Category Yendi Notes

Adamu’s mother is balking about coming back to Yendi and sitting at the hospital with Adamu!  We are beyond exasperated with this situation.  The mother now says that she will only come back to Yendi if her husband, Adamu’s father,… Continue Reading →

Red was in and out of the compound several times today; he is still working on my brother’s truck.  Today he changed the belts; they were not available in Yendi so he had to send a message to Tamale and… Continue Reading →

After Steve attended his Continuing Education class at the hospital this morning he stopped by to check on Adamu, the severely malnourished little girl.  He was surprised and annoyed that the great aunt that we paid to take care of… Continue Reading →

When Red came to work on my brother Paul truck today it would not move; the clutch had locked up.  Red dismantled it and went to town to a mechanic to see if they could fix it.  He said that… Continue Reading →

Red came early this morning to start working on my brother Paul’s truck.   He will have to drive the truck to Accra to pick up Paul and then drive up to Wa and back to Accra again.  He wants to… Continue Reading →

Our trip to Kakpande took about 1.5 hours this morning. The village is located south of Yendi in the Nanumba North District. It has been 2022 since we have been invited to visit.  The late time we visited this church… Continue Reading →

The building at Kulkpeni is finished! Hallelujah! We are so happy to have that behind us!  The church is talking about doing some additional remodeling to the church building but we are not involved in that; at least not yet. … Continue Reading →

We left for Tamale at 6:30 this morning.  On our way out we picked up Mr. Iddrisu.  We needed to go to the bank and get money and Mr. Iddrisu needed to renew his driver’s license.  Mr. Iddrisu showed us… Continue Reading →

 The month of April is a transitional weather month for northern Ghana.  The area starts getting the early rain which prepares the ground so the farmers can start raising yam mounds.  These early rains filled our reservoir so we do… Continue Reading →

Another day of building is done.  Today, they put the floors in the rooms and they put the floor on the veranda.  All that is left is for them to put the apron on.  The apron is an extra layer… Continue Reading →