Category Yendi Notes

I was reading about the possible blizzard conditions threatening the U.S. northeastern seaboard and I thought to myself it sure would be nice to have some of the snow and cooler temperatures to cool down the 106-degree F weather we… Continue Reading →

This morning after our walk we went out to Kpamang to Divine’s village to find out more about the project he has started. The project is far bigger than we could have imagined. We thought he was trying to build… Continue Reading →

Red stopped by for a visit this morning; he needed another pair of reading glasses. Reading glasses is one of the things we keep here at the mission house. Most of the folks in this area know that they can… Continue Reading →

The SSNIT (Social Security Office of Ghana) called Timothy Niligrini this afternoon looking for Zorash. They said that they needed her to come to their office. The cell phone lines were not working so Steve drove over to Zorash’s house…. Continue Reading →

Steve spent the bulk of the afternoon working on his continuing education. He has to renew his Ghanaian nurse’s license in March. While I was cooking supper he came in the kitchen and announced that he was finished. Nice to… Continue Reading →

We planned to get back to work as usual today but that is not the way our day turned out. Steve had been working at the Child Center for about an hour when he got a phone call from Accra…. Continue Reading →

Our neighbor, Mr. Oldman, came over for a visit this morning. He brought us a couple hibiscus /ginger drinks that his daughter made. His daughter is around 20 years old and she is trying to figure out something that she… Continue Reading →

We slept till 8:00 am this morning. It was nice to be sleeping on the waterbed mattress at Yendi rather than the hard one at the hotel. The remnants of brain fog are still with us from the jet lag… Continue Reading →

Happy Valentines’ Day! Most Ghanaians don’t do anything special for Valentines’ Day but with more and more of the western influence we are seeing more and more Valentine related stuff. This morning both the Accra airport and the Tamale airport… Continue Reading →

I have developed a cold. I probably got on that crowded airplane. Or it could have been that taxi driver we rode with that could barely breathe from coughing. The only saving grace was it’s hot here and all the… Continue Reading →