Category Yendi Notes

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 →

The little guy that we helped with braces and a walker last year came back to the Center this morning for a visit.  He is able to walk without the braces and without the walker.  His mother is so happy! … Continue Reading →

The masons wore out 3 shovels on this job.  After the workers went home this evening we went to town in search of shovels.  We wanted the metal handled shovels because the men are so rough that they break the… Continue Reading →

Dawda, the mason, was aggravated with me this morning and I was aggravated with him.  I had the hardest time getting him to realize that all 8 of the center pillars had to be the same height.  Part of the… Continue Reading →