The Ghana government gave everyone a holiday today; they are calling it Easter Monday. The Child Center was not open today so we will be slammed tomorrow. Tuesdays are traditionally our busiest day because it is the day that the… Continue Reading →

Today we made the 2-hour 15-minute drive to Mulipido, where Brother Daniel Batoln lives and works. This village is located north from Yendi. The road is in very rough shape with a couple of mammoth potholes that are 3-4 feet… Continue Reading →

First thing this morning we went out to Kulkpeni to greet the family of one of the chief’s elders that died last year. He actually died while we were working on the wall. The custom with the Konkomba’s (Timothy Niligrini’s… Continue Reading →

We had to go to the market this morning. We were out of laundry soap. We use the laundry soap for everything from washing vehicles to scrubbing the floors to doing laundry to washing medicine bottles at the Child Center…. Continue Reading →

The grandmother of Rayan, the Cerebral Palsy baby brought him to the Center this morning. Rayan’s grandmother has a large shop (by Ghanaian standards) in Yendi market. Over the years we have bought many things from her, especially when it… Continue Reading →

Red stopped by this morning. He just wanted to say Hi! And to see if I had any luck finding my purse. He worries about us! He also wanted to know if we were able to get the driver’s license… Continue Reading →

Success! I am now in possession of both a Ghanaian driver’s license and a Ghanaian Non-Citizen’s card. The people in the non-citizen office assured me yesterday that when we come back today it will only take a few minutes to… Continue Reading →

Oh! What a trying day! We left the house for Tamale a few minutes after 6:00am. We wanted to be the first people at the motor vehicle office to see about getting a new driver’s license for me because we know… Continue Reading →

It started raining last night after 12am and it continued to drop rain through the night. I checked the cistern this morning and it was nearly full. I called Timothy Niligrini around 6 amand told him we would come pick him up at 6:30so… Continue Reading →

We went to town this afternoon and Steve bought a couple extra jacks; one to put in the green truck and one to put in the new van. Almost every time we have a flat, he says that he wished… Continue Reading →