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 →

We are pooped!  We have been at Kulkpeni all day long.  We are proud to announce we got everything that was on our list finished.  Joshua, Timothy Niligrini, Tichak, Kwabena, Mr. Iddrisu and Nazo helped us.  We painted 3 buildings… Continue Reading →

One of the hair-lipped babies that had the repair surgery earlier this year has gone back for the second part of the surgery.   This time they are going to fix the baby’s cleft pallet.  The mother is not nearly as… Continue Reading →

Meri had her baby in the wee hours of the morning.  She is already home!  The mothers are not allowed to stay in the hospital very long.  The baby was a girl but no one knows the name yet.  It… Continue Reading →

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 →