WE HAVE WATER! Can you hear me singing? We finally got the water pump hooked up this afternoon! It is only a temporary solution to our water problem but during the rainy season we will have all the water we want to use…. Continue Reading →

Meri did not come to work today, not because her son was still sick but because her “rival”, the first wife of her husband, had a baby. She had to have a C-section and when another wife in the family has a… Continue Reading →

  Our morning started with my phone ringing just a few minutes before the alarm went off. It was Zorash saying they had called her to come to a meeting at the hospital and she wouldn’t be coming to work today. I’m… Continue Reading →

Last night we got another good rain which solved the question as to whether we could visit the congregation at Sobibito this morning as planned. Timothy was able to reach one of the church leaders at Nakpachee to ask if we were welcome… Continue Reading →

We spent a good portion of the morning ironing and folding shirts and tying ties. Thanks to your generous gifts we have enough shirts and ties to give the church leaders and evangelists. They love the shirts and ties; they think they make… Continue Reading →

The first item of business this morning was to do the laundry! We have to do it on the days that the sun is shining which is about every other day since we are in the middle of the rainy season. After… Continue Reading →

We had to go back to Tamale today to pick up our passports from the Immigrations office and to renew our “non-citizens” cards. The original plan was that Steve and I would go to Tamale and Jack would stay at the mission house… Continue Reading →

As soon as the workers got here this morning Steve had a short meeting with them. Steve buys malaria medicine for the workers so they can take it each week as a prophylaxis against malaria. Since he has been doing this the days… Continue Reading →

Today was a holiday. Everyone will be back at work tomorrow so things should return to a somewhat normal state. When we went to town this afternoon we got stuck in the middle of a parade that was going to the chief’s palace…. Continue Reading →

Today in Ghana the national Muslim holiday of Eid-al-ADha is celebrated. Since it is a national holiday the child center is closed. This holiday is to commemorate Abraham sacrificing the ram for Isaac although some Muslims hold that it was Ishmael. It is… Continue Reading →