Author TaylorsInGhana

Kandie got up earlier this morning to pick up more mangoes to give Timothy and his family before Iddrisu got to work. This big tree next to the house has been dropping mangoes like lice on a hen’s roost. I… Continue Reading →

Donkey was the only one working today so he got all the mangoes.  The last time I saw his stash he had ½ of a hundred pound feed sack full of mangos.  The problem with the mangoes is that when… Continue Reading →

After we finished our walk this morning we headed to town to buy a board to make a shelf .  The room that we use for tools and storage and a small workshop has a table that I decided needed… Continue Reading →

Mr. Iddrisu was late for work this morning so he had to stay to make up his time but I don’t think that he minded because he was the only one in the compound and he was busy picking up… Continue Reading →

Today is a national holiday; it is Ghana’s Independence Day.  She was a British colony and she gained her independence in 1957.  Yendi has a parade ground and children are selected from various schools to march in the parade.  Of… Continue Reading →

We had planned on helping the church at Kulkpeni build another building to be used for sleeping quarters when we have the seminar.  The church met and the men are afraid that the rain will come before they get the… Continue Reading →

It was another scorching day.  As I am writing this email at 4:15pm the thermometer is saying 1010F.  This is the kind of temperatures that we usually expect at this time of year. This coming Wednesday, the 6th, is Ghana’s Independence Day and… Continue Reading →

It has been terribly hot here today.  The high temperature was 110 degrees with a heat index of 122 degrees.  Even the Ghanaians are complaining about how hot it is and if they are complaining you know it is HOT! … Continue Reading →

The headlines in Ghana’s Daily Graphic newspaper states “Parliament passes bill criminalizing LGBT activities in Ghana”!  Imagine that!  The article goes on to say “Ghana’s Parliament has approved a bill aimed at promoting human sexual rights and family values, commonly… Continue Reading →

Does anybody know anyone that was born on Leap Year?  I think it would be rather cool to be a Leap Year baby; imagine how slowly you would age if you really counted your actual birthday days. The workers were… Continue Reading →