Just a few updates

Usually I do not write blogs on Saturday because I like to write about my Sundays but I needed to give some updates on previous stories so that is why you are hearing from me on a not so regular blogging day.

Update 1: Pascal's house.
I wrote a while back about Barbra's worker, Pascal, and his house burning down. I am glad to say that he has been able to get enough money together to put up a roof and paint the walls of his house! He at least has it to where his landlord will leave him alone for a while which is quite a relief. His wife's baby is due at the end of June I believe and by then they should have a nice new house to live in.

Judith, one of the missionary kids, has put on a couple of bake sells at her school to raise money for him and his family. Also his church has pitched in and helped him along.

~Please pray that he will be able to finish his house before the baby comes. Pray for Stella as she is going through all this plus being with child.

Update 2: Madam Comfort
I went and saw Madam Comfort today. Praise the Lord her pin was taken out of her right foot! They finally did it last week. Once again they gave her no medication they just took it out. She said she screamed it hurt so bad and then could not sleep for the next few days because she was in so much pain. Finally, they gave her some pain medication but she said the pain was so much it did not even help. The problem now is that because the pin was sticking out about three inches from her heel she could not properly move her foot so now her leg is slightly twisted and her toes are almost permanently pointed. Hopefully she can get the cast removed soon so that she can go home.

The man that hit her is not being very helpful with paying the bill. She can not leave until the bill is paid but everyday she is there the bill gets more and more. The driver is trying to get the insurance to pay for it but the insurance will not pay the bill they will only reimburse him after he has paid it himself. Today I actually saw a small bit of worry in her eyes as she talked about that situation. She is so scared that the man will never pay and will continue to give her the run around.

The hospital has given her a job while she is there. She sells medical supplies from under her bed. She sells sanitation pads, minerals, and if someone wants to check out of the hospital on the weekends they have to pay her their bill before they can leave. She said they gave her the job because she can not walk so she can't run away with the money. She seems very proud of the fact that she is working from her bed. I am not exactly sure if she is getting something from doing this but at least it keeps her occupied.

~Please continue to pray for her healing. Her right leg does not look good at all and who knows about the left its been in a P.O.P. for close to four months now.

Update 3: Our village.

Everyone on the compound seems to be getting sick. I have been sick the past few days and was feeling so down I did not go to school on Thursday or Friday. We think it was a malaria flareup. Which stinks but I knew it would be possible. Half the village has malaria and the other half has a sinus infection. Meal times are really quiet these days. No one really has much of an appetite and is rather droopy just trying to sit up and eat the little that they can. Tonight at my table we had three kids go to sleep while eating.

~Please pray that we all heal quickly. Illness flies around this village like I've never seen before. Also with the heat it makes being sick that much worse.

Update 4: Energy crisis

I've mentioned it in passing here and there but the energy crisis due to the lack of rain has gotten progressively worse in the past couple of weeks.

Because Accra gets all its electrical power from the dam and the water is low right now they roll out light through the city. The separate the city into little sections and they are all on a certain power roll out schedule. Each section is out of light for 12 hours every 36 hours. When I first got here it was every 4 days they were out for 12 hours and now its down to 36 hours. Even with that sometimes they cut it out during the time its suppose to be on. We are really lucky out here because we are not on the roll out schedule.

The biggest problem is that people are getting really testy about it and are all really up in arms about it. We need rain desperately! Food prices are going up, the price of water is going up, everything is going up because we don't have the rain that we need.

~Please pray for the rain to come and come quickly! This is a necessity and an urgent one!

Alright well I think that's all for now. I should hit the sack now so that I can get some rest. Tomorrow is church and I have to be in full swing for that. Also, Rob, Libbie, and I are having lunch with Pastor Peter! He's the music director that I love so much. Us and him and his family are meeting tomorrow around one and I'm too excited!

Always my love,
Sarah