Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords
Saturday, September 22, 2012
W'apow mu e, Joe went up to the church for visitation this morning. Dan was sick. So, Joe went to make some visits by himself. A couple…
W'apow mu e,
Joe went up to the church for visitation this morning. Dan was sick. So, Joe went to make some visits by himself. A couple other people called him when he was almost done visiting to see if he had left to go visiting yet. He had a good visit with Bright this morning. (He is the man that is in the Ghanaian Air Force. He just got married in August.)
The kids came running in to tell me that there was a shrew in the pool. It wasn't a shrew; it was a rat. Danny had gotten the net out and had chased the rat into the pump area. I took a piece of PVC pipe and hit the rat a couple times. The third time, the rat held on to the bottom of the pipe. I hit it one more time on the ground, and it was dead. The kids didn't think it was dead because its legs were still moving. Then, I had to find something that I could use to pick it up without having to touch it. I threw it in the bush.
After that excitement, the kids built forts out in the guest room for a while. We did not do much work today. We just took it easy.
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The power went off last night for our normal load shedding. It went off right during supper. We had a candlelight dinner momentarily while Joe went outside to start up the generator. The power went off and an all morning today, but it finally stabilized. Gilbert asked me tonight if it was first or second night; he knows that every other night the power goes off. He was glad that it was a "first night."
I trimmed Bonnie's bangs and gave the boys a haircut tonight. When Gilbert's hair gets long enough for the wind to blow it, he thinks it is time for a haircut.
Nantsew yie!
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie