We left for Tamale at 6:00 this morning. Zorash went with us. We wanted to get over there as soon as the Land Commission office opened. Zorash had gotten the secretary’s name from the surveyor; she had talked to her last night. When we got into Tamale she called her and got directions to her house. We sat in the truck and discussed the changes that needed to be made to the documents. She said that she could not make any changes until she talked to her boss. She said that she would tell him about the mistakes and see what needed to be done about them. We went to the office to talk to the man in charge. He said he would change the documents and reprint them; of course there was a fee for making the correction but then what’s new? Our only concern is that the documents have already been signed by 2 chiefs and we will have to go back and have them sign the new corrected documents. Both of those chiefs are in Yendi. This will actually be the 3rd time that these chiefs have signed the documents for us. The first time they were written up there was a mistake and they had to be resigned. The documents will not be ready until Friday. The boss was very kind and said that he would send the documents to Yendi on the mass transit bus which will save us a trip to Tamale. Every little bit helps.
While we were waiting to go to the Land office we went to the open air market. I like to go when we have someone with us that can help with interpretation. It has been a long time since we have gone into the market. The market is huge and is just one vendor after another. Sometimes the smell would take your breath away and other times it would make you gag. I was hunting for old beads. I found several older ones and of course I bought some new ones! I do love to shop! We also found a new vegetable we have not seen before. Zorash said that they cook it in the soup and that it is good for the blood. We bought some to try and we also bought some for Zorash. I really think they are of the eggplant family; just in miniature. They are round instead of pear shaped. Speaking of pears; the other day we found pears (real pears) here in Yendi. The lady that sells apples had them; she called them “apple pears” to distinguish them from avocados which they call “pears”. The apple pears were delicious.
We got back from Tamale around 1:30. We gathered our paper work together and headed up to the IRS office to pay another year of back sales tax. The accountant seemed to be surprised to see us. I told him that the tax money was “killing” me. He said that he would see if there was some way they could reduce the cost. I told him that it would help if they would just change the number of years that we have to go back and figure. So who knows maybe we will get a break. We spent the rest of the afternoon working on the next batch so we can turn in another year tomorrow.
Take care and keep us and the work in your prayers.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
