Category Yendi Notes

Mr. Iddrisu forgot that today was one of the days that he had to work as a payback day.  He came to the mission property early this morning to do something with the farm land.  Mr. Iddrisu and Nazo plant… Continue Reading →

We got a nice rain this morning.  Of course by Ghanaian standards it was only a little rain; they love it when it rains for hours and comes down hard and fast.  They have not figured out that a gentler… Continue Reading →

The little guy we started feeding last week died.  He is the one that we struggled and struggled to get him to drink just a couple tablespoons of formula.  He had been in the hospital and was just strong enough… Continue Reading →

Poor Steve spent almost the whole morning in the Tax office with Mr. Iddrisu.  We are not going to be here the next 2 months to file the employee taxes on line so today was a trial run to see… Continue Reading →

Today we worked on the receipts yet again!  We think we are just about ready to go pay the GRA taxes on the workers and the withholding tax.  We needed the Tax ID number for the vendor that we buy… Continue Reading →

Timothy Niligrini stopped by this afternoon; he wanted to borrow some money to pay for medical test that he was having done.  Of course Steve just gave him the money.  He said that he has been having some headaches and… Continue Reading →

We traveled to the village of Mpeasum this morning to worship with the congregation. Mpeasum is located in the Nanumba North District located south of Yendi. The new road, better known as the Eastern Corridor, made the trip smoother and… Continue Reading →

Red just left; he came to get the money he will need to make the metal doors, windows and metal frames for the cement pillars for the building we will be building next time we come to Ghana.  We have… Continue Reading →

We finally got Mr. Iddrisu to the eye doctor this morning.  The man seems like he is almost blind.  He kept asking for stronger and stronger reading glasses which we could not imagine that he needed.  He is near-sighted too,… Continue Reading →

Steve had to refer a little baby to the hospital today.  When the baby was born it weighed 2.5 kilo and today, 2 months later, the baby only weighed 2.0 kilos.  The mother said that she had breast milk but… Continue Reading →