Category Yendi Notes

As soon as the workers got here this morning Steve had a short meeting with them. Steve buys malaria medicine for the workers so they can take it each week as a prophylaxis against malaria. Since he has been doing this the days… Continue Reading →

Today was a holiday. Everyone will be back at work tomorrow so things should return to a somewhat normal state. When we went to town this afternoon we got stuck in the middle of a parade that was going to the chief’s palace…. Continue Reading →

Today in Ghana the national Muslim holiday of Eid-al-ADha is celebrated. Since it is a national holiday the child center is closed. This holiday is to commemorate Abraham sacrificing the ram for Isaac although some Muslims hold that it was Ishmael. It is… Continue Reading →

This morning we drove to Timothy’s house to pick him up so we could drive on to Jegrido for worship. We used the same road we used last week to visit Nalongni. We didn’t have to turn off the road like last… Continue Reading →

As soon as we got up this morning we started turning the shea butter into diaper rash ointment and ring worm ointment. It was not long before we figured out that we did not have enough containers to make the amount of ointment… Continue Reading →

Today was wash day again! Wash day sure does seem to roll around very quickly. Jack and Steve haul most of the water for the washing which is surely a blessing. We were fortunate that today was a hot sunny day so… Continue Reading →

When we got up this morning we noticed a man at the front gate. He seemed agitated; he sat on his motorcycle a little while, then he sat on the ground, then he sat on the gate buttress, then he was back… Continue Reading →

We got back from Tamale around 3:00 this afternoon. We drove in and out of the rain as we came to Yendi. We had a couple things to do this morning before we could leave Tamale. We went to Immigrations and filled… Continue Reading →

We, Jack, Red and I, went to Bolgatanga today while Steve flew to Accra to take care of some business. We had a wonderful time. Usually when we go to Bolgatanga it is on one of the hottest days of the year…. Continue Reading →

First thing this morning Kandie washed a load of clothes for Jack because we planned to go to Tamale in the afternoon. After going though the bucket ordeal of fetching water (because I still have not got the cistern pump hooked up yet)… Continue Reading →