Category Yendi Notes

We traveled to the village of Mpeasum this morning to worship with the congregation. Mpeasum is located in the Nanumba North District located south of Yendi. The new road, better known as the Eastern Corridor, made the trip smoother and… Continue Reading →

Red just left; he came to get the money he will need to make the metal doors, windows and metal frames for the cement pillars for the building we will be building next time we come to Ghana.  We have… Continue Reading →

We finally got Mr. Iddrisu to the eye doctor this morning.  The man seems like he is almost blind.  He kept asking for stronger and stronger reading glasses which we could not imagine that he needed.  He is near-sighted too,… Continue Reading →

Steve had to refer a little baby to the hospital today.  When the baby was born it weighed 2.5 kilo and today, 2 months later, the baby only weighed 2.0 kilos.  The mother said that she had breast milk but… Continue Reading →

Meri said that her son Aliu, the teenager that is in the hospital with what appears to be a stroke is not doing very well.  Meri said that he still cannot walk; in fact she said that he cannot even… Continue Reading →

Nazo did not come to work this morning.  The Ya Na, the king of Dagbon, called all the men that are associated with the palace to go and work on his farm.  I guess they were planting today.  It must… Continue Reading →

We did not get to eat lunch today until 2:30!  I was starving!  My stomach was eating my backbone!   This morning we had the by-annual meeting with the workers and the meeting went on and on!  When we were trying… Continue Reading →

Before leaving Yendi this morning we stopped along the road to allow Timothy Niligrini to get some breakfast. He chose to buy some Koshie . This is the bean fritters the women whip up and deep fry. The fritters are… Continue Reading →

Red finished the handicapped tricycles and we hauled them to the mission house.  We put them in one of the new store rooms on the back side of the property.  These tricycles were bought and brought in from China.  They… Continue Reading →

We had to go to Tamale today because we have run out of money.  We had to spend a boat load when we bought a 1 year supply of formula all at once.  There is plenty of money in the… Continue Reading →