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 →

This morning we drove to Timothy’s house to pick him up so we could drive on to Jegrido for worship. We used the same road we used last week to visit Nalongni. We didn’t have to turn off the road like last… Continue Reading →

As soon as we got up this morning we started turning the shea butter into diaper rash ointment and ring worm ointment. It was not long before we figured out that we did not have enough containers to make the amount of ointment… Continue Reading →

Today was wash day again! Wash day sure does seem to roll around very quickly. Jack and Steve haul most of the water for the washing which is surely a blessing. We were fortunate that today was a hot sunny day so… Continue Reading →