Mr. Iddrisu came to us today and said that he had no food in his house.  He said that he had used all of his money and all of the loan money we had given him to buy the things… Continue Reading →

We got rain last night!  It was wonderful; we stood outside and watched it rain!  We have not had any rain since last October.  It took a while for the rain to clean off the roof and the gutters before… Continue Reading →

Around 8:45 this morning Kandie and I were preparing to leave for the village of Duuni when Timothy Niligrini called. He said he had forgot to bring the bread and juice so if we didn’t have any he would have… Continue Reading →

I am trying an experiment.  I have a recipe for an apricot nectar cake that my friend Milly gave me over 20 years ago.  It is delicious!  I got to thinking that if apricot nectar makes a wonderful cake then… Continue Reading →

As soon as we finished our walk this morning we cleaned off the kitchen’s island; covered it with Saran wrap, sharpened the knives, got out the meat grinder and meat tenderizer, grabbed large plastic bags and headed to the market. … Continue Reading →

We spent all morning working on our annual returns and the annual returns for the Child Center employees.  We thought that we were going to be able to knock it out quickly because we thought that everything was set up… Continue Reading →

We chased dust again this morning.  Amama still could not come to work because her visitors were not going to leave until 2:00 and she was expected to feed them before they left and take them to the bus station. We are… Continue Reading →

As soon as we finished our walk this morning we organized ourselves to take the corn and cassava to the funeral grounds of the late Balogu chief.  It is with much pomp and displaying.  We could not just go and… Continue Reading →

I had fun today.  The Child Center was not open because today is a national holiday; it is Ghana’s Independence Day.   If you remember a couple weeks ago when we were visiting the church at Borido I spied a condemned… Continue Reading →

Our travels took us back to the same area as we went last week; the village of Nadundo. Timothy was spared again from having to drive into the town. We picked Timothy and his tailor apprentice , who is a church… Continue Reading →