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At 6:15 this morning the motor king driver called to inform us he was waiting at the field gate to start moving concrete blocks. He had 300 more blocks to move to finish the work he started yesterday. Dawda, the… Continue Reading →

Last night before we went to bed Steve called Dawda, the mason and told him that part of the wall fell down.  He was surprised; he said that he would come first thing this morning and see what could be… Continue Reading →

Today was the day for the monthly class.  The men went away happy today because Steve gave everyone that attended the class a new tire and tube for their bicycle.  He also used some of the teaching material that the… Continue Reading →

It is raining!  The temperature dropped from 102 degrees to 72 degrees in a matter of minutes.  It feels lovely!  We are probably the only ones in Yendi that think the change in temperature is lovely!  Before it started raining… Continue Reading →

The hospital prescribed more IV antibiotics for Adamu; they said that she had a fever and that the white blood count on her last blood work was high.  Steve said he saw the test results and that everything was in… Continue Reading →

Adamu’s mother is staying at the hospital with her!  We are so happy that Adamu has been reunited with her mother, Jamilia.  We are not all that sure how her mother feels.  I asked Jamilia if Adamu was happy to… Continue Reading →

Adamu’s mother is staying at the hospital with her!  We are so happy that Adamu has been reunited with her mother, Jamilia.  We are not all that sure how her mother feels.  I asked Jamilia if Adamu was happy to… Continue Reading →

Around 4am the electricity went off for some unknown reason but it came back on  around 6:30 am. The bedroom was cool enough that I didn’t get up and turn on the generator.  Such is life around northern Ghana.  We visited the… Continue Reading →

I just talked to Zorash to see if she had heard anything from Adamu’s mother or from the family.  She said that the only person she saw was the aunt that was sitting at the hospital; she told Zorash that… Continue Reading →

We were the first people at Japan Motors this morning; our name was the first one on the docket; you would have thought that they could have changed the oil quickly but no, when we went back at 1:00 to see how… Continue Reading →