Author TaylorsInGhana

We are back in Yendi; thank you for the prayers you offered up for our safe travels.  We arrived at about 6:30 and have only partially unloaded the van.  When we passed through Tamale we stopped and bought 10 cases of Konkomba… Continue Reading →

We spent part of the day in the hotel just hanging out.  I used the time to work on editing the cultural information that I have been collecting over the years.  When people tell me bits of their culture and… Continue Reading →

I am going to go ahead and write the Yendi Notes even though we will not be able to send them out.  We could not send out last night’s notes either and we are not sure about tomorrow night.   We… Continue Reading →

We were to meet Timothy at the motorcycle repair shop this morning at 8:30. On our way to pick him up we got a phone call from Timothy. He said the mechanic wasn’t around so he was on way to… Continue Reading →

Divine brough the shelled field corn that we bought from him a couple weeks ago.  We bought 660 pounds.  He tried his best to get us to buy the other 2 bags he had loaded on his motor king but… Continue Reading →

Timothy Niligrini was not here today because he had the tailor’s association thing in Tamale so Steve had to choose another man to interpret for him.  Steve and Timothy make a fantastic team when it comes to teaching and interpreting. … Continue Reading →

I was on accounting duty again today!  A few minutes ago, I finished entering the receipts for the Child Center.  We actually have 2 sets of books to keep up with; the ones for the Child Center and the ones… Continue Reading →

I spent the bulk of the day working on the books; I am trying to account for all the money that we spent on the building at Kulkpeni.  We also have to figure out which vendors and people we have… Continue Reading →

Well, the salt water did not do much good for the bleeding fabric.  Maybe if I had let it soak before I did the first washing it might have helped.  I finally decided enough was enough, the water was a… Continue Reading →

Gomda said that he should have the old van fixed this evening.  He said that the gear box was somehow loose.   He was going to do some replacements and try it out before he gave it back to us.  It… Continue Reading →