Category Yendi Notes

I forgot to tell you that yesterday while Steve was having our meeting Divine started shouting, “Snake, Snake, Snake!”  Sure enough a snake was crawling beside the veranda behind Steve.  The men grabbed up sticks and brooms and chased down… Continue Reading →

This morning Steve called a meeting with all the Child Center workers.  He also invited Divine and Timothy the evangelists to come to the meeting.  Divine and Timothy are both on the board for the Child Center.  They were in… Continue Reading →

22nd March 2020Yendi Notes The yard looked like a hurricane had come through after that dust/rain storm last night. The wind had blown with such force the leaves and limbs were ripped from the trees. There were many places around the wall that… Continue Reading →

We got a heavy rain this evening; we could see it coming.  Sometimes when we get these early rains we get a wind / dust storm before the rain comes.  The sky was a weird color because of all the… Continue Reading →

This afternoon Delta airlines sent out a message saying that flights into Ghana had been suspended as of March 21st.   We thought that if there was an evening flight on the 21st we would try to leave Ghana and fly home.  Steve… Continue Reading →

The cornbread is in the oven and the beans are cooking.  The beans have been cooking forever!  This is a new type of dried beans; new to us.  They are a very small bean; they are smaller than a navy… Continue Reading →

It was a few degrees cooler today; the high was 114 degrees with a heat index of 140 degrees. The sun has gone down and it is still 101 degrees out there. Maybe the heat is a good thing; someone told me… Continue Reading →

Dawda, the mason, finally finished the cistern / reservoir today. He was not able to come to work early because someone in his neighborhood died and he helped the family open the grave and bury the body. He is going to come… Continue Reading →

16th March 2020Yendi Notes Today’s High Temp:  118 degreesHeat index: 144 degrees We had planned to go to Tamale today to do errands and spend the night so we could get the good van serviced tomorrow but after the president of Ghana… Continue Reading →

We left Huntsville for Ghana on the 10th with our great-nephew Jack Reynolds and his Aunt Dahlia Reynolds (our niece). Jack has been here before; when he found out Dahlia was coming he decided to come too. Jack flew from Huntsville to JFK… Continue Reading →