Author TaylorsInGhana

18th November 2018 Yendi Notes Today has been a busy one. We were supposed to go north today and visit the Churches that Nana Bekum works with but somehow he didn’t get the memo when we met last month at the… Continue Reading →

We were in the middle of our walk this morning when Zorash called.  The peanuts were roasted and she was ready to go with us to the grinding mill.  We finished our walk and we quickly mixed the powdered milk,… Continue Reading →

We are back from Tamale.  We just got the van unloaded.  We left the mission house this morning at 6:30 and it is 6:35pm; now that is a full day! We were not able to get the truck’s paperwork changed… Continue Reading →

15th November 2018 Yendi Notes Our first visitor arrived at 7:00 this morning; far too early for those of us whose body clocks are still on Alabama time.  If you figure the 6 hour time difference Shaibu Adams arrived in… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi!  We had good flights all the way; for the most part our seats were good too except on the flight from Amsterdam to Accra Ghana.  That plane is set up with 3 seats on each… Continue Reading →

We are very grateful for the outpouring of sympathy that everyone has given us for the passing of my eldest brother Jim. It is time for us to return to Yendi.  There are many tasks that need to be done… Continue Reading →

We are on our way home!  Steve’s brother James (Jim) passed away today.  His condition deteriorated after they put in three stints and were unable to stint the other arteries that were blocked.  His family is devastated but they are… Continue Reading →

The men loved the suit coats!  Steve placed them in 4 places around the room.  This way everyone was not digging through the same bunch of coats.  I still can’t imagine wearing a suit coat in these hot temperatures.  Thirty-three… Continue Reading →

The surveyors got here earlier than we expected.  They were here about 6:30.  Steve and I had just started down the lane for our morning walk when we saw them on their motorcycle.  We turned around and went back to… Continue Reading →

The compound was full of people today.  Not only were mothers flowing in and out of the Child Center but Osman, the Balogu chief’s secretary came with the corrected land papers for us to sign.  The surveyors also came.  They… Continue Reading →