Category Yendi Notes

We had a long drive this morning to reach our destination which is the congregation that meets at Bakjon in the Nanumba North District. I thought we were to visit the church at Bakpaba until Timothy called me last night… Continue Reading →

Today was the first day of the Damba festival.  It is one of the biggest festivals that the Dagomba tribe celebrates.  It is difficult to ascertain exactly what they are celebrating because they try to tie it to Mohammed and… Continue Reading →

It took the ladies longer than normal to roast the corn and soybeans this morning because we had a problem with the metal piece of rebar that locks the door of the roaster.  We somehow lost the original lock and… Continue Reading →

This morning a mother came to the Child Center with a child that was mentally delayed.  The little boy was 16 months old and does not crawl or walk.  He can stand but not without assistance.  He does not pull… Continue Reading →

Red stopped by this afternoon to deliver the small sign boards that we had him make for the new buildings at the back of the mission property.  All three of the buildings look alike and it is difficult to tell… Continue Reading →

We ended up spending the whole day in Tamale!  We had some success and some failures with the errands we had to run.  When we arrived at Japan Motors to have the van serviced we noticed that our name was… Continue Reading →

The young mother of the twins that we sent to Tamale is going to be discharged from the hospital in Tamale today.  Before they will let her come home they had to do another upper and lower scan and she… Continue Reading →

It is hard to believe we have made it to October already. At the classes on Friday we made arrangements to visit the Church at Duuni through Brother Francis Waja, one of the leaders at the congregation.  Timothy (Niligrini) was… Continue Reading →

Steve is outside checking the truck to make sure that it is ready to go to the bush in the morning.   Earlier he filled it with diesel; he has to top it up each week before we leave because the… Continue Reading →

Since we were able to pick up our passports yesterday evening we were free to leave the hotel bright and early this morning.  We got up at 6:00 and were back in Yendi around 8:30.  That gave us plenty of time to gather… Continue Reading →