Guess what tomorrow is?  NATIONAL TOILET DAY!  I am not joking!  There are billboards all over Yendi announcing National Toilet Day.  Who knew there was a National Toilet Day?  The clinic next door to us is sponsoring the National Toilet… Continue Reading →

Steve is outside cleaning out the van so it will be presentable for us to take to Tamale tomorrow.  First he was cleaning out the truck because he thought that was what we were going to take.  He forgot that… Continue Reading →

Nazo, the day man, came to the house this morning carrying a rat still attached to the rat trap.  It was a good sized rat.  It was still alive because only his back leg was caught in the trap.  Nazo… Continue Reading →

We got the corn and soybeans washed this morning.  We will roast it over and open fire tomorrow.  It will take us all morning to finish the job.  I asked Zorash about getting another big pot to cook in so… Continue Reading →

We finally hooked up with the lawyer and were able to pay him.  We tried to meet him on Friday as we passed through Tamale but he did not get Steve’s text message in time to make arrangements with his… Continue Reading →

We were almost late for worship service this morning due to the slowness of our hotel folks in Kumasi.  The hotel where we stayed wasn’t far from the church building which allowed us to make it on time.  We had… Continue Reading →

The month of October brings change to the northern part of Ghana. The rains usually taper off in October but in our case this year they abruptly stopped around the 15th.  This is the month that the farmers start harvesting… Continue Reading →

We did not do much today but funeral stuff.  We got to the funeral ground this morning shortly before 8:00.  We told Red that he did not have to go with us if he did not want to.  He opted… Continue Reading →

We thought the funeral was going to be tomorrow until Steve called Bro. Samuel’s daughter earlier this week.  She said that there was a memorial service for him tonight from 7-9pm.  We got to Kumasi around 2:00.  The traffic was… Continue Reading →

We found out today that one of the orphan babies we have been feeding died.  It is so sad, we worked so hard with this baby but it seems some babies just can’t stay well enough to survive.  This baby… Continue Reading →