Category Yendi Notes

A set of triplets came to visit us today.  They were 4 ½ months old and all girls.  The mother had her hands full!  They were doing well but the mother was worried that she would not have enough milk… Continue Reading →

This morning we were asked to preach at Kulkpeni for the morning worship service. This meant Kandie and I didn’t have to hurry around to leave because Kulkpeni is only 5 miles from the mission house and their services start… Continue Reading →

 Dawda, the mason, stopped by for a visit and noticed Mr. Iddrisu and Nazo weaving thatch; he decided that he too wanted to weave thatch.  We did not ask him to weave thatch; he just decided to do it.  I… Continue Reading →

Divine and Stephen, the church leaders from Kpamang just left.  They had attended the monthly class and stopped by the mission house on their way home.  They scoured the mango trees and found a couple grocery bags full.  They were… Continue Reading →

Steve spent the morning and part of the afternoon working with the group from Yendi Hospital that was screening high school students at Dagbon State.  Steve’s job was to take blood pressures, pulses, and respirations; others were checking eyes, drawing… Continue Reading →

Well, we only thought that we were through with these funeral matters.  Yesterday afternoon Nazo and Mr. Iddrisu told us that the family of the Mion- Lana was performing his funeral.  The Mion-Lana is the chief that my dad bought… Continue Reading →

Today was our day for “paying tribute to whom tribute is due.” We went to visit the new king; and such a hoop-fa-laa it was!  Talk about ceremony and tradition.  He holds the title of Ya-Naa.  He is the second… Continue Reading →

Amama, the lady that helps in the house did not come to work today because she was preparing for the naming ceremony of her husband’s 3rd wife child!  Please, I could tell you what preparations I would be making if Steve… Continue Reading →

Today we visited the congregation at Sakpei located east of Yendi. The air-conditioning is not cooling in the green pickup so we drove with the windows down as the nice, cool 113 degree breeze blew through the pickup. It is the dry… Continue Reading →

We slept hot last night because something is wrong with the air conditioning unit in our bedroom.  This is the same one we had we had a new compressor put in during our last trip.   We were too tired to… Continue Reading →