Category Yendi Notes

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 →

This morning, we called Red to see if he could make the bottom locks for the main gates at Kulkpeni.  We told him that the mason hung the gates backward.  He said that he would go out and check the… Continue Reading →

Well, another annoyance!  John, the mason, started laying blocks on the back wall this morning.  He decided not to put in the type pillars that he used on the rest of the wall.  When we saw them, we were not… Continue Reading →

Steve had a meeting with the employees this morning before the Child Center opened.  He tries to have a meeting a couple times during the year just to catch up with them and let them know things that he is… Continue Reading →

John, the mason, got the floor poured over the pits of the second toilet today.  He said that he was very tired today because the sun was so hot!  We have not had any rain for close to a week. … Continue Reading →

We hired the son of Tichak, the night watchman,  to pick up the property at Kulkpeni and use the rubble to fill the places that the erosion has caused ruts in the yard.  One of the big places is right… Continue Reading →