Category Yendi Notes

We chased dust again this morning.  Amama still could not come to work because her visitors were not going to leave until 2:00 and she was expected to feed them before they left and take them to the bus station. We are… Continue Reading →

As soon as we finished our walk this morning we organized ourselves to take the corn and cassava to the funeral grounds of the late Balogu chief.  It is with much pomp and displaying.  We could not just go and… Continue Reading →

I had fun today.  The Child Center was not open because today is a national holiday; it is Ghana’s Independence Day.   If you remember a couple weeks ago when we were visiting the church at Borido I spied a condemned… Continue Reading →

Our travels took us back to the same area as we went last week; the village of Nadundo. Timothy was spared again from having to drive into the town. We picked Timothy and his tailor apprentice , who is a church… Continue Reading →

All three segments of our flight from Huntsville to Accra were good.  We had ten pieces of luggage that were checked and 5 carry-ons; we are always proud when they all make it to Accra otherwise we have to wait… Continue Reading →

Steve got a new weather station which I do not like.  This one said to put the sensor in the shade under a large tree.  Everyone knows that it is cooler in the shade than standing in the sun.  It… Continue Reading →

Zorash and I had a plan to make soybean kabobs.  The soybeans are soaked then ground and turned into a very simple tofu.  The tofu is then cut into cubes, fried and soaked in a highly seasoned tomato sauce before… Continue Reading →

The light switch on the veranda just outside of our house would not come on.  Steve bought a new switch but could not figure out how to rewire it so that all the lights would come on at the same… Continue Reading →

We were so busy this morning that we only made it down to the Child Center for a few minutes.  Papa Zachariah; our old watchman is in line to contest for the Balogu chieftaincy.  Papa’s family has held the chieftaincy… Continue Reading →

We had success!  The mechanic got the air conditioning in the van fixed.  The part came in on the morning bus.  The mechanics started working on it at 6:00 this morning.  They had it finished at noon.   While they were working… Continue Reading →