Category Yendi Notes

First thing this morning, John the mason called.  He wanted us to buy more boards so he could start making the supports to hold up the floor in the second toilet pit.  We went out to check on the work. … Continue Reading →

It was strange going out to the bush this morning without having Timothy Niligrini riding along. Timothy’s daughter Abigail traveled to Tamale yesterday, with her dad, to register at the technical school she had been selected by the Ghana Educational… Continue Reading →

We have partial walls on one of the toilets at Kulkpeni!  John also figured out why we had him make one of the toilet rooms larger than the others and why we did not want the toilet hole to be… Continue Reading →

We have a floor in one of the toilets!  Yeah!  The masons did not work yesterday in respect for Kwabena and the death of his brother.  Many of them helped with the burial.  This morning when we went out to… Continue Reading →

We were supposed to leave the mission house at 5:30 this morning.  Mr. Iddrisu was to meet us at the house.  He was a little bit late; Steve called him to make sure that he was awake.  He said he… Continue Reading →

John, the mason, tried to put an apron on the backside of one of the older buildings this morning.  The water passes by the back of the house and the erosion is eating away at the foundation; we need an… Continue Reading →

The masons got the inside of one of the toilet pits plastered and the other one was about half finished when we left this afternoon.  John got most of the walls put back up that we had to tear down… Continue Reading →

We had to hire men with a hammer drill and a masonry saw to do the demolition of the toilet pit that was made incorrectly.  John, the mason, tried to take it apart with a hammer and chisel but it… Continue Reading →

We took the same road trip today as we have done the last 2 Sundays; we drove right past the Nakpa church building on our way to Mpeasam and Attado. Today was Nakpa’s turn for us to visit. This is… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi safe and sound; well, the sound part might be questionable; after 3 days of dealing with paperwork and vehicles no one should be sane! Isaac, the air conditioner repair guy, had the van ready for… Continue Reading →