Category Yendi Notes

 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 →

We are safely back in Yendi.  Our travels are over for the moment.  It was good to see Red’s smiling face when we came out of Tamale’s little airport.  He had been waiting for over an hour.  He said that… Continue Reading →

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Not exactly sure who Valentine was but happy day anyway!  We are in Accra, Ghana.  We arrived yesterday evening around 9:00.  We are always happy when all of our luggage arrives with us.  It took them a… Continue Reading →