Category Yendi Notes

Red, the part time driver, stopped by this afternoon.  Steve had asked him to come because we need to nail down our plans for our trip to Accra next week to pick up our grandson Taylor and son-in-law Marcus.  Red… Continue Reading →

As we drove around town today we could not help but check out the street names that were assigned to other people.  The names included Shovel, Shallot, Shea, Soya and Shipper; I guess that Shovel and Bean are not so… Continue Reading →

We just got back from Kulkpeni for mid-week Bible study.  The church has resumed the Wednesday night class and Friday nightprayers.  There were only a handful of us there tonight but we had a good discussion on friends and how they can influence… Continue Reading →

A new set of triplets came to the Child Center this morning.  They were 2 months old and still very small but all of them had gained weight since they were born.  The largest one weighed 2.64 pounds when he… Continue Reading →

We just got the truck unloaded from our trip to Tamale.  We now have money; the bank unlocked the checking account and we were able to make a withdrawal.  Three trips to Tamale and finally success!  We went ahead and… Continue Reading →

We worshipped with the congregation at Duuni located south of Yendi.  With the new road it only takes 25 minutes to get there.  On the way we saw 4 or 5 children playing/walking across the road with a little guy… Continue Reading →

We were back in the yard again today cutting branches and hauling brush!  I thought this might be our last day but we did not finish!  We just ran out of steam!  Our fire burned a bit better today because… Continue Reading →

We got up early this morning so we could be at the bank shortly after it opened.  We need money to continue to operate the Child Center.  We felt certain that the wire transfer would have come through; it has… Continue Reading →

We did not expect to have any visitors today because today is the celebration day for the Muslims after finishing the month-long fast.  A new orphan was brought to the Center by her grandmother.  The grandmother said that the little… Continue Reading →

Iddrisu, the man that has been cutting the mango trees got here this morning at about 8:00.  Mr. Oldman and the other cutter, Dawda, did not get here until around 10:00.  Someone died in their area and they went to the… Continue Reading →