More crocheted baby hats were given out today.  The larger sizes are a big hit.  Most of the mothers have one child right after another and the older children that come with the mothers were a little jealous that their… Continue Reading →

Mr. Iddrisu did not come to work today; he was sick.  He thinks he has malaria so he is treating himself for it.  If it is malaria he will feel better in a couple days.  Steve talked to him and… Continue Reading →

I wish I had one of those “All Terrain Vehicles” (ATV) this morning.  Why? There were several times I was plowing water with the front grill of the pickup on our way to Jakpumba.  I was thankful we were riding… Continue Reading →

Timothy Niligrini, the evangelist/farmer/tailor, needed some extra money so we asked him if he wanted to make some clothes for us.  He jumped on the job.  I buy fabric whenever I see something that catches my eye.  I love to… Continue Reading →

The weather was strange today.  We woke up to sunny skies.  After our walk the dark clouds rolled in and it sprinkled for a few minutes then the sun popped back out and for a while the sun was shining… Continue Reading →

We left Tamale at 6:30 this morning so we could be back in Yendi in time to open the Child Center.  Mr. Iddrisu and Meri took their holiday today.  Zorash came to work but then she had to leave because… Continue Reading →

Our trip to Tamale started at 6:30 this morning. This is the month that we have to renew our paperwork with Immigrations. We wanted to get an early start this morning so we would have enough time if we happened… Continue Reading →

Oh!  The heavy coats and rain jackets came out this afternoon!  The temperature right now is 72 degrees and it is drizzling.  The Ghanaians say that it is “bitterly cold”!  The Americans say, “This feels wonderful!”  When we went to… Continue Reading →

Red, the part time driver, called this morning to let us know that he was going to bring a couple dump truck loads of gravel to the mission house.  While we were gone this summer a road contractor started working… Continue Reading →

This morning while we were cutting trees that were hanging over on the outside of the fence a man came up to Steve and told him that he was growing “organic” vegetables and he wanted to know if Steve wanted… Continue Reading →