Category Yendi Notes

The roofers came this morning to start roofing the new building.  Abochi, the carpenter, told us that he would bring 3 men to help him with the work.  We were surprised when we saw 5 grown men and 4 teenage… Continue Reading →

We didn’t have to drive very far this morning to visit the small group of Christians that live in the village of Kulkpanga.  This is an unusual congregation because it is made up of people of the Dagomba Tribe that… Continue Reading →

The roofers got their wires crossed this morning.  We talked to Abochi, the foreman yesterday and told him that we wanted to start roofing on Monday.  At 7:30 this morning the roofers showed up to start working.  We were not… Continue Reading →

We were in Tamale again today!  Lucky us!  We had gathered everything that the Social Welfare Department required for the renewal of the license except the criminal background check.   We took all the documents for the Social Welfare officer to… Continue Reading →

We are pooped!  We have been in the back field for the past 4 hours putting the poison on the lumber that the carpenter will use for the rafters for the roof on the new building.  This time we used… Continue Reading →

A new baby with a hair lip came to the Center today.   The baby was a little girl.  The parents did not have health insurance for her so they could not proceed to Tamale without getting the insurance.  The mother… Continue Reading →

The man that got the snake bite yesterday was discharged from the hospital this afternoon.  He seems to be doing fine even though the hand with the snake bite is very swollen.  We have never met this man; Divine brought… Continue Reading →

We went to Tamale today to turn in the Social Welfare report.  We thought that we had it completed and ready to go but we found out that they had not only changed the forms but they had also added… Continue Reading →

It has been a long day!  We left the compound at 7:30 this morning; our destination was Nyangpala. I had a metal table along with a bicycle to take to the village with us.  I hate carrying bikes because they… Continue Reading →

Zorash came to work today to make up for one of the days she missed.  Even though the Child Center was not open, several of the parents of the children we are helping came this morning.  The little girl with… Continue Reading →