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We just got back from the village of Binalado.  One of the church leaders decided to take a second wife.  Polygamy is legal in Ghana.  A Muslim can have up to 4 wives at one time but a regular Ghanaian… Continue Reading →

The heat was brutal again today; the high was 122 degrees with a heat index of 137 degrees.  Steve had a program on “Child Protection” to attend today.  The program was held at the Community Center in the middle of… Continue Reading →

Another hot day!  The high today was 118 degrees with a heat index of 132 degrees.  The mason did not seem to worry about the heat.  They hand mixed cement all day long.  Today they used 12 ½ bags of… Continue Reading →

We had barely finished our walk this morning when the first mason appeared.  Not that I blame them; if I had to work in this heat I would want to get an early start!  The high temperature today was 114… Continue Reading →

Two new orphans were brought to the Child Center this morning.  One of the mothers died when the baby was a couple weeks old.  The Auntie said that the mother complained of pain in her left rib cage and not… Continue Reading →

Gomda, the mechanic needed to keep the green pickup overnight because he wanted to make sure he had truly fixed the water pump.  This meant I had to take the old van to the bush this morning.  Kandie, Timothy, and… Continue Reading →

Gomda the mechanic is working on the truck; the water pump is leaking which is the reason it overheated Wednesday night at Bible study.  We are not sure if he is going to get it fixed in time for us to… Continue Reading →

This morning we started working on the cistern / reservoir.  I sure was hoping that we would not have any building project this trip but here we are building again!   We always say that when “Plan A” fails we will… Continue Reading →

The truck over heated on us last night when we went to Kulkpeni for Bible study.  The radiator boiled most of the water out of it before it cooled down.  Fortunately Timothy had some bagged water which is water that… Continue Reading →

We talked to Jack’s mother earlier this afternoon. She said that Jack arrived a few minutes early. He was still sleeping when I talked to her. That “jet lag” is a killer! One of the lepers came to the mission house this morning;… Continue Reading →