Category Yendi Notes

The conflict between the Konkombas and the Chokosi continues.  Today Divine called and said he had talked to someone in Saboba.  He said that the Chokosi had decided to attack the village of Tombu because today is Saboba’s big market… Continue Reading →

We could not get the VELD (road worthy) sticker renewed because the machine that prints the stickers is broken.  They are supposed to be sending one up from Accra or Kumasi or somewhere.  This VELD office services all of Northern… Continue Reading →

Witchcraft, Juju and Fetish beliefs abound in this area of Ghana.  Tichak, one of the night watchmen is a church member; he lives at Kulkpeni; he usually rides into Yendi with us after evening Bible study.  Tonight he told us… Continue Reading →

Another dispute has risen in one of the communities.  This time it is a chieftaincy matter.  Our new Ya-Naa, the king of the Dagombas, enskinned a man to be the chief (king) of one of the villages and the people… Continue Reading →

Meri, one of the interpreters got both Nazo and Mr. Iddrisu today.  She is the only one that ever knows it is April Fool’s Day; I guess because she had kids that are in school.  She told Nazo and Mr…. Continue Reading →

The Church at Nanjuni invited us to visit them today.  The quickest way to Nanjuni is to use the Gnani Road but it is so bad I opted to take another road less rough to get to our destination. It… Continue Reading →

We got a small rain last night.  We were so excited to hear it hitting the metal roof!  It only rained for about 20 minutes but at least it cooled things down last night.  The coolness did not last; the… Continue Reading →

Today was the second day of the monthly class.  Timothy taught the first session and he talked about church growth especially zoning in on how to get people to be more generous with their giving.  That seems to be a… Continue Reading →

It was good to have Steve back in the Child Center this morning.  It always makes the day go smoother when everyone is there.  As soon as we walked in the Center we smelled mouse urine!  Not a good thing. … Continue Reading →

Earlier in the week when we went to Yowando to try and find Emmanuel’s voter’s ID card we noticed a man in his early 20’s mending a soccer ball.  This soccer ball was in the worst shape of any ball… Continue Reading →