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Kandie woke up with a scratchy throat this morning and then this afternoon it had turned into a full blown cold with the sniffles. This kind of virus has been going around with people complaining they have catarrh (a cold). … Continue Reading →

We spent a good portion of the morning looking for Lesson 12 of the booklet that Steve wrote and Timothy translated into the Konkomba language.  It was written after the first 11 lessons were written.  Steve taught the lessons but… Continue Reading →

Today was the monthly class.  I don’t normally go out to the class but today was a special day!  Today was the day that we distributed the special satchels that Ms. Roberta made for the men.  The bags are beautiful. … Continue Reading →

It took us about 3 hours to get the booklets put together and all the pages repaired.  We had so much trouble with the copier that some of the pages were blank and others were wrinkled.  I collated while Steve… Continue Reading →

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 →