Category Yendi Notes

Timothy Niligrini and Tichak were the first visitors this morning.  Timothy said that he had come to bring the money for the communion juice that we sent to the church at Nakpa on class day.  Once again the mobile money… Continue Reading →

We had a little difficulty getting the corn and soybeans ground today.  First the guy had to change the blades on the grinder which took forever.  We dropped the grain off at the grinding mill in order to hold our… Continue Reading →

As soon as we finished our walk this morning we started the fires so the ladies could start roasting corn and soybeans for the weaning mix.  We ran out on Monday and Steve had to substitute Cerelac (formula and cereal… Continue Reading →

We washed more fabric this morning.  I am happy to report that we have gotten the bulk of it washed.  Anyway we have washed all the hand dyed wax fabric; the rest is factory made here in Ghana and should… Continue Reading →

Last night around 6pm Timothy Niligrini called me and said that we wouldn’t be able to visit the congregation at Borido as scheduled today. After discussing the situation Timothy said he would contact some of the church leaders to see where we… Continue Reading →

Zorash told us about an old widow lady that lives near Mr. Iddrisu that needed assistance; last month after a big rain storm one of the outer walls of her house fell down.  The roof is still intact.  The house… Continue Reading →

Steve left the house about 9:00 this morning to teach at the monthly evangelist / church leaders’ class.  They continued last month’s topic about Church independence.  Autonomy is a difficult concept for them to grasp because they live in such… Continue Reading →

On Sunday when we went to visit Joseph Kumasi, the old church leader that had a stroke, we gave him a little money so he could buy medicine or whatever his family needed.  In turn his wife gifted us peanuts… Continue Reading →

A new orphan was brought to the Child Center this morning.  Her case was very strange and very sad.  She is 9 months old.  Her mother had gone out to look for firewood.  Yes, that is one of the jobs… Continue Reading →

Gomda, the mechanic got the starter for the old van installed it; it seems to be working just fine.  Gomda’s labor is always cheap for what he does.  Today he only asked for 30 Cedis which is about 5 dollars. … Continue Reading →