Meri had her baby in the wee hours of the morning. She is already home! The mothers are not allowed to stay in the hospital very long. The baby was a girl but no one knows the name yet. It will be revealed at the naming ceremony. Meri and the baby are both doing well. Meri will be off on maternity leave for the next 3 months. When she comes back to work she will bring the baby with her every day. This makes child number 5 for Meri, she would have had 6 but one of her twins died.
One of the older Falani women who is taking care of an orphan came back this morning. We hardly recognized that she was a Falani. She was wearing a veil type scarf like the rest of the women. She had one of her Dagomba friends bring to the Center with her on Thursday. If you remember the Falanis was accused of killing one of the Dagomba butchers so the Dagombas retaliated and attacked some of the Falanis and even killed some. The Falanis have been afraid to come to Yendi. The Falani woman was very clever to get her Dagomba friend to bring her to the Center because it was sort of an insurance policy.
This morning we went back to the Town and Country Planning office to see how far they have come with the new site plans. They said they had almost finished everything and we should get a call from them tomorrow. Of course even when we get the new site plans we will only be about a quarter of the way finished with the new registration but as the Ghanaians say, “Drop by drop the ocean is filled”.
Mr. Iddrisu is feeling much better, he said he is not yet 100% but he is much better than he was a couple days ago. He has no idea what made him sick. He thought perhaps it was eating too many bambara beans. Bambara beans grow under the ground like peanuts and they have a hull sort of like a peanut but there is only one round bean in each hull. They are very starchy and not one of our favorites. The new crop of bambara beans is just now being harvested.
When we went to the market this afternoon we met Divine, the evangelist and Tichak, one of the watchmen. Tichak was having his bicycle repaired and needed help paying for it. He showed Steve the problem last night after Bible study. Tichak has to ride 5 miles each evening to come to work (one way). When he started working here we promised to keep his bicycle in good working order.
I made a dress for myself this afternoon to wear to the Bro. Samuel Obeng’s funeral at the end of the week. We will be going to Kumasi for the funeral and it is customary to wear black, red or a combination of black and red. Steve and I will be sporting a matching ensemble. Timothy Niligrini made Steve’s shirt a few days ago.
Have a great day.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
