= Sunday, I delivered a testimony only in Twi, not alternating between Twi and the English translation this time. In part… Ɔbɛsa yɛn yare, na ɔde asomdwee ne anigye ahyɛ aniwuo ne afɔdie ananmu wɔ asaase yi so. {He will heal us, and replace guilt and shame with peace and joy on this earth.}
= We don't have to wait for eternity for these blessings; we can have lasting joy starting here and now as we turn to God and lovingly help others in gratitude for his love.
= As with last week, this week we were in the office. Monday, I worked on apartment leases and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments and applied the pre-paid card I had loaded with money last week to the mission compound electric meter. We ate at Lemon Lounge.
= Tuesday, I handled another lease. We helped missionaries who would depart tomorrow and heard their testimonies. We hosted an Sister missionary overnight. Because our truck was packed with items to be distributed from the house next to us in our compound, she rode in the front and I rode backwards to the house on the edge of the back seat to avoid disturbing the mirror that took up the width of the back seat. Home, Internet was back, but the laptops were at the office.
= Wednesday, we greeted incoming missionaries and were there when the departing missionaries gave brief words of encouragement to the new arrivals. Missionaries (and their families) pay the average cost of a mission so they can be sent wherever they’re needed. I funded their actual cost until they can pull it from a card every two weeks. That evening, we heard their testimonies and hosted three Sister missionaries for the night.
= Thursday, we brought the Sister missionaries to the mission compound for breakfast and brought suitcases to the Ola chapel for transfer meeting. We were blessed to not stop the truck until we realized the key was back at the mission compound; it would not have started again without it. We picked up food and water for the meeting and saw the tail end of transfers. Then we handed food and water to missionaries as they headed to their assignments.
= At the office, we worked until 6:30. I worked on leases and posted journal entries. Home, I worked on financial documentation until 11:15, wanting it to be ready to start training my replacement in two weeks. I have modified the lease template; modified the imprest form to include coin denominations; and created a spreadsheet that figures subtotals and taxes for each withholding category. (We have to withhold taxes on certain purchases.)
= Friday, we worked at the office until almost 4, then went to Cape Coast Castle restaurant. Leaving in darkness, we were almost home when Sister missionaries needed a ride from a downtown clinic we had never seen so they could get to a tro [shared van] transfer point to their destination.
= After we drove the same roads twice without finding them, Steph walked around to find them on foot. They then told us what they were seeing when they walked from the clinic. We drove there; no one. But Steph was prompted to try the nearby taxi stand, and that's where they were. We drove them to Pedu Junction and they reached their apartment without incident. Home, we watched some episodes of Star Trek Enterprise. We relaxed.
= Saturday, we reviewed our week and on balance, felt better about it than we had while we were in it: doing duties we had not signed up for but were assigned. In the afternoon, we shopped for staples on Jukwa Road and downtown.
= Home, Steph tossed old food and wiped the fridge. I emptied and moved a broken trash bin from the front of the compound to the back of the property, upside down with other items to be hauled away. Steph assembled and heated leftovers for me; she wasn't hungry. I handled mission issues (clothes, apartments, complaint from a vendor) and reviewed the scripture lesson for tomorrow.
[Hymn: It Is Well with My Soul]
God alone. [A popular Christian song refers to things that Jah alone can understand.]
Fresh fish being sold across from a variety store (Melcom)
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