Wednesday, May 30, 2012

W’apow mu e, 

It rained during the night last night.  I was wondering if the taxi would be able to make it up our road; he did.  The kids rode to school with the teachers and students who normally ride with them.  

I got some things done around the house.

Joe had another interesting day.  When he went to the Ivorian Embassy this morning, he discovered that his yellow fever shot was out of date.  He also needed a letter from Ivory Coast to apply for the visa.  He had to go to three different hospitals before he found one with a yellow fever shot.  Then, he waited around for the e-mailed letter from Ivory Coast.  He had to have everything turned into the embassy before 1:00 in order for it to be processed by Friday.  He got the e-mail at 12:45.  He didn’t have time to go back to the guest house to print it out and still get to the embassy before 1:00.  My mom works with a man at Dillards who has family here in Ghana.  A few months back, that guy’s brother brought a package for us and left it at a computer store which is owned by their family.  Joe remembered about that shop, and it was right around the corner.  He got the guy there to print out his letter, and he made it back to the embassy with five minutes to spare.

Joe had planned to make two trips to Ivory Coast.  But after seeing how things are at the border, he does not want to attempt coming through there with the trailer.  So, he will just get what will fit in the car and get rid of the rest there.  If he gets the visa on Friday, he will probably come back home on Friday and then head to Ivory Coast on Monday.  

Joe met a missionary family at the guest house.  They are missionaries in Togo.  The lady is pregnant and is returning to the States to have the baby.  The husband is staying for a few more weeks before heading back, but he was very sick.  He asked Joe if he would mind taking his wife and children to the airport for him.  Another man at the guest house also needed a ride.  Joe was the shuttle service to the airport; he drove the other guy’s vehicle.  One of the little girls puked all the way to the airport.  She said that she gets sick when she rides in cars and that she was probably going to get sick on the plane too; poor girl!

The kids had a good day at school.  Bonnie is always happy to report on the day if she did not have to go to the office.  She didn’t have to go today.  

Danny has been writing notes for Daddy.  When he starts writing them, it makes him sad, and he starts crying.  He wrote one that said, “Danny love Mom.  Danny love Dad.  Danny will never forget bout Mom and Dad.”  Bonnie has it in her head that Joe has gone to New York City.  She keeps asking when Dad will get back from New York City.  Gilbert sets her straight.

We had church at home this evening.  Joe did not want us to take a taxi after dark.  The kids each chose a song.  We sang “Twelve Men Went to Spy on Canaan” in a church a couple weeks ago, and the boys said that they did not know that Bible story.  So, I read that story to them and explained it.  The boys asked lots of questions.  Gilbert did not understand why the giants were called “children of Anak.”  He wanted to know if they were kids that were giants.  I tried to explain that even when you are grown, you are still someone’s child.  When we were done with the story and all of the questions, Danny said, “I think I’ve got it, Mom.”