Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Bonjour, Joe took the kids to school this morning. Then, he took the vehicle to a different mechanic. He has come to the conclusion that the other mechanics…
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Bonjour,
Joe took the kids to school this morning. Then, he took the vehicle to a different mechanic. He has come to the conclusion that the other mechanics were sabotaging the vehicle so that we would have to take it back for more repairs. The bearings had gone bad on one tire because the other mechanics had purposefully washed all the grease out. There is also a problem with the clutch.
From there, he took a taxi to the dentist. They did the next part of the root canal today which involved more scraping and packing the tooth with antibiotics once again. His mouth is hurting from all of that. He came home for lunch. Then, the mechanic called with a question. So, Joe took a taxi back to the mechanic and stayed there for several hours while he waited for them to get things put back together. They didn't finish all of the work today; so, he will have to take the vehicle back to the mechanic tomorrow.
I did some cleaning and got caught up on filtering water and doing laundry. The pump and the washing machine don't work so well with the generator.
Mrs. Naomi came home with the kids in a taxi. I watched the kids swim for a little while. Some frogs had taken up residence in the filter. I think we got six frogs out of there. Gilbert decided that they were all in the same frog family because they all had a spot next to their left eye.
The power went off this evening just as we were getting ready to sit down for supper. We ate supper by candle light. Then, we fired up the generator. The power came back on about thirty minutes later.
A demain,
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie