Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Bonjour,

Our internet is down today.  But, I will go ahead and get this ready to send.

This morning, we headed to Bassam.  Lenell went with us.  We gave Bob Engelhart a ride to the downtown area so that he could renew his car insurance.  He took a taxi back home. 

We stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few things that we needed to take to the Posts’ house.  Joe went across the street to the pool store to get some chemicals for the pool. 

Lenell had left her insulated mug on the floorboard.  When Joe got out at the grocery store, there was red koolaid everywhere.  He came in to have us buy some paper towels.  It was a good thing that we got the towels.  The boys’ cups were empty.  So, I poured some Fanta in each cup.  When I started to get in the vehicle, I knocked one of the cups over.  Orange drink started coming out both holes on the cup.  I didn’t fill them; so, I didn’t think they would explode.  Wrong again!  I got the cup outside as quickly as I could.  It sprayed me, the vehicle next to us, and anything else that was nearby.  After I got myself wiped off, the parking lot attendant wanted to make sure that I wiped the car next to us off.  It was a nice car with orange pop dripping down the side. 

We arrived in Bassam around 10:00.  Joe and Dan headed to Bonoua.  They were able to give out the last two Bibles and letters of introduction.  Next week, they will start doing some visiting in one of the neighborhoods.

Lenell and I helped Jennifer with lunch preparations.  Ronnie Walker, two of his boys, and Brother and Mrs. Peeler were also there from Ghana.  The Peelers are short-term missionaries that help missionaries with different projects.  They will be helping the Walkers set up a water system and several other things.  The Walker boys stayed to play while the adults went to the market to look for material.  So, there were plenty of boys there yesterday! 

We celebrated Isaac’s birthday.  Gilbert had been looking forward to the cupcakes since I had told him we were going to have cupcakes for Isaac’s birthday.  The cupcakes had faces with several different colors of frosting.  Danny dove right into the frosting.  He was quite colorful.  After I cleaned him up, he found another cupcake that someone had left behind.  He helped them out with their frosting too. 

Nathan seems to be feeling better.  He has to wait until May 23 to get a cast put on his leg.  He is ready to be mobile again.  Right now, he has to be carried from place to place.

We stopped at the store on our way home to get a few cold items.  Lenell hadn’t really gotten to do much grocery shopping; so, she needed to stock up on some things.  Joe ordered pizza for supper, and we took it home.

I went to bed early.  I couldn’t keep my eyes opened any longer.  Joe played with the boys until it was their bed time.

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, and Danny