Category Yendi Notes

Well, Happy Thanksgiving to you!  What are you having for Thanksgiving dinner?  Thanksgiving is not even a thing over here.  Most don’t even know what we are talking about when we say this is one of our important family holidays. … Continue Reading →

You guys almost did not get the Yendi Notes tonight!  I forgot about writing them until it was almost time to go to bed.  I usually write them before we leave for Bible Study but this evening we were finishing… Continue Reading →

Yesterday was our oldest son Aaron’s birthday.  It is always hard to be over here and miss birthday’s and special occasions; I think they are going to wait until we get home to have his actual birthday celebration. This morning… Continue Reading →

We woke to a puddle of water on the floor this morning!  We sleep in a waterbed, if you can imagine that!  During the night it had sprung a leak.  We had to empty about ½ the water in the… Continue Reading →

We had a hot, rough ride today! Our destination was the village of Jamoni located east of Yendi on the  Gnani/Sabare Road. Today’s weather was the beginning of the hot, dry , dusty air that is called the Harmattan. It… Continue Reading →

Zorash and Amama came to work today to make up the days they missed earlier in the week.  We were happy to see them.  We had a ½ a bushel of soybeans that needed to be washed and dried.  Amama… Continue Reading →

It was very quiet at the compound today.  We only had one worker here; it was Nazo, the day man’s regular day to work and we only had one visitor today.  Dawda, the mason came first thing this morning to… Continue Reading →

The building project is behind us!  Can you hear us shouting?  We are so happy that it is finished, everyone has been paid and Steve bought padlocks for all the rooms.  The only thing that is left to do is… Continue Reading →

Dawda, the mason, thinks that he will be able to finish the building tomorrow.  We sure hope so!  It is looking good.  Someone that reads the Yendi Notes wanted to know why we were building the buildings.  According to traditional… Continue Reading →

Another malnourished child came to the Center this morning.  He is 1 ½ years old and weighs 5 kilos.  He did not have much energy and he has not yet started to crawl or walk.  The mother was concerned about… Continue Reading →