Category Yendi Notes

It is raining and I mean really raining.  Traditionally September is the month that we get the most rain.  Dawda the mason and one of his helpers showed up this morning to dig the soakaway pits.  We were surprised because… Continue Reading →

Dawda, the mason finished bath house # 4. It looks good; the ramps might be a little steep but usually those in wheelchairs have someone that follows along behind them and helps push them over the rough terrain. We are… Continue Reading →

We thought that the masons would finish bath house #4 today but they did not. Dawda said that they could not finish because it was bigger than the other bath houses. It actually is bigger because we made it wheelchair… Continue Reading →

It is hard to believe that half of the month of September is already in the past. We spent the morning visiting the Church at Jegrido. This is Timothy Niligrini’s home village and the residence of his older brother Daniel… Continue Reading →

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 →