Category Yendi Notes

Our morning started at 6am. Kandie and I had to get paperwork and other household chores done before Timothy Niligrini came at 8:30 for our visit to the bush.  We traveled south 16 miles to the village of Bakpaba.  Upon our arrival at… Continue Reading →

The seminar is now a thing of the past.  Everyone that attended had a good time.  The final count was 395 registered guests with 32 congregations in attendance.  We were so excited that 30 people were baptized!  What a wonderful… Continue Reading →

Another day of the seminar is finished.  Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.  Marcus and I were on bread duty this afternoon.  We picked up 250 loaves of bread that had been baked in charcoal ovens.  When we gave the… Continue Reading →

Happy Thanksgiving!  We had hamburgers and baked beans for our Thanksgiving supper. What did you have? The first day of the seminar is behind us.  It has been a success so far.  The last time I asked for a count… Continue Reading →

We have hardly had time to stop and breathe today!   Steve and Marcus got up at 6:00 this morning to go to Kpamang to get 5 pigs.  Before they left the mission house they cut 2 pieces of metal roofing… Continue Reading →

While I am writing the notes; Steve and Marcus are cooking supper.  Today was another hot day; the high temperature was 117 degrees with a heat index of 149.  Steve and I tried to beat the heat this morning and… Continue Reading →

Our whirlwind day began at 7am. I surveyed the items we needed to order from Mr. Hayes’ pharmacy and Kandie was gathering cooking utensil for the seminar for Nazo’s wife Amina to wash.  We went into town at 8am and placed the order… Continue Reading →

The day started very early for me; like 3am.   I couldn’t go back to sleep after waking up at 1:30 this morning so I tossed and turned until 3 so I got up.  My taxi picked me up at 4:30 to take me… Continue Reading →

We had not been in the mission house more than 15 minutes when the electricity went off.  We had to start the generator so we could find the bags and baskets we needed to go to the market.   Around 6:00… Continue Reading →

We are back in Ghana.  We had a wonderful visit with my brother Buz’s family.  He is missed by all that knew him.  We will have a celebration of his life in January.  It looks like it is going to… Continue Reading →