Author TaylorsInGhana

We finally finished printing the Konkomba booklet just before lunch.  Steve started punching the holes while I finished the printing.  Before he could punch the holes he had to cut all the paper down so that it would fit in… Continue Reading →

Sayibu, the electrician, showed up bright and early this morning.  He came as we were finishing our walk.  Steve gathered the supplies, tools and ladder from the mission house and loaded them up in the truck.  Sayibu brought a helper… Continue Reading →

Steve has been struggling with the copier this afternoon.  We really need to take it to Tamale to let the repair guy look at it but we hate to be without it so we just struggle on!  Steve is trying… Continue Reading →

We were invited to visit the congregation at Jakpumba today. This village is in the Nanumba North District which is located south of Yendi. It takes about 30 minutes to get to the turnoff to the bush road and then… Continue Reading →

This morning Abochi, the roofer, came to the mission house to give us an estimate on replacing the thatch roofs on the little guest house and the office Mr. Iddrisu uses.  The thatches are becoming increasingly hard to find, they… Continue Reading →

Today was Yendi’s big market day; we needed to see Mr. Adams, the fix-it man, about a drill press that we wanted to get working.  Well, it actually ran but it had a 110v motor which means it has to… Continue Reading →

There is not much to report today!  We spent the day in Tamale.  We went so we could turn in the Social Welfare report for the Child Center’s license renewal.  We have worked so hard gathering the information and documents… Continue Reading →

We were seriously understaffed at the Child Center this morning.  Zorash sent us a text to say that she had been at the hospital all night with her sister who was having a baby.   She actually lives in Zabzugu which… Continue Reading →

Yesterday evening just before dark, a couple men came to the gate and were knocking on it and calling out trying to get someone’s attention.  The night watchmen had not come to work yet so Steve went to the gate. … Continue Reading →

Zorash got stuck in one of the outlying areas of Yendi today; she is still doing the TB screening; she said that she went early and had planned on coming back in time for work but it started raining heavily… Continue Reading →