Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords
Friday, May 20, 2011
Bonjour, We have had quite a day here. The power went off before 6:00 this morning. We got an early start on school; we just did pages since…
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Bonjour,
We have had quite a day here. The power went off before 6:00 this morning. We got an early start on school; we just did pages since the power was off. The power came back on around 9:30. We were done with school by the time it came on. Kristine came up and ate breakfast and then headed into town to run some errands.
Francis brought an injured bird to the porch this morning. The boys took care of it all day. Then, Joe made them let it go tonight. Danny cried. Gilbert said that they had seen the mommy and daddy bird, and that they were looking for their baby.
The car wouldn't start; the glow plugs went out. Joe took them off and headed into town in a taxi to find the parts that he needed.
I got a couple loads of laundry out on the line. Joe was able to find the parts that he needed and fix the car himself. Francis wanted to help and broke one of the pieces. Joe was able to get the vehicle up and running. His brother-in-law sent some brake parts that we haven't been able to find here. Joe picked those up from DHL this morning. It has been quite a hassle to get those parts. We have discovered that DHL is definitely not the way to have things sent here.
When Joe came home at lunch time, he also had a package that we had received from his parents. It only took nine days for the package to get here; I think that is a record! We had fun looking through that. When we lived here a few years ago, it was very difficult to get packages from the post office. They have some different employees at the post office now, and they are very friendly. Before, they opened every package and inspected every little item. Lately, they haven't even opened the packages at all. They just look at the customs slip and let us have the package.
Kristine ate lunch with us. This afternoon, she went back to her house. April is going to spend the night there with her for the next couple of nights.
This afternoon, Joe was able to get the gas bottles filled. I dried one load in the dryer, and then it wouldn't come on any more. So, we will have to have an electrician come look at that. We are back to waiting for sunny days to dry the clothes. We did have a sunny day today.
I got some of Bonnie's size 4 clothes washed up today that came in the stuff from Ivory Coast. Bonnie has had fun looking at her new clothes. She keeps bringing different dresses to me telling me what they say. They don't have any words on them, but she told me what they said anyway. When she held up one dress, she said that it told her that Betsy (Joe's cousin) was coming for supper and that she was supposed to wear that dress when Betsy got here in her truck, but her daddy wasn't coming, just Betsy.
After naps, the boys were riding their bikes outside. Joe had Gilbert try out the hill behind the house; it is pretty steep. Gilbert had a great crash; then, he didn't want to get back on the bike. They moved to the hill in the front yard, which isn't quite as big as the one in the back yard. After Danny went down the hill several times, Gilbert decided to try it again after much coaxing. He thought it was great fun. Joe was having a good time watching them. He would help them get their bikes back to the top of the hill, and they were off again.
A demain,
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie