Abdulla, the guy that helps us with the vehicle registration came to the mission house this afternoon. He needed help with his upcoming surgery. He is going to have hemorrhoid surgery tomorrow. The Health Insurance Scheme will not pay for the surgery. The surgery will cost 3,000 Cedis which is 536 dollars. Abdulla had 2,000 Cedis. Thanks to your generous gifts for “whatever comes up” we were able to help him with the remainder of the money he needed. They are to do the surgery tomorrow and he said he will come home tomorrow afternoon on the public transportation bus. Excuse me; I would hate to know I had to ride 2 hours in a bus right after I had surgery! Ouch!
The guy that we hired to haul the blocks is still hard at work. He can carry 40 -50 blocks each trip. He has to move 2,000 blocks. He is doing well; he has already moved 1,200 of the block. Job #144 that I do not want!
Timothy, the evangelist, stopped by this afternoon too. We are helping him get a new cell phone. His is old and cannot receive text messages and it is not set up to receive “mobile money”. There are times that we need to reach him and we need him to be able to get text messages. If he is out and about and has motorcycle trouble or needs something we need to be able to send him money through his phone. Of course he is very excited about getting a new phone!
Today was the last day of the Damba celebration. We went to town this afternoon to get onions and tomatoes and arrived just before the big parade started. We also needed turpentine. While we were at the little hardware store we saw the parade pass by. There was lots of drumming and dancing; everyone whirling and twirling. All the people were dressed in their finest outfit. Friends will get together and buy the same piece of fabric and have matching outfits made for the occasion. We saw the Ya-Na’s wives pass by; it is very easy to tell which ones they are because they all have their heads shaven (bald) and their shoulders have to be bare; they just wrap a 6 yard piece of cloth around their chest that reaches the ground. Sort of like the way we wrap a big bath towel around us. We also saw a young lady carrying one of the gods on her head. The god lives in a calabash gourd; it is carried in an enamel wash bowl. There is both a male and female god; I only saw the female. I imagine the male was around somewhere.
Things should be back to normal tomorrow.
Take care and have a nice day.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
