We woke to the sound of rain.  For the first couple of hours it was just sprinkling.  We thought about going for a walk but Steve was afraid that we would get drenched and he hates to be wet!  The… Continue Reading →

I am late getting the notes written tonight.  Steve, Mr. Iddrisu and I spent the afternoon working on the books and getting the payroll ready for September.  You would think as many times as we have done this the job… Continue Reading →

We spent the day in Tamale; well most of the day considering it takes a couple hours to get there and a couple hours to get back.  We met up again with the Americans we met a couple weeks ago… Continue Reading →

We finished plumbing the new poly tank this afternoon.  We have one small leak but we don’t really know how to fix it so we are going to leave it for now.   It drips every 34 seconds and yes I… Continue Reading →

Our Sunday travels took us to the village of Duuni (pronounced Do’ née) south of Yendi just off the road to Bimbilla. There were several places that we were detoured along the way because the road work on the Eastern… Continue Reading →

We got the two poly tanks plumbed together today and we also got the water line run to the new poly tank.  We could not check for leaks until we had finished plumbing everything.  There were no leaks in the… Continue Reading →

We spent the whole day trying to plumb the new poly tank we bought last year.  We have to get it plumbed so we can harvest the rain water while it is still raining.   We will save the water and… Continue Reading →

Almost everyone in Yendi is scurrying around today trying to buy a sheep, find a sheep, or buy some meat for tomorrow’s Muslim festival.  I think the name of the festival is Eid-Ul-Adha but it could very well be Eid-Ul-Fitr… Continue Reading →

We got word this morning that one of our dear Ghanaian friends passed away.  Dr. Samuel Obeng died last night.  He lived in Kumasi.  The funeral arrangements have not been completed yet.  Some of his children live outside the country. … Continue Reading →

Red’s father died yesterday. Red is our part time driver and good friend.  This morning we went to the market and bought 100 pounds of shelled field corn, 100 pounds of rice, a case of canned tomato paste, and 5… Continue Reading →