It is the tradition here that after worship service the members are given the opportunity to make prayer requests and then one of the men will pray for them.  Yesterday a young man said he wanted to thank the Lord… Continue Reading →

This morning was one of those mornings that was dark and cloudy.  We thought it was going to rain at any minute but it did not rain.  We met Timothy Niligrini at his house this morning on our way to… Continue Reading →

Today was the second day of the monthly classes.  I do not usually attend the classes; it is rather strange to be the only woman there but today I wanted to go to see what the guys were going to… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi!  Before we left Tamale we went to the bank and picked up the payroll then we went to the Nurses and Midwifery Council and picked up Steve’s Ghana nursing license renewal.  We stopped by the… Continue Reading →

We are back in Tamale.  Our flight was an hour or so late leaving Accra.  We had hired a taxi to take us to the airport so as soon as we got off the plane Steve went outside to get… Continue Reading →

Our friend Phyllis asked us what “waist beards” are.  I thought that the rest of you might be wondering about the “waist beads” too.  The women and girls wear waist beads around their waists.  Women wear them as an adornment… Continue Reading →

It was sprinkling when we got up this morning; which was good and bad for us.  It meant that the mothers would be slow coming to the Child Center which would give us the time we needed to bottle the… Continue Reading →

This morning Timothy, Kandie, and I traveled east of Yendi on the Gnani Road to visit the congregation at Bitamando in the village of Tamanbiya. The last six to seven miles of the drive is mud road which really slowed… Continue Reading →

As soon as we saw Osman here this morning we left the compound.  Osman is the guy that sprays the trees and I didn’t want to be around while he was spraying.  The chemicals are very strong.  Nazo, the day… Continue Reading →

We left the mission house this morning shortly before 8:00 headed to Tamale.  It is time to renew the Child Center’s certificate with Social Welfare.  The report has to be given to the ministries in Accra.   When we flew in… Continue Reading →