Category Yendi Notes

Oh!  The heavy coats and rain jackets came out this afternoon!  The temperature right now is 72 degrees and it is drizzling.  The Ghanaians say that it is “bitterly cold”!  The Americans say, “This feels wonderful!”  When we went to… Continue Reading →

Red, the part time driver, called this morning to let us know that he was going to bring a couple dump truck loads of gravel to the mission house.  While we were gone this summer a road contractor started working… Continue Reading →

This morning while we were cutting trees that were hanging over on the outside of the fence a man came up to Steve and told him that he was growing “organic” vegetables and he wanted to know if Steve wanted… Continue Reading →

We spent all morning and part of the afternoon trimming trees.  The fire blight has gotten into most of the trees; especially the fruit trees.  The mission property not only has mango trees but it also has cashews, shea nuts,… Continue Reading →

We are glad to be back in Yendi.  The Lord has blessed us with good health.  It was great to see some of you as we visited the congregations that support the work here in Yendi.  Of course we miss… Continue Reading →

Zorash’s friend that had the tumor removed and the tumor was given to her in a bucket to have it taken to Tamale for the pathology report got the report back today and the news was not good.  The tumor… Continue Reading →

It rained lightly most of the night.   At 3:00am I got up and walked around the house and outside on the verandas with my flashlight to see if we stopped the leaks.  Well we only had partial success.  The biggest… Continue Reading →

Oh!  What a happy day for a young 18 year old crippled girl, Asana!  We took the handicapped tricycle to her house this afternoon but she had not gotten home from school yet.  But when she gets home she will… Continue Reading →

We got a lot of stuff done today.  Dawda the mason worked on the upper gutter and hopefully got the leak fixed.  We won’t know for sure until we get another big rain.  Red got the metal door for the… Continue Reading →

Did you ever have one of those days when the morning just didn’t seem to go very well?  This morning was one of those days.  The power went off around 2 am.  Luckily, our bedroom was cool enough we were… Continue Reading →