YENDI NOTES MONTHLY
September 2026
The weather this month went out with a bang, so to speak. The bang is in reference to the thunder storms we had the last few days of the month. Man, it poured down for several days. I’m not complaining, we needed the rain to help the crops that were planted late to be able to mature for harvesting and to keep our water supply here at the house to full capacity. Since our only source of water is the rain water that we catch off the roof of the main house, and store in large Polytanks, we want the rains to continue as long as possible.
Earlier this month I noticed the transfer pump that we use to pump the cistern water up to the Polytank that sets on a 40 ft. tower, was leaking around the sealed bushings on the impeller. We took the pump to Mr. Adams, the “fix it” man in town to see if he could repair it. He gave us bad news and showed us how the shaft of the impeller had rusted so much it could not be repaired. We can’t complain about this water pump; it has lasted 20 years without having any repairs. We made a trip to Tamale to look for a new pump. We lucked up and found a company that sold the same brand of pump. They didn’t have the exact model but they did have one in stock but it was in Accra. They told us that they would order the pump and it would be here the next day. We decided to spend the night in Tamale and wait on the pump rather than making another trip to Yendi and back. In order to replace the pump, we had to drain the water from the Polytank. Kandie and I are decent plumbers so we worked the job ourselves and we are up and running again; now all three tanks and the cistern are full. Anyone who visits knows that water is precious and is not wasted! Soon we will have 6 months with no rain.
We are still looking for a van to replace our 20-year-old blue Nissan Urvan but it doesn’t look like it will happen very quickly. Nissan is still not importing a new Urvan into the country and the van that Toyota is selling is a big commercial 14 passenger van. It is 6 feet longer than our present van and much taller; I am sure that it will drink the diesel. We would have to build a new garage just to house the thing! We may have to rethink what we need to buy.
We spent some of our time early in the month getting the apartment ready for Kandie’s brother Paul’s visit at the end of the month and our daughter Charity’s visit with two of our grandsons, Taylor and Parker next month. This will be Parker’s first time to come to Ghana.
There were 22 men who attended the monthly church leader’s/evangelist’s class this month. Several of the men required additional money for transport because they had to pay someone to use a canoe and carry them across the flooded rivers to be able to attend. The men reported there were 4 baptisms and 4 people restored to the Church. Timothy Niligrini taught his portion of the class about leadership and I passed out laminated flip charts about Moses from his birth until he stood before Pharaoh. The flip charts that were given out were provided by women of the Bethel Church in the States.
On one of our trips to Tamale, we stopped and purchased Bibles in the Konkomba tribe’s language. The place where we purchase Konkomba Bibles does not sell English Bibles and the Bible house in Tamale was out of English Bibles. We had to wait and search for English Bibles when we went down to Accra to meet Kandie’s brother Paul. We had a difficult time locating English Bibles in Accra. We ran down several leads and finally found a place that knew someone that had them. The shop manager kindly called another store and had a courier bring us 50 Bibles. We only had to wait for about 30 minutes for the Bibles to arrive. It is amazing to me that English Bibles are so difficult to find in a country where the national language is English. Our thanks go out to those of you who give us money for Bibles.
During the month we visited the congregations at Jomani, Bakjon, Duni, Kulkpeni and Mpeasam. We specifically visited Mpeasam because Moses, the church leader, informed me at the August class that his bicycle was in very bad shape. I wanted to see the bike before I committed to helping him with repairs or a good used bike. After looking at the bike, I could see it was a lost cause to try to repair it; I provided Moses with the funds (courtesy of the supporters of the work), to purchase a good used bike to use for evangelism.
We really appreciate all the support you give to the work here in Yendi; both physical or spiritual. Please accept our thanks! May God bless you for all you do to spread the border of His Kingdom!
In His service,
Stephen & Kandie Taylor
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