Category Yendi Notes

Yesterday a friend called us to tell us that we should not go to the market at Kulkpeni. This all goes back to a land dispute between the Konkombas and the Dagombas when 3 people were killed. Two of the… Continue Reading →

It is trying to rain; we will not complain because we need all the rain we can get; please continue to pray for rain for our area and all the areas that need rain. The neighbors on the lane over… Continue Reading →

Adamu, the severely malnourished little girl that we have had so much success feeding, came to the Child Center this morning. She is sick. Her mother said that she has diarrhea. Steve told her to go straight to the hospital…. Continue Reading →

This morning a grandmother brought her granddaughter to the Child Center. We have not seen this baby in 3 months. Originally the grandmother and mother brought the child to the Center seeking formula. The mother was in her late teens… Continue Reading →

The first few days we are back in Ghana are always trying.  Not only are we suffering from jet-lag but we cannot remember where we stored everything while we were gone.  Besides which there are very few groceries in the… Continue Reading →

We left our house in the states at 4:15 Friday morning the 16th.  Since we had to leave so early we declined the boys’ offer to drive us to the airport.  Instead we left the van in the parking garage… Continue Reading →

Our time back in the States has really flown by.  The week after arriving home we flew out to Lubbock, Texas to attend the Verett family reunion; a gathering of Kandie’s father’s family.  Several of the families have supported the… Continue Reading →

Here’s a short Note to let everyone know we had an uneventful trip back to Alabama.  We were cutting it close  on our connecting flight in Amsterdam but we made the flight with God’s help .  Thank you for your… Continue Reading →

On our way to the carvers’ village this morning we stopped at the botanical gardens in Aburi and saw the most unusual tree.  Some time ago the tree died so the local carvers decided to turn the whole tree into… Continue Reading →

We are in Accra.  Our plane had a 2 hour delay because it needed “unscheduled” maintenance”.  Whatever that means; we have no idea what they had to do but we are happy that they took care of it before we… Continue Reading →