You did not get Yendi Notes last night because we were stuck in Tamale without the computer.  We did not plan on spending the night in Tamale so we did not take anything with us; not even our toothbrushes or… Continue Reading →

The electricity has been off all day!  Not only has it been off all day it was off for most of the night.  No one knows why it is off.  They put a new pole in the back field in… Continue Reading →

Gomda the mechanic got the truck up and running.  He was surprised how much water was in the diesel tank when he took it off to clean it.  He said that there was also dirt and debris in the tank. … Continue Reading →

We left the house a few minutes before 6 this morning.  We had to stop by Timothy’s house on our way to Tamale to pick up the papers for his motorcycle.  We needed to be able to prove we had… Continue Reading →

Rahana, a 10 year old girl was brought to the Child Center this morning by her father.  They are from a village a long way away from Yendi.  Rahana has what appears to be osteomyelitis in her right leg.  Osteomyelitis… Continue Reading →

Since Timothy Niligrini’s motorcycle is still not repaired we were at his house at 8:45 this morning to pick him up. We visited Nanjuni today.  It is located east of Yendi on the road to Gnani. Simon is one of… Continue Reading →

We spent the morning spraying for termites.  I say “we” loosely.  I did not spray anything; I was the helper. I helped haul water and supervised!  Ha!  Now that is something that I am good at.  We found a few… Continue Reading →

We were excited that we found fresh vegetables in Tamale this morning.  We bought radishes, green beans, cauliflower, potatoes, spinach, and a watermelon.  Life is good!  We also found a “cold” store that had frozen chicken wings. While we were… Continue Reading →

We started out the morning by working down at the Child Center at 8am.  Our appointment with the Regent at the palace was at 9am.   The liquid multivitamins supply was low and needed to be bottled so Meri and Iddrisu… Continue Reading →

This morning we closed the Child Center at 10:00 so we could go visit the Regent; the acting chief of the Dagombas.  We needed to see him about the land.  We were surprised when we got to the palace; we… Continue Reading →