Sunday Jim was helping haul some wheelchairs and training supplies into the church where the training will take place this week. In Africa very few sidewalk, stairways or any surface as far as that goes, are even. We have to be careful and watch where we are walking all the time. Anyway, Jim had his hands full and he stepped on an uneven surface and down he went. He hurt his knees and broke his arm - just above the wrist.
He got a cast on today. Dr. Hill went with him last evening to get it x-rayed. Luckily the little hospital had an X-ray that worked. He had to go back this morning to get the cast put on as no one was there that could do it. Dr. Hill isn't allowed to do any procedures here. The break didn't need adjusting and will heal just fine.
Some already know this but this past Friday we were in a vehicle (Jim was not driving) and as we pulled out into a roadway (it did seem safe) but a motorcycle that was going extremely fast came around a bend in the road and crashed into the side/front of us. The cyclist was killed instantly. If he wasn't already dead they would have likely finished him off the way they picked him up and moved him off the road! Yikes!! A crowd gathered but everyone stayed peaceful and assured us that it was not our faults. We were with the Gov't people for that District and they saw it all and I am sure that helped. The Honorable District head arranged for his vehicle to give us a ride back to Kumasi and our hotel (we were 1 1/2 hrs. out). We then rented a vehicle to drive back to Accra on Saturday. Not a fun thing to be a part of but thankfully no one in the vehicle was hurt at all. It could have been even worse than it was.
Today is a holiday so I have been cleaning house and doing laundry after our week away. The couple who have been staying here with us for the past 5 or 6 weeks have now gone to their new assignment. They were serving in Sierra Leone but got evacuated due to Ebola.
The Ebola is not getting any better in Liberia and Sierra Leone. It has not come to Ghana yet though so that is a blessing. The mission does have an evacuation plan if it is needed.
September is a really busy month for us and then things should slow down a bit.
Love to all, Elder and Sister Bullock (Jim and Nancy)
