Category Yendi Notes

We had to hire men with a hammer drill and a masonry saw to do the demolition of the toilet pit that was made incorrectly.  John, the mason, tried to take it apart with a hammer and chisel but it… Continue Reading →

We took the same road trip today as we have done the last 2 Sundays; we drove right past the Nakpa church building on our way to Mpeasam and Attado. Today was Nakpa’s turn for us to visit. This is… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi safe and sound; well, the sound part might be questionable; after 3 days of dealing with paperwork and vehicles no one should be sane! Isaac, the air conditioner repair guy, had the van ready for… Continue Reading →

We are still in Tamale!  We are not all that happy to be here but here we are all the same!  As we were leaving the hotel this morning Belvin, the Indian manager, met us.  He knew about the trouble… Continue Reading →

We left the mission house shortly after 6:00 this morning.  We headed to Tamale; our main purpose in coming to Tamale was to turn in the Social Welfare report for the renewal of the Child Center’s license.  We drove 2… Continue Reading →

We have a floor in one of the toilet pits!  Yeah!  The block molder only molded 450 blocks today; they are going to come back tomorrow and mold the remaining 150 blocks.  They had already left for the day by… Continue Reading →

The men molded 625 blocks today; John, the mason in charge, said that the men knew their work but they troubled him too much!  He said that as soon as they arrived at the jobsite, they demanded chop money.  Chop… Continue Reading →

We took the sump pump out to Kulkpeni first thing this morning so that we could pump the water out of the toilet pit but they had no electricity.  Timothy Niligrini said that it went off last night.  They said… Continue Reading →

Timothy Niligrini arrived at the compound earlier than I had expected this morning. We were sluggish in getting ourselves around but we still managed to get away from the compound at 8:15. I wish we (Kandie and I) had been faster… Continue Reading →

When they stopped digging the pit yesterday it did not have water in the bottom but today when they continued digging the pit started oozing water.  They wanted to make the pit 6 feet deep; I am not sure how… Continue Reading →