Category Yendi Notes

The mason’s closed a little earlier than normal today; I guess they noticed that it was going to rain and decided that they did not want to have to cover the walls again! They finished setting the blocks on bath… Continue Reading →

The masons had to tarp the walls on bath house #4 twice today. Once again we gave them permission to stop the work and go home; we will pay them if they have to go home because of rain but… Continue Reading →

Yesterday Dawda the mason told us that they wanted to come to work very early and take off part of the afternoon because he had “something doing”. We told him that we did not care if they took the whole… Continue Reading →

The floor in the second bath house is perfect; no stairs needed. I guess letting Red talk to Dawda did the trick! This afternoon I told Dawda that bath house #2 made me happy! He said, “I knew it would… Continue Reading →

The masons continued plastering bath house #2 even though it was threatening to rain. Just before they closed for the day they called Steve begging for us to bring tarps or plastic sheeting or whatever we had so they could… Continue Reading →

We are so aggravated with the mason. When we laid out the bath houses we made it very clear that we did not want to have to walk up steps to get into the bath house. He said he understood…. Continue Reading →

Before leaving the compound we had to make sure the masons had all the supplies they needed. With that out of the way our destination was the village of Duuni this morning. Duuni is located on the road south of… Continue Reading →

We were disappointed to find out when checking in at the Delta desk at Huntsville Airport that our baggage allowance for the flight would not permit us to carry in the two extra pieces of luggage.  We were hopeful that… Continue Reading →

We spent the day in Tamale. We needed tires for the red truck but the guy we buy tires from was not open today. We found out that he is a Seventh Day Adventist and that he does not open… Continue Reading →

Adamu, the severely malnourished little girl was discharged from the hospital this afternoon. Of course no one will tell the mother what was wrong with the child but at least she is better. Zorash came by and picked up the… Continue Reading →