Category Yendi Notes

This morning a grandmother brought her granddaughter to the Child Center. We have not seen this baby in 3 months. Originally the grandmother and mother brought the child to the Center seeking formula. The mother was in her late teens… Continue Reading →

The first few days we are back in Ghana are always trying.  Not only are we suffering from jet-lag but we cannot remember where we stored everything while we were gone.  Besides which there are very few groceries in the… Continue Reading →

We left our house in the states at 4:15 Friday morning the 16th.  Since we had to leave so early we declined the boys’ offer to drive us to the airport.  Instead we left the van in the parking garage… Continue Reading →

Our time back in the States has really flown by.  The week after arriving home we flew out to Lubbock, Texas to attend the Verett family reunion; a gathering of Kandie’s father’s family.  Several of the families have supported the… Continue Reading →

Here’s a short Note to let everyone know we had an uneventful trip back to Alabama.  We were cutting it close  on our connecting flight in Amsterdam but we made the flight with God’s help .  Thank you for your… Continue Reading →

On our way to the carvers’ village this morning we stopped at the botanical gardens in Aburi and saw the most unusual tree.  Some time ago the tree died so the local carvers decided to turn the whole tree into… Continue Reading →

We are in Accra.  Our plane had a 2 hour delay because it needed “unscheduled” maintenance”.  Whatever that means; we have no idea what they had to do but we are happy that they took care of it before we… Continue Reading →

Today has been a whirlwind of activity!  The list of things “to do” seemed to go on forever.  We have not stopped all day except to eat!   We had to eat to keep our strength up!  Ha!   We have almost… Continue Reading →

We were both up early this morning. We were trying to get some things done toward getting the house ready to be closed up. Kandie got several loads of clothes washed and hung out before we headed for Timothy Niligrini’s… Continue Reading →

Steve’s first job this morning was to go to town and buy electricity units.  The meters at the mission house and the Child Center are pre-paid meters.  We have to buy enough electricity to last for all the time we… Continue Reading →