We have been on the go all day long and we are tired!  John was going to write the Yendi Notes tonight until he found out that both he and Steve Carr are preaching tomorrow.  We are going to take… Continue Reading →

Hello all, It is customary for one of the visitors to write the Yendi Notes while here and I (John Colgan) have been drafted. We had eaten dinner last night and retired quickly in preparation for a somewhat early departure… Continue Reading →

Happy Thanksgiving!  Hope you are having a wonderful day surrounded by family and friends.  We are spending the day at Mole (Mo-lay) the largest game reserve in Ghana.  Steve, Steve Carr and John just got back from the afternoon safari. … Continue Reading →

Today is our son Aaron’s birthday.  I think the kids are going to get together on Saturday to celebrate.  Aaron was actually born on Thanksgiving Day and every once in a while his birthday falls on Thanksgiving.  We will miss… Continue Reading →

We did not do much today except travel.  Steve Carr and John Colgan’s plane arrived on time and they did not have any trouble going through customs.  All of their luggage arrived with them which was a blessing.  As soon… Continue Reading →

We made it to Accra without any problems.  The air conditioner in our hotel room was not working very well.  The manager was not around but the workers were very kind.  They changed us to another room.  That air conditioner… Continue Reading →

If you have read the Notes this past week you know we had a critter crawl up into the pickup’s blower/ac system. I drove the old van to the bush this morning instead of the pickup because of the continued… Continue Reading →

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 →