We just got back from the dump. Yendi does not have a garbage pickup like we do. The sanitation department set dumpsters in various places around town. When the dumpsters are full to over flowing they send a truck around to pick up the dumpsters. There is not a dumpster near the mission house. We burn everything that can be burned and save the bottles, cans and stuff that will not burn until we get a load to take to the dump. There is a dump site on most of the main roads leading out of Yendi. On our way back to town we noticed a stranded motorcyclist on the side of the road. We stopped to see if we could help. He said he thought that he needed a new spark plug. Steve got out the bag of tools and they pulled the spark plug, washed it with gasoline and cleaned it with a wire brush Steve had with the tools. The motorcycle still would not start. We loaded it in the back of the pickup and carried it back to town. The man was very grateful for the help because we were a couple miles from town and if we had not come along he would have had to push the motorcycle back to town.
We started passing out the bears, jewelry, dresses and shorts that the ladies at Bethel and West Hobbs Street made for us. The bears were the biggest hit with the dresses coming in a close second! They called the bears “babies”. We took a bunch of pictures. We appreciate the hard work and the gifts made the mother’s day!
We spent the afternoon working in the back room where the tools, nails, plumbing and electrical supplies are kept. What a mess! We have not cleaned the room since the roof was off the mission house; dust and dirt covered everything. We organized the nails, screws and bolts. We discovered that one of the table tops was about to collapse. It has a plywood top, I am not sure if it got wet or what happened to it. We will have to put a new top on it tomorrow. We have an extra sheet of ply wood left from the roofing project so it should not take long to get it fixed.
Divine stopped by this morning on his way to Tamale so we could make copies of the documents he is working on. While we were copying them we noticed that one of the pages had not been signed. Divine had to rush back to the villages, find the men that needed to sign and come back to the mission house. We are not sure if he is going to get the papers dropped off today or not. On one of his trips from town to the mission house he stopped by the Ghana Educational Service office and the supervisor gave him a desk, chair, easel, black board and metal strong box for the school at Kpamang. They are sitting on the veranda waiting to be taken out to Kpamang.
Take care and keep the work in your prayers.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
