Category Yendi Notes

On Wednesday evening when we got to the hotel in Accra Steve opened the email and we had a note from our bank in the states.  We usually come to Ghana with quite a bit of money; both from donations and… Continue Reading →

We are back in Yendi; it was shortly after 8:00pm when we arrived at the mission house.  We were not happy that we had to drive after dark but our flight from Accra to Tamale was delayed by more than 2 hours. … Continue Reading →

We hired a driver and his car this morning and got up early so we could go up into the mountains outside of Accra to see what the carvers had to sell.  We also went up to the town of… Continue Reading →

We got our paperwork done in a timely fashion this morning and we dropped the earrings that needed repaired off at the jewelry store.  The jewelry store is run by a Lebanese family.  The last two times we have been… Continue Reading →

We arrived safely in Accra, the capital city of Accra around 2:30 this afternoon.  We got in about 30 minutes early which is always a good thing.  When we bought our tickets for Ghana this time we made sure to… Continue Reading →

We thought we would drop you a line to let everyone know that we had an uneventful flight on all three flying segments back to Alabama. We arrived in Huntsville at 2:15pm yesterday with our son Aaron and grandson Taylor… Continue Reading →

The area where we stay here in Accra is near a small vegetable market.  We decided to walk down, and I mean downhill, to the market to see what they were selling. The street was busy with people and parents… Continue Reading →

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 →