Category Yendi Notes

The monkey man came back this morning to trim up another of the mango trees that has been affected by the fire blight.  He got here around 8:00 but Steve and I had been working on the wood since 6:15 this morning. … Continue Reading →

We left the house at 8 am this morning to travel south into the Nanumba District to visit the congregation at Niliyuundo.  Our turn off to the bush road was 35 minutes after leaving Yendi. Before reaching the village we… Continue Reading →

Ghanaians continue to amaze us!  This morning we noticed that one of the large mango trees behind the Child Center had a serious amount of fire blight.  I mean serious!  Probably ¾ of the trees are affected.  We know that… Continue Reading →

Zorash stopped by this morning to give us an update on some of the people we have been helping with medical treatment.  Warihana, the young teen girl that has Osteomyelitis had the surgery and is still in the hospital.  The… Continue Reading →

The chicken pot pie is in the oven; Steve made the pie crust so we are expecting great “eats” for supper tonight.  I just have enough time to write the notes before the pie is done!  Life is good! It… Continue Reading →

We paid the workers and dismissed them for the next 3 weeks.  They are supposed to get 3 weeks of paid time off each year.  In the past we have given them the option of when they want to take… Continue Reading →

We spent part of the morning working on the payroll.  The Ghana government still has not announced the minimum wage increase for 2021 so we continue to operate on last year’s figures.  One of the men from the Social Security… Continue Reading →

This morning Tichak, the night watchman, called to let us know that he was headed back to Tamale.  If you remember his brother’s son has been in Tamale hospital for several weeks; no one will not tell them what is… Continue Reading →

We were on the road at 6:30 this morning heading north for the Chereponi area; namely the village of Kaplani. Poor Timothy was squeezed in the back seat with 6 metal boxes and 6 bags of knitted hats.  It took… Continue Reading →

We got the tiniest sprinkle of rain; not even enough to settle the dust but it was exciting to see none the less.  Steve pulled the green truck out into the yard just in case we get more rain later… Continue Reading →