We just got back from Nanjuni.  The family of the church member that died was very happy with the gift of corn and money.  The man was a middle aged man with no health problems.  Steve asked them what happened… Continue Reading →

Dauda and the masons are still working.  I guess that they decided to work later today because they only worked ½ a day yesterday because of the rain.  Of course that means we will have to pay them twice the… Continue Reading →

It rained for part of the morning so none of the mothers brought their children to the Child Center; we wouldn’t want them to catch cold!  Since no mothers came we set Meri to frying peanuts; for our personal consumption. … Continue Reading →

Tonight is the night of the Fire Festival.  All of those that are participating in the festival will gather small sticks and bundle them to make a torch and they will parade themselves out into the bush.  It is difficult… Continue Reading →

We had planned to leave for Nakpa around 7am but at 7:40 I was trying to call Timothy because he hadn’t arrived yet.  I called to see if his motorcycle was giving him problems but there wasn’t any answer. A couple of minutes… Continue Reading →

The time we spent at home this summer just flew by and we are now back in Yendi for the second half of the year.  We enjoyed seeing and talking with many of you about the work in Yendi that… Continue Reading →

We got about 90% of the receipts entered and the book work done.  We would have finished all of it but we kept getting interrupted.   Abdulai Fuseni, a double amputee, called Mr. Iddrisu this morning and said that he wanted… Continue Reading →

We were right in the middle of working on the receipts when a big thunder storm came up and we shut down the computers for fear of them being fried.  It happened to us once before and hopefully we learned… Continue Reading →

Warihana’s father came back to the Child Center this morning.  He had the results of her last visit to the bone doctor.  She is the 12 year old that has osteomyelitis in her leg.  As we suspected the infection has… Continue Reading →

We had to go to Tamale today!  Going to Tamale is one of my least favorite things to do.  The only good part about going is that there is better grocery shopping in Tamale than there is in Yendi.  Today… Continue Reading →