We just got back from the dump.  Yendi does not have a garbage pickup like we do.  The sanitation department set dumpsters in various places around town.  When the dumpsters are full to over flowing they send a truck around… Continue Reading →

The village of Sakpei is located about 20 miles east of Yendi.  The church invited us to visit them today.  After leaving the good road leading out of Yendi we turned northeast onto a bush road.  We call it the… Continue Reading →

We finally got the formula for the babies.  The distributor brought the formula to Yendi and delivered it to the mission house.  He was a very nice guy.  We tried to pay him for his fuel but he would not… Continue Reading →

Since we did not get to see the auditor last night before he went home we decided to stop by this morning before we left Tamale.  It was a good thing we did because there was one more document we… Continue Reading →

We are back in Tamale.  Please!  This is getting a little bit old!  This time we came to file  the annual return for the Child Center.  The Child Center is a non-profit, non government organization and you would think that… Continue Reading →

This afternoon a very small malnourished baby was brought to the Child Center.  We did not have any interpreters because the Child Center is not officially open in the afternoons.  Mr. Iddrisu was in town paying the taxes and Nazo… Continue Reading →

We have spent the last couple hours driving around Yendi in the dark looking for formula for the orphan babies at the Child Center.  Abochi, the man that orders the formula for us called this afternoon to let us know… Continue Reading →

Today is our anniversary.  If we counted the years correctly we have been married for 41 years.  There is not much to do over here in the way of celebration but I did get a new used sewing machine yesterday… Continue Reading →

We left this morning around 8:30 and we haven’t been back to the house except and hour to eat lunch. It is now 7:38 pm. It all started last night at 7:30 when Timothy called and said the far away… Continue Reading →

As soon as we finished our walk this morning we asked Nazo and Mr. Iddrisu if they wanted to go with us to look at the river.  We had a terrible wind / rain storm last night.  We wanted to… Continue Reading →