Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Bonjour, Joe went into Anyama this morning. He planned on checking the post office box and getting fuel. But, the car broke down at the bottom of our…
Bonjour,
Joe went into Anyama this morning. He planned on checking the post
office box and getting fuel. But, the car broke down at the bottom of
our road. He called the mechanic. An hour later, they got the vehicle
into Anyama. A wire to the glow plug had come undone; they worked on
fixing that. Joe went on to the post office and then went back to wait
for the vehicle. He got back to the house about 11:00.
I am feeling fine today. It must have just been a 24-hour bug or something.
We loaded up and headed to Abidjan. Gilbert always wants to know where
we are going and what we are going to do. We told him we were going to
eat at a restaurant and then go grocery shopping. He said, "I hope we
go to the restaurant with cheese pizza and ice cream." That sounded
good to me; so, we went there.
On the way to the restaurant, we got stopped by the police. They were
just checking paperwork. The new vehicle registration is due; so, they
are looking for that and fining people that don't have it yet. Joe
finally got to show off his new driver's license and all of his car
papers that he has been working hard on for the past couple weeks.
Everything was in order, and we were back on our way.
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After lunch, we went grocery shopping. Joe told the boys that if they
were good in the store, we would get some ice cream to take home. Both
boys had a little cart that they were pushing. Daddy kept them busy,
and they both thought it was great to have things in their own carts.
They went to pick out the ice cream while Bonnie and I went on to the
cash register. Bonnie was cooing and charming everyone.
Both boys stayed awake on the way home. They were busy playing.
The boys went down for a nap. Bonnie followed them a little later.
This evening, Bonnie kept following Gilbert around the house. He had a
little stick which which he was leading. He would tap the stick on the
ground and tell her which way to go. She thought that was great. When
her knees got tired of crawling, she came to find me.
A demain,
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie