Category Yendi Notes

Today is our anniversary.  We are celebrating 44 years; anyway that is what Steve told me.  Ha!  That is another thing that I do not keep up with.  Steve is the one that remembers and tells me when it is… Continue Reading →

We got a good rain last night, we were happy to see the rain even though it made burning mango leaves and sticks harder.  Steve had some old engine oil that he used trying to get his fire going but… Continue Reading →

Steve wanted to go for our walk this morning.  I did not because I thought that 4 hours of cutting wood and hauling brush was enough exercise for any normal human being!  According to Steve, “walking for your heart is… Continue Reading →

We started cutting wood and piling brush this morning at 6:00.  The weather was beautiful!  The sky was covered with rain clouds, even though we did not get any rain the sun did not come out until about 9:00 and there was… Continue Reading →

The monkey man came back this morning to trim up another of the mango trees that has been affected by the fire blight.  He got here around 8:00 but Steve and I had been working on the wood since 6:15 this morning. … Continue Reading →

We left the house at 8 am this morning to travel south into the Nanumba District to visit the congregation at Niliyuundo.  Our turn off to the bush road was 35 minutes after leaving Yendi. Before reaching the village we… Continue Reading →

Ghanaians continue to amaze us!  This morning we noticed that one of the large mango trees behind the Child Center had a serious amount of fire blight.  I mean serious!  Probably ¾ of the trees are affected.  We know that… Continue Reading →

Zorash stopped by this morning to give us an update on some of the people we have been helping with medical treatment.  Warihana, the young teen girl that has Osteomyelitis had the surgery and is still in the hospital.  The… Continue Reading →

The chicken pot pie is in the oven; Steve made the pie crust so we are expecting great “eats” for supper tonight.  I just have enough time to write the notes before the pie is done!  Life is good! It… Continue Reading →

We paid the workers and dismissed them for the next 3 weeks.  They are supposed to get 3 weeks of paid time off each year.  In the past we have given them the option of when they want to take… Continue Reading →