Author TaylorsInGhana

Almost everyone in Yendi is scurrying around today trying to buy a sheep, find a sheep, or buy some meat for tomorrow’s Muslim festival.  I think the name of the festival is Eid-Ul-Adha but it could very well be Eid-Ul-Fitr… Continue Reading →

We got word this morning that one of our dear Ghanaian friends passed away.  Dr. Samuel Obeng died last night.  He lived in Kumasi.  The funeral arrangements have not been completed yet.  Some of his children live outside the country. … Continue Reading →

Red’s father died yesterday. Red is our part time driver and good friend.  This morning we went to the market and bought 100 pounds of shelled field corn, 100 pounds of rice, a case of canned tomato paste, and 5… Continue Reading →

It is the tradition here that after worship service the members are given the opportunity to make prayer requests and then one of the men will pray for them.  Yesterday a young man said he wanted to thank the Lord… Continue Reading →

This morning was one of those mornings that was dark and cloudy.  We thought it was going to rain at any minute but it did not rain.  We met Timothy Niligrini at his house this morning on our way to… Continue Reading →

Today was the second day of the monthly classes.  I do not usually attend the classes; it is rather strange to be the only woman there but today I wanted to go to see what the guys were going to… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi!  Before we left Tamale we went to the bank and picked up the payroll then we went to the Nurses and Midwifery Council and picked up Steve’s Ghana nursing license renewal.  We stopped by the… Continue Reading →

We are back in Tamale.  Our flight was an hour or so late leaving Accra.  We had hired a taxi to take us to the airport so as soon as we got off the plane Steve went outside to get… Continue Reading →

Our friend Phyllis asked us what “waist beards” are.  I thought that the rest of you might be wondering about the “waist beads” too.  The women and girls wear waist beads around their waists.  Women wear them as an adornment… Continue Reading →

It was sprinkling when we got up this morning; which was good and bad for us.  It meant that the mothers would be slow coming to the Child Center which would give us the time we needed to bottle the… Continue Reading →