wanted to try them so I asked one of the vegetable sellers who speaks very good English how to cook the leaves. She guided us through the variety of green leaves and told us which ones we should buy. She then helped us buy the groundnut paste (like peanut butter but without sugar or salt). I knew that Zorash was coming to work today and that she would be able to give me a cooking lesson. Zorash and I spent a good part of the morning in the kitchen making peanut butter soup. The soup has onions, tomato paste, hot pepper, garlic, beef, green leaves and chicken bouillon. It was delicious; we ate it with boiled yams. If I make it again I want to remove some of the oil; the Ghanaians love to see oil floating on their soup. I personally can do without the extra oil.
This morning the father of a newly born baby came to the Child Center to get formula. The doctor had to deliver the baby early because the mother’s blood pressure was too high. Both the mother and the baby are in the hospital. The baby is very small and the mother and the baby are not in the same section of the hospital so the doctor wants to give the baby formula but the family cannot afford the Lactogen so they came to the Child Center to get help with the formula.
Take care and thanks for all you do for us and for the work.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
