YENDI NOTES MONTHLY
June, July, & August 2026
We apologize for being so late in sending out the Monthly Notes this summer. Kandie and I were quite busy with work around the house, traveling and visiting with supporters of the work. Here is a rundown of the work for the past 3 months.
We will begin with the church leaders/evangelists report for the month of June. Timothy Niligrini teaches the monthly class when I am not in Yendi. He said that 27 men attended the class. The men reported that 27 people were baptized and 2 were restored to the Church.
In July the men who attended the class numbered 29. They reported there were 24 people added to the Lord’s church through baptism but there were no restorations.
There were 24 men present for the class in August. The men reported that 15 souls were added to the Church during this month with no restorations noted.
When I am in Ghana Timothy Niligrini teaches the first class and I teach the second. Presently, Timothy is using literature about church leadership; the material came from the states. The lesson subject I taught in August referenced numbers found in the Old and New Testament. I made a handout that had the numbers from 1 -10; along with the scripture where the numbers could be found. For the number “7”. I referred to the pairs of clean animals that entered the ark (Genesis 7:2). This is a great way to help remember the stories where specific numbers were used. The men were surprised that they knew more about the numbers than they thought possible. I also mentioned how some numbers carry a symbolic meaning like the number 1, 3, 7, 12 and so on. The men really enjoyed the lesson.
Before closing the class, I gave the men a polo type shirt; courtesy of our supporters from the states. The men always enjoy getting shirts. You might wonder what we carry in 8 pieces of luggage every time we come to Ghana; many of the suitcases are filled with gifts for the brothers and children. Since Delta Airlines restricted the number of the pieces of luggage we can bring in, we have to restrict some of the items we bring with us. Ouch! We would like to bring more items but we just can’t due to the restrictions.
Some of the activities that we engage in while we were home in Alabama included a trip to West Texas to attend a family reunion for Kandie’s side of the family; many of the family have been long time supporters of the work in Ghana. There were a lot of activities taking place at our home congregation at Bethel. Of course,
Limestone Bible Camp was a highlight that we have attended for decades. We enjoy being with the kids for 8 days. We stay busy keeping up with the medicine distribution since I am the camp nurse.
On the 31st of July, after my 7:30 am doctor’s appointment, we began an eleven-day road trip starting in Ohio to see family and report on the work and then traversing across the Midwest to Iowa to report to the brethren who supports us. The week before we made our road trip, we built our deck railing on our patio that we had to suspend building last summer due to time restraints.
That brings us down now to the present. Our flight left Huntsville on August 18th and arrived the next morning (19th) in Accra. Our flight was delayed in New York for 1.5 hours. That meant we were on the airplane for about 12 hours. We spent an extra day in Accra so we could go check about a new van. The sales lady at Japan Motors told us there still is no word about when the Nissan Urvan would be coming. (I am beginning to have my doubts about our chances to obtain a new Urvan.)
Some years ago, there was a local wood carvers and bead seller’s village near a roundabout on the east side of Accra. These squatting sellers were forced out of their area due to the area being developed. Our taxi driver informed us these sellers had been relocated across the road from the old site so naturally Kandie told him to drive us there to have a look and shop. We bought a few things so Kandie did get to do some shopping before we flew up to Tamale on Friday. Red, our part time driver, was waiting for us with the blue van when we exited the airport. Before coming to Yendi, we stopped in Tamale to load up on fruits and vegetables.
On Sunday we worshipped at Kulkpeni. I was asked to teach the Bible class. I chose to discuss “What a Christian should and should not do”. It was a great class! I kept watching the clock when I knew my time was up but the questions continued to flow so at the end of class I apologized to Brother Matthew, for cutting into his preaching time.
We were scheduled to worship with the congregation at Duni on the 30th but the weather intervened. The rain started in the night and continued into the afternoon. Brother Francis, one of the church leaders, contacted Timothy to ask us to reschedule later in September. You see, these church buildings have tin roofs and there isn’t any ceiling or insulation in them. The noise is deafening plus these people have no means to get to the building, no umbrella or a raincoat. They would be drenched to the bone in our heavy downpours. We have rescheduled for later in September.
A few days after we got settled in, we walked back to assess the damage to the wall created shortly after we left Yendi in June. We were lucky the wall fell in towards the field and not on the roads it borders. We estimated there were 880 cement blocks lost. The damage occurred in the corner of the field. We speculate the way the two different sides of the wall fell could have been caused by a twisting wind. There was a very large limb that was ripped off a tree on the property close to where the wall fell. Kandie and I had to go back with the pickup the next morning with wire cutters to disconnect and coil the razor wire that is attached to the top of the fallen cement blocks and haul the wire back to the house.
It is time to tell all of you that we really appreciate your continued support of the work. Without your help the spreading of gospel would be greatly inhibited here in Yendi. We also understand that some of you may not be able financially to continue helping as you have done in the past. Do not despair. We understand! We still covet your prayers because prayers sent up to God are always needed more so than dollars. Without God’s help we can do nothing!
May God bless!
In His service,
Stephen & Kandie Taylor
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