Category Yendi Notes

We got word this afternoon that Abdulai Fusheni died.  Abdulai is one of the first men that we helped get artificial legs.  My parents were still alive then.  The accident happened in 2001.  Abdulai was in a motor vehicle accident… Continue Reading →

Before leaving Yendi this morning I stopped to get diesel. The price I had to pay was 11.00 Cedis per liter. Ouch!! That figures out roughly to $6.62 per US gallon. There is going to be more poverty this year… Continue Reading →

It has started to sprinkle.   We fully expect the electricity to go off.  We almost always lose power when it rains.  Such is life in Ghana.  We are in the process of pumping new rain water into the large poly… Continue Reading →

Meri, one of the interpreters for the Child Center brought me a bag of fabric scraps.  They came from the seamstress that makes her clothes.  Meri asked her if she would save them for me.  I sent a little money… Continue Reading →

The little freezer that we keep beans, rice, grains and peanuts in has not been working very well.  It is more like a very cold refrigerator than a freezer.   Three weeks ago I put in a bag of water to… Continue Reading →

The high temperature today was 102 degrees with a heat index of 115 degrees.  Nice balmy weather! This morning Francis and Samuel came for a visit.  Francis is one of the church leaders at Duuni and Samuel is from Simbomni,… Continue Reading →

Gomda, the mechanic, ordered shocks for the green truck a few days ago.  They came in yesterday so first thing this morning we took the truck to him.  Today was market day so we took advantage of our trip to… Continue Reading →

For all intents and purposes the wall project is finished!  The rain that we got last night caused the weather to be much cooler this morning.  When we got up it was 75 degrees outside; can you imagine how lovely… Continue Reading →

I hope you were able to drag yourself out of bed an hour earlier this morning. Lucky for us we are not on any time change. We are just on Ghana Time! It is raining as I am writing this… Continue Reading →

Mr. Iddrisu burned the clutch again today.  This time Solomon the mechanic changed out the entire clutch, everything completely.  We are hopeful this will take care of the problem for a while.  The other motor king driver never showed up… Continue Reading →