It rained off and on all night.  We decided that we would not cook corn today because the house is falling apart and Timothy came back to paint.  In order for him to paint in one of the bedrooms we… Continue Reading →

My hands stink!  We have been making ointment for ringworm.   We used sulfur powder in the ointment.  My hands smell like rotten eggs.  Making sulfur ointment is one of my least favorite jobs.  We made 450 containers of ointment.  We… Continue Reading →

I am certainly glad we were able to get the pickup’s air conditioning working for the trip today.  We went to the village of Salankuga located east of Yendi and on the other side of the River Oti. Half of… Continue Reading →

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 →