Category Yendi Notes

Last night I thought I had all my ducks in a row for this morning’s trip to the Nanumba District. When I woke this morning I remembered I hadn’t checked the spare tire. Guess what? I was flat as a flitter!… Continue Reading →

We left Tamale at 6:30 this morning in hopes of getting to the mission house before Dawda, the mason, got here but he came at 7:30. He did not seem to mind waiting. In fact we were here before the mason and… Continue Reading →

We are at the hotel in Tamale.  We came early this morning to do some business and to take the van to the air conditioning mechanic.  We drove 2 vehicles so we would have one to run around in while… Continue Reading →

First thing this morning we sent Mr. Iddrisu and Nazo to the back of the property to get a load of local dirt that the mason will use to plaster the cistern.  They came back with a load of sand. … Continue Reading →

We heard that they are predicting tornado activity for North Alabama and that the schools in the Athens area were closed today and some of the churches cancelled services for this evening.  Hopefully by the time you get this set of… Continue Reading →

We got an appeal for formula today from the Zabzugu area.  Zabzugu is about 2 hours from Yendi.  One of Zorash’s friends found an abandoned baby on the ground near what appeared to be a building site.  The baby was… Continue Reading →

Well, we have decided to try one more thing to try to stop the leak in the cistern.  The leaking slowed down after we poured cement walls last year but we need it to stop leaking all together.  Dawda the… Continue Reading →

We visited the local church at Kulkpeni today. When we arrived this morning I noticed that I was scheduled to teach the adult bible class. Kandie and I sat in the back row so we could hand out masks. It is… Continue Reading →

We had several visitors today.  Our friend Mr. Oldman came over.  While he was here we also were paid a visit from one of the Mallams (sort of like a leader of the mosque).  He is the guy that has… Continue Reading →

We are safely back in Yendi; thank you for the “safe travels” prayers.  This morning when we checked in at the airport to fly to Tamale the agent told us that they had changed their policies and that each passenger… Continue Reading →