Author TaylorsInGhana

The goat is still with us.  We were hopeful that her diarrhea would be fatal but alas she is still alive.  This afternoon she was on the veranda looking in the living room!  So annoying!  This morning Zorash came to… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi.  It took the mechanics at Japan motors 3 ½ hours to change the oil.  They really wanted to wash the van and clean the outside; it is part of the changing oil package but we… Continue Reading →

We are in Tamale.  We waited to leave until after the Child Center closed for the day.  We got to Tamale shortly before 4:00.  We had to come to renew our “Non-Citizen” cards.  They look like a driver’s license complete with… Continue Reading →

The children at Kulkpeni continue to learn the apostles.  Tonight they learned about the eighth apostle.  They are doing very well.  Even Timothy’s little girl Dinah is able to repeat a couple of the apostles.  Getting chewing gum and lolly… Continue Reading →

An abandoned baby was brought to the Child Center this morning.  The lady that brought the baby said that she found the baby in the bushes on the side of the dirt road that is near her house.  She said… Continue Reading →

Steve has been fighting with the battery in the old van for a couple days!  He cannot seem to get it to keep  a charge.  Late this afternoon he gave up and put in a different battery.  A few minutes… Continue Reading →

The roads we traveled today were treacherous;   covered with big potholes that were filled with rain water from last night’s storm. We traveled about 15 miles to Kpanjamba located east of Yendi.  One pothole was so deep I was afraid… Continue Reading →

We washed a couple loads of clothes before we went to town to watch the butcher make his special packets of entrails.   He had slaughtered 2 goats already this morning.  He had one of them skinned, gutted and hanging when… Continue Reading →

We were surprised to see Zorash come to work this morning.  She came to make up one of her days off earlier in the week.   We were happy to see her because Steve wanted to take some things to the… Continue Reading →

Steve had to refer a baby to the hospital today; he suspects that the child might be hydrocephalic.   He measured the baby’s head and it was larger than it should be for her age.  The mother also said that she… Continue Reading →