Monday, May 26, 2008

Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords

Monday, May 26, 2008

Bonjour, The mechanic’s apprentices came to put our clutch and radiator back in today. The new radiator was about an inch too tall. So, they will have to…

Bonjour,

The mechanic’s apprentices came to put our clutch and radiator back in

today. The new radiator was about an inch too tall. So, they will have

to weld new brackets on once they can get the vehicle into town. Some

of the clutch parts that they had purchased a couple weeks ago had been

stolen. So, they worked on trying to put pieces that didn’t really fit

on all day so that they could at least get it into town. Joe finally

took them back to town in a taxi and said that we just needed to wait

until they had the real parts.

Gilbert and Danny were outside most of the morning. They wanted to get

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in on the action.

The mechanic worked on Matt’s vehicle all day. He was getting close to

being finished. Joe stayed for a couple hours, but they still weren’t

done. So, he came back home for supper. Maybe they will get both

vehicles back up and running tomorrow.

Lenell and Tammy had given us money to go spend the night somewhere.

Lenell was going to keep the boys. That was supposed to be tonight.

Since we are without a vehicle, we postponed it until next Monday.

Plans usually change in Africa; so, we just have to be flexible.

A demain,

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, and Danny

Joe Consford

Baptist Missionary — Ghana, West Africa

Joe and Laura Consford are independent Baptist missionaries sent from Central Baptist Church in Center, Texas. They plant churches, train national pastors, and run a Bible institute in West Africa. Joe is also the author of That's My Goat and Missionary on Fire, and the host of two podcasts.

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