Category Yendi Notes

We are in Accra. We got here this afternoon.  We have one very strange suitcase; it contains an industrial sewing machine head.  The thing is very heavy.  It weighs about 40 pounds.  We were able to fit it in a… Continue Reading →

This is our last day in Yendi for a little while.  We have been rushing around all day.  We emptied the little fridge and cleaned the big fridge; if I pack carefully everything from the small fridge will go in… Continue Reading →

I have spent a good portion of the day sitting in front of the computer.  We have been writing reports, typing up minutes of the last 2 meetings and editing and copying the lessons for the monthly classes.  We are… Continue Reading →

We have been running around like chickens with our heads cut off today!  We were supposed to have a meeting at 9:00 this morning with the employees but Divine, one of the board members, did not arrive until almost 10:00.  We… Continue Reading →

We spent the day in Tamale.  We thought that we were going to make a quick trip today.  We only had 3 things to do; drop the audit off at the accountant’s office, go to the bank and buy a… Continue Reading →

Did you hear us shouting??  The training center is finished!  The floors are poured; the handrails are in place; the porches have been plastered and the floor poured.  All the tools that were used for the project have been brought… Continue Reading →

The masons started pouring the floor in the training center this morning!  Oh! Happy Day!  We are so excited!  Of course we had a disagreement with Mr. Dawda this morning.  He was insisting on adding the termite dirt to the… Continue Reading →

We didn’t go to the bush today because we were asked to attend worship at Kulkpeni.  One of the sisters who attends there wanted me to speak for the naming ceremony after services for her infant son. I always love… Continue Reading →

The 2023 Seminar is now history!  It was a grand time had by all!  The total number of people that were registered remains at 555.  The cooks reported feeding 595 people.  The discrepancy in the numbers is because we do… Continue Reading →

Only a few ladies slept in the makeshift tents that we made yesterday evening.  The guys that set up things this morning did not get the memo that we were not taking down the tarps and curtains and that we… Continue Reading →