It wasn’t raining this morning so Timothy Niligrini was able to meet us here at the compound around 8:30. We drove east of Yendi to the village of Jomani which is approximately 30 km from Yendi. Most of the road was in good shape so we arrived at our destination at 9:30. The bible class had already started so we went into the building and found our seats at the front. Have we mentioned that it is custom to have the speaker and any guests to face the audience? Today, we were seated up front and to the right side of the podium. Kandie always likes to set near the window so she gets any breeze that passes through these hot church buildings.
Timothy interpreted for me as I taught a lesson from Micah 6:8 where the prophet of God told the people that God likes justice, kindness, and a humble person. This is a topic the whole world needs to be taught and followed right now. There were 72 people present this morning which included the children. Months ago, John, one of the church leaders that attend the monthly classes from Jomani, requested a sign board for the Church. I had one already painted with the primer coats so I had the sign painter do the job. At the next class, I told John the sign was ready but it wasn’t convenient at the time to take it back with him since he was riding his motorcycle. It had taken some months to get the sign to the village. The Church was very happy to have the sign. I even carried some cement for the men to set the legs of the signboard in.
After the close of the service and question and answer period finished someone brought a young man in his 20’s up to the front to be seated. He is a church member. I immediately noticed the man’s right hand was swollen and I thought snake bite. I was right! We proceeded to ask how many vials of ASV (anti-snake venom) did they have to give him. He said two. The next question was how much did they charge him for each vial? His answer: 500 Cedis. The total cost was equal to $100 USD. Snake bite victims and their families have no chose but to pay this price unless they have a death wish. It takes months or years to pay off the debt so we were quick to tell the man we would give 500 Cedis to help with the cost. The man as well as the Church was very happy. We thank our contributors that give us money to help people who are in dire need.
The Church also wants to begin work on another building. They already have the cement blocks made. The members are planning to have a special day this month to gather extra funds to start the work in the near future. We agreed to match what funds the church members are able to contribute.
We walked over to the chief’s house to greet him. After seeing him we walked back to the pickup where the church members had a goodly number of yams and a guinea fowl ready for us to take back.
Back in Yendi this afternoon we finished roasting the corn that is needed to make the weaning mix for the children in the Centre. The electricity has been off all day again but since we have a generator we could finish that work. Because the electricity was off we will have to wait until tomorrow to check for any leaks on the new surface pump to fill the upper polytank.
We took the church bench back to Kulkpeni tonight. This was the bench that had broken down a couple of weeks ago but I hadn’t had the time to return it nor the help to carry it into the church building.
Hope you had a good Lord’s Day. May God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
With Skeeter
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