Category Yendi Notes

Dawda, the mason, thinks that he will be able to finish the building tomorrow.  We sure hope so!  It is looking good.  Someone that reads the Yendi Notes wanted to know why we were building the buildings.  According to traditional… Continue Reading →

Another malnourished child came to the Center this morning.  He is 1 ½ years old and weighs 5 kilos.  He did not have much energy and he has not yet started to crawl or walk.  The mother was concerned about… Continue Reading →

We went back to Tamale today.  At least we did not have to leave so early; we knew that the offices would not be open until between 9:30 and 10:00.  We left the mission house at 7:30.   Our first stop was the… Continue Reading →

We visited the congregation at Nanjuni  this morning. This congregation is located east of us on the Gnani Road.  This is the road where the big trucks haul gravel and sand all the time. It is pothole heaven!  We arrived… Continue Reading →

We made a little boy very happy this afternoon.  We delivered the wheelchair to the 6 year old that cannot walk.  He was all smiles when his grandmother set him in the wheelchair.  One of the older boys gave him… Continue Reading →

The month of October brings change to the Yendi area; the rains become infrequent as the sun begins to grow hotter.  The farmers are diligently harvesting their corn, yams, and soybeans. With the waters receding in some of the low… Continue Reading →

We were back in Tamale again today!  We went to check on our criminal background check.  We were disappointed that it was not ready to be picked up.  The guys who filled out the paperwork for us a couple weeks… Continue Reading →

The roofers were only here for a couple hours this morning putting the ceiling on the veranda.  It looks very nice and we were pleasantly surprised when Abochi, the organizer of the project, did not charge us for the extra… Continue Reading →

This morning a mother brought her very malnourished son to the Child Center.  He was 1 ½ years old and only weighed 4.8 kilos which is 10 ½ pounds.  As with many of these severely malnourished children they are not… Continue Reading →

The carpenters got the roof framed in today and the facial boards put on, well they were one facial board short.  Abochi the carpenter is going to have one cut and planed.  They will put it up tomorrow without it… Continue Reading →