Category Yendi Notes

The tile layer did not show up for work today to start fixing his mistakes.  They had sold all of the floor tiles that matched what we had originally bought so we had to pick another tile; it is going… Continue Reading →

This project at Kulkpeni has thrown us into “Culture Shock”!   We have about had it with building projects and working with people!  Yesterday, when we went to check on the men that were laying the tile we had a surprise. … Continue Reading →

Kandie, Timothy, and I got into the green pickup this morning as usual and I cranked the engine and it started. That’s where the story takes an abrupt turn. When I pressed the accelerator down there wasn’t the least bit… Continue Reading →

Red thought he had the bath house doors ready this morning but he had given them to someone else to put the bars on the side to lock them into the cement but he had not looked at them after… Continue Reading →

The monthly church leaders’ and evangelists’ class was today.  We got up early to load the van and the truck.  Today we had lots of stuff to carry out to the class.  Steve gave each of the men a tire… Continue Reading →

We went back to Tamale again today.  Lucky us!  Last night we got a message from Enterprise, the company that manages the employees Tier 2 contribution for their retirement fund.  They told us that the validation code had finally been… Continue Reading →

We almost have the living room put back together.  Mr. Iddrisu has been painting it for over a week.  He is so slow but at least he does not slop paint all over the floors like Donkey does.  When Donkey… Continue Reading →

John, the mason was not around the jobsite today because today was the last day of Kwabena, the night watchman’s father’s funeral.  John left some men working to set the doors on the second set of toilets and to set… Continue Reading →

The carpenter gave us his supply list this morning.  We are not carpenters or roofers but we can tell that he over bought for this project.  Fortunately, we had lumber left over from the pavilion project at the mission house. … Continue Reading →

Before Timothy arrived this morning Kandie had me get out two-2.5-gallon buckets of white emulsion paint to mix up in preparation for Iddrisu to start painting the main hall in the mission house. She likes to mix her own colors… Continue Reading →