I forgot that tonight was Bible study night until Steve reminded me a few minutes ago; I am scurrying around trying to get something cooked for supper and get the Yendi Notes written before we head out to Kulkpeni.
This morning we abandoned Steve in the Child Center. Zorash and I came to the mission house and made sulfur ointment for the children. We use the ointment for ringworm. It stinks; it smells a little like rotten eggs but the mothers love it. It is not as popular as the diaper rash ointment. The mothers like the diaper rash ointment because the shea butter makes the babies skin soft and shiny. We made 504 containers of sulfur ointment. That should be enough to last for at least 3 months. Amama helped us in the kitchen this morning. She kept the pots and pans cleaned up behind us which was a big help.
After we finished making the ointment we went to the Child Center. When we closed the Center yesterday there was a discrepancy in the number of cans of formula that we had left compared to the number we had given out. It took us a bit of searching but we finally found the 3 missing cans. We had given one out on Friday when the Center was not open and the other 2 cans went to a set of orphan twins that had not gotten recorded. It drives us crazy when our numbers don’t come out right!
Steve spent a good portion of his time today gathering and copying the paper work we will need at the end of the month for our quota renewal. The Child Center has a quota for expatriates. The quota allows us to have a resident visa so we can come and go in Ghana as often as we need to without getting a visitor visa. We have to reapply every 3 years and this is our year to renew. Every time we fill out the paper work we have to make 15 copies. What in the world could anyone need 15 copies for? The paper work has to be turned into the quota committee in Accra. We will drop off the paper work on our way out of the country in June. They told us that this time they want the forms to be type written. Now mind you we have already purchased the form; our problem is where to find someone with a typewriter that can fill in a document that is printed on a legal size piece of paper. We drug out the old manual type writer that has been gathering dust in Mr. Iddrisu’s office but the cloth ribbons were all dried up! We are going to move on to “Plan B” we are going to try and scan the document into the computer and insert text boxes into the appropriate places but we are not sure how well that will work either. “Plan C” will be to take the document to Accra and see if we can find someone with a typewriter that can fill the document for us. Enough complaining! Hope you have a wonderful day!
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
