Author TaylorsInGhana

John, the mason, tried to put an apron on the backside of one of the older buildings this morning.  The water passes by the back of the house and the erosion is eating away at the foundation; we need an… Continue Reading →

The masons got the inside of one of the toilet pits plastered and the other one was about half finished when we left this afternoon.  John got most of the walls put back up that we had to tear down… Continue Reading →

We had to hire men with a hammer drill and a masonry saw to do the demolition of the toilet pit that was made incorrectly.  John, the mason, tried to take it apart with a hammer and chisel but it… Continue Reading →

We took the same road trip today as we have done the last 2 Sundays; we drove right past the Nakpa church building on our way to Mpeasam and Attado. Today was Nakpa’s turn for us to visit. This is… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi safe and sound; well, the sound part might be questionable; after 3 days of dealing with paperwork and vehicles no one should be sane! Isaac, the air conditioner repair guy, had the van ready for… Continue Reading →

We are still in Tamale!  We are not all that happy to be here but here we are all the same!  As we were leaving the hotel this morning Belvin, the Indian manager, met us.  He knew about the trouble… Continue Reading →

We left the mission house shortly after 6:00 this morning.  We headed to Tamale; our main purpose in coming to Tamale was to turn in the Social Welfare report for the renewal of the Child Center’s license.  We drove 2… Continue Reading →

We have a floor in one of the toilet pits!  Yeah!  The block molder only molded 450 blocks today; they are going to come back tomorrow and mold the remaining 150 blocks.  They had already left for the day by… Continue Reading →

The men molded 625 blocks today; John, the mason in charge, said that the men knew their work but they troubled him too much!  He said that as soon as they arrived at the jobsite, they demanded chop money.  Chop… Continue Reading →

We took the sump pump out to Kulkpeni first thing this morning so that we could pump the water out of the toilet pit but they had no electricity.  Timothy Niligrini said that it went off last night.  They said… Continue Reading →