Category Yendi Notes

This morning we worked on the storage container.  We had a lot of extra stuff left over from the roof of the new building and we did not want to just throw it in the container without sorting it; removing… Continue Reading →

I lost count of the number of times we went to the tax office today.  We were still chasing that tax clearance certificate.  Yesterday evening after the office closed Steve met one of the workers at the vendor who sells… Continue Reading →

Still no tax clearance certificate!  This time the excuse is that the electricity has been off.  They have a generator and when we asked why they did not turn on the generator we were told that diesel is very expensive… Continue Reading →

Still no tax clearance certificate; the tax office failed us but we are not really surprised!  We sat in their office part of the morning and part of the afternoon.  While we were eating our lunch they called and told… Continue Reading →

We are so aggravated!  We have been to the tax office 4 times today!  We need a tax clearance certificate for the Child Center so that we can renew its license.  In the past we have always written a letter… Continue Reading →

A malnourished orphan was brought to the Child Center by his grandmother.  He was 1 year old and only weighed 5 kilos; which is 11 pounds.  The child had the saggy baggy elephant type skin on his arms and legs. … Continue Reading →

6th November 2022 Yendi Notes We visited the Church that meets in the village of Nakpachee this morning. I am so thankful the road toward Bimbilla is complete. This is the road we traveled today. What used to take 45 minutes… Continue Reading →

We spent 5 hours in the market today!  We decided that instead of money for a holiday gift for the workers we would rather give them some sort of food item.  We thought that corn would be the best gift… Continue Reading →

Dawda, the mason, has finished the first phase of the building.  I think that the lumber will arrive tomorrow, it will have to all be treated against termites and bugs before the carpenters can start to build the rafters.   Red… Continue Reading →

We have worked on the books off and on today but we have not made much headway.  There have just been too many distractions! The elderly man whose daughter was in a motorcycle accident a couple months ago came back… Continue Reading →