We visited the village of Niliyundo this morning. The village is located south of Yendi in the Nanumba District.  After turning off of the Bimbilla Road the village is approximately 8 miles off into the bush. Yesterday I bought 6… Continue Reading →

As soon as we finished our walk this morning we started making more diaper rash ointment for the babies at the Child Center.  We wanted to get all the ointment made that the Center would need for this month and… Continue Reading →

The electricity was off for a while this afternoon / evening which would be very annoying but we have a generator that makes life much easier! We were at the bank a few minutes after they opened this morning.  We… Continue Reading →

Kandie and I were on the road by 6:30 this morning. Our destination for the day was Tamale.  We had a lot of business that needed to be done.  Our first stop was Japan Motors to drop off the blue… Continue Reading →

The air conditioner man got the window air conditioner fixed.  Now we can eat cool again.  This little unit is in one of the bedrooms of the main house.  Several years ago we turned this room into a little office,… Continue Reading →

Happy Halloween!  No one celebrates Halloween in this area even though most of them believe in witches, spirits, dwarfs (sort of like Leprechauns) and all sorts of magic and mystical stuff.  I think I will dress up like a “missionary”!… Continue Reading →

Yesterday we went to town to look for a new belt for my sewing machine.  We had to ask several people before we found one.  Talk about “language barrier”!  One guy tried to tell us where to go and this… Continue Reading →

We were not as rushed this morning to get to our destination at Yawondo.  The road to the village is about half mile down the road from Timothy Niligrini’s house. This meant Timothy didn’t have to drive in to the… Continue Reading →

We spent almost the whole day in the little office attached to our bedroom working on the books.  We will not be here at the beginning of next year when the new minimum wage goes into effect.  We have to… Continue Reading →

Today was wash day; not a normal wash day but today was the day to wash the sheets on the guest beds.  We also washed the light blankets; yes, we do need a light blanket in the night when the… Continue Reading →