Category Yendi Notes

It was another dry, blustery day around Yendi.  Just like yesterday the mothers were very slow in coming to the Center.  We were happy to see the two surviving babies from a set of triplets that came this morning. The… Continue Reading →

It wasn’t long this morning before the wind started picking up and by 9am it was like I was living in a dust bowl out West during the 1930’s.  Of course I’m not old enough to have gone through that… Continue Reading →

It was a bright, sunny day with lots of nice wafts of hot breezes in the air.  At one time this afternoon I thought there might be a storm brewing because the wind really picked up like it does before… Continue Reading →

This morning I awoke to the sound of my cell phone ringing.  It was Brother Divine from Kpamang. He was calling to update me about the plan the village is trying to make with a contractor to build a dam… Continue Reading →

After getting the green pickup ready yesterday for today’s visit to the bush I was not happy when I tried to start it this morning and it failed.  I guess it is time to go to town sometime and purchase… Continue Reading →

Amama fulfilled her promise to come today.  After she arrived I put her to washing the dishes. After doing the dishes she hopped on the ironing of the clothes that I had washed the other day. While she was doing… Continue Reading →

The wind picked up a little today which made the weather a little easier to bear but today’s high still hit 113oF.  It was lucky for me because I still had some finishing up to do on the child center… Continue Reading →

We were very low on children’s liquid acetaminophen (Tylenol) and multivitamins this morning so a large part of the morning was spent opening the bottles of each liquid and pouring half into bottles in between seeing the babies.  We do… Continue Reading →

I procrastinated as long as I felt I could but broke down this morning and washed three loads of clothes. Half of the dirty clothes were items we didn’t have time to wash before we left in November. We do… Continue Reading →

We were fairly busy in the child center this morning and Amama took the day off today. One of her relatives had twins last week via c-section. The mother and babies came to the house so it is her job to… Continue Reading →