Category Yendi Notes

Zorash went to see her Aunt in Tamale on Friday.  She said that one of her brothers needed surgery but the family did not have money for the surgery so they left the hospital against medical advice and took the… Continue Reading →

We were on our way to Kpamang at 7:15 this morning.  We were meeting Divine in Kpamang to look at the pigs he had for sale.  Our hope was to make a deal on the pigs and get back to… Continue Reading →

I have written 2024 so many times today that I am beginning to believe that it is really 2024!  We have been working on end of the year raises for the employees and we had to figure out the new… Continue Reading →

When the ladies came to work this morning they told us that we had run out of weaning mix.  We have yet to be able to figure out why they cannot tell us when we are about to run out… Continue Reading →

Happy Halloween!  No one in our part of the world celebrates Halloween in any form or fashion.  Really there is no need because most people here believe in witches, witchcraft, dwarfs (sort of like Leprechauns) and unexplainable magic so they… Continue Reading →

We had to go to Tamale today to go to the bank.  The building project drained all the resources we had at the mission house.  We took advantage of this unexpected trip to Tamale and stopped by the Social Welfare… Continue Reading →

We were invited to visit the congregation at Nyangpala this morning. It only takes 75 minutes to drive to this village because of better roads leading there now.  It is due east of Yendi and is only approximately 15 miles… Continue Reading →

First thing this morning Zorash called to let me know that the lady that sells fabric “seconds” had gotten a new batch.  Zorash owed us a day of work from earlier in the week.  We let her pay back her… Continue Reading →

Steve and I just got in from “hunting and gathering”!  We have been checking out the prices in several of the small hardware stores.  None of the hardware stores are very big and the prices vary from store to store… Continue Reading →

Steve and I spent a good portion of the day ironing shirts and ties.  Tomorrow we will give each of the men that attend the monthly class a shirt and tie so that they will have something new to wear… Continue Reading →