The Yendi notes today are coming courtesy of Perry Martin (1st trip to Ghana). This morning started with a hearty breakfast of oatmeal prepared by Kandie and Steve. On my way to breakfast I noticed the front tires off the good van. Steve… Continue Reading →

The Yendi notes today are coming courtesy of Perry Martin (1st trip to Ghana). This morning started with a hearty breakfast prepared by Kandie and Steve. After breakfast we got ready to receive the mothers and infants at the clinic. I met Zorash… Continue Reading →

The Yendi notes today are coming courtesy of Rusty Johnson. On Thursday morning Perry Martin and I left Huntsville to start our journey to Ghana. Our plan is to be in Ghana for almost three weeks, and we will be speaking at… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi! Hey! We arrived about 5:30 this evening. We have had a full day! We left Tamale at 6:00 this morning and headed to Bolgatanga. Our first stop was the crocodile pond at Paga. The guys got the privilege… Continue Reading →

Rusty Johnson and Perry Martin made it into Accra this morning. They were 1 ½ hours late because before they left New York someone realized that they had packed their medicine in their luggage that was put in the belly of the plane… Continue Reading →

We left Yendi this morning a few minutes after 6:00. Steve had to be at the airport by 8:30. We made it with no problems and time to spare. Jack and I left him at the airport and went to a little… Continue Reading →

Jack, Zorash, Meri and Amama spent the whole morning cooking corn and soybeans. Stirring a cook pot over a camp fire for 4 hours is not my idea of fun! Hence the reason I helped Steve and Mr. Iddrisu in the Child Center…. Continue Reading →

  We got up earlier than normal this morning so we could start the process of washing the corn and soy beans. The sun was shining brightly today which made it a perfect day for drying the corn and soy beans. We… Continue Reading →

Steve and I went to Tamale this morning. Jack decided to stay at the mission house and help in the Child Center. Jack said that Meri, the interpreter was back at work and that her son was doing better after his stay in… Continue Reading →

The congregation at Nakpa invited us to visit them today. The location is about two hours south of the compound. This equated to an earlier than usual departure time so Kandie and I got up at 6:30 and we let Jack sleep till… Continue Reading →