Category Yendi Notes

One of the big Acacia trees, (not sure of the spelling), in the backyard between the Child Center and the mission house has died.  It had a parasite sort of like mistletoe growing on it but we were not aware… Continue Reading →

Ramadan has started; it started yesterday.  Ramadan is the month long Muslim fasting time.  Ramadan comes once a year but not at the same time each year because they are on a lunar calendar so it jumps forward almost a… Continue Reading →

Last night we got a strong thunderstorm with winds that came.  After the winds subsided and it was just raining Kandie called me over to the front door and said “Look!”  The ground was littered with mangoes; about 2 bushels.  … Continue Reading →

We spent the bulk of the day working on the books and entering receipts.  We got all the small receipts entered but we did not get the figures tallied for the wall.  I am terrible with a calculator when my… Continue Reading →

It took us 5 hours to prepare the cow skin and tail.  We had to wash and scrub it 3 times Then we had to boil it for 3 hours until it was soft.  The cow skin has a very… Continue Reading →

I am so excited!  This morning Zorash went with us to the market and we bought a cow skin.  This cow skin is for eating.  It came with the tail!  Yum!  We did not want to buy the skin from… Continue Reading →

The masons finished putting up the new wall this afternoon, pouring the pillars.  They make wooden pillar boxes and put rebar forms inside the boxes then they fill the pillar boxes with cement.  They also finished removing the old foundation. … Continue Reading →

The masons took down almost all of the wall that was slated for demolition.  The only thing remaining is a bunch of rubble, the foundation and one block on top of the foundation.  We could not find the surveyor’s cement… Continue Reading →

Mr. Dawda, the mason, Red and a couple other men came this morning to help start the demolition on the part of the wall that has to come down.  Dawda was more than a little annoyed about having to take… Continue Reading →

Our day started early.  Timothy Niligrini was here at 7am as planned so we could leave for the Chereponi area where Nana Bekum lives and works with 6 congregations. Depending on road conditions it is a 2.5-3 hour trip one way. Today… Continue Reading →