Author TaylorsInGhana

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 →

For the 3rd consecutive week, we traveled the same roads to visit the Church located at Sobitido.  We drove by the congregation located at Jegrido, then on through Nalongni , and finally we arrived at Sobitido.   I did have to take… Continue Reading →

The mason said that he would be finished with the rooms today so we went out there late this afternoon.  He had not even started the apron around the building.  He does not work on Sunday; hopefully he will be… Continue Reading →

I finished washing the clothes that I have been trying to get washed between rain showers for the past couple days.  The sun was out for a little while this morning but it  started sprinkling around 3:00pm.  It is actually raining… Continue Reading →

Gomda, the mechanic, said that he thought the head gasket on the green truck might need to be replaced and then he said that the head might be cracked.  He is in the process of pulling the head off to… Continue Reading →

This morning Steve started gathering all the documents that we will need to renew our resident visa.  One of the documents that we have to submit is the contract between Steve and the GNCDC (Child Center).  The present contract only… Continue Reading →

We had to go to Tamale to run errands and also to have the blue van serviced.  It takes Japan motors hours to do an oil change.  They told us to be there at 7:30 this morning; we were on… Continue Reading →

When Mr. Iddrisu got to work this morning, he told me that we had not paid the taxes for the Social Security.  It was due by the 14th of August so we were not very late; there are usually no penalties… Continue Reading →

It has been a long time since we had a day like today. It all began when I checked the driver’s side front tire this morning. I checked the pressure and it was low; 20psi. I pumped it up with… Continue Reading →