Category Yendi Notes

Today we visited the congregation at Bakpaba. Since the road is good going south toward Bimbila it only took us about 20 minutes to get there. The congregation is in the process of building a new structure. They have it… Continue Reading →

The electricity is still driving us crazy.  The brown outs are terrible; they are off and on all day and night.  We have had to run the generator for as many as 16 hours a day which is very costly. … Continue Reading →

It was quiet in the compound today.  We spent an hour or so chasing a goat.  This is  a very sneaky goat.  He sits outside the gates and waits for an opportunity to dash into the compound.  We have no… Continue Reading →

At the beginning of the month we attended a seminar that was sponsored by The West Coast School of preaching in the southern part of Ghana in Takorida.   We also paid for Timothy Niligrini, Francis Waja and Divine Gamalan to… Continue Reading →

Mr. Iddrisu did not come to work today because one of his sons was sick and he had to take him to the hospital.  There are no real doctors’ offices here in Yendi.  If you need to see a doctor… Continue Reading →

Zorash was back at work this morning.  She had a fist full of medicine that the doctor had given her.  He said that he thought that it was her ulcer; he gave her two types of antibiotics which always make… Continue Reading →

Zorash is still sick; she did not come to work this morning.  Meri was back; she said that she did not get to see the doctor yesterday.  She said that she sat at the hospital with the other pregnant women… Continue Reading →

Neither Meri nor Zorash were at work today.  Meri had to go to the doctor for her prenatal check up and Zorash was sick.  She thinks that she has malaria.  She said that she was going to go to the… Continue Reading →

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 →