Well, we only thought that we were through with these funeral matters.  Yesterday afternoon Nazo and Mr. Iddrisu told us that the family of the Mion- Lana was performing his funeral.  The Mion-Lana is the chief that my dad bought… Continue Reading →

Today was our day for “paying tribute to whom tribute is due.” We went to visit the new king; and such a hoop-fa-laa it was!  Talk about ceremony and tradition.  He holds the title of Ya-Naa.  He is the second… Continue Reading →

Amama, the lady that helps in the house did not come to work today because she was preparing for the naming ceremony of her husband’s 3rd wife child!  Please, I could tell you what preparations I would be making if Steve… Continue Reading →

Today we visited the congregation at Sakpei located east of Yendi. The air-conditioning is not cooling in the green pickup so we drove with the windows down as the nice, cool 113 degree breeze blew through the pickup. It is the dry… Continue Reading →

We slept hot last night because something is wrong with the air conditioning unit in our bedroom.  This is the same one we had we had a new compressor put in during our last trip.   We were too tired to… Continue Reading →

We are safely back in Yendi.  Our travels are over for the moment.  It was good to see Red’s smiling face when we came out of Tamale’s little airport.  He had been waiting for over an hour.  He said that… Continue Reading →

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Not exactly sure who Valentine was but happy day anyway!  We are in Accra, Ghana.  We arrived yesterday evening around 9:00.  We are always happy when all of our luggage arrives with us.  It took them a… Continue Reading →

The month of November was very hectic. The first two weeks were spent back in the States to help our family lay to rest the body of my oldest brother Jim.  Jim’s death was unexpected.  Upon our return to Ghana… Continue Reading →

3rd & 4th December 2018 Yendi Notes We have a little time to kill at the hotel before Bizmarck sends the van to pick us up and take us to the airport.  We have to be there several hours early… Continue Reading →

2nd December 2018 Yendi Notes We started making our way home to the Alabama today.  We flew down to Accra this evening.  We drove to Tamale to fly out.  Red was not able to drive us to Tamale because he… Continue Reading →