The little 11 month old girl that cannot stand or crawl is in Tamale at the hospital. Her mother took her back today; the doctor said that as soon as she deposits the money he will do the surgery. As… Continue Reading →

We went out to Kulkpeni for worship this morning. Several of the older men requested for me to come and have a discussion about some ideas that have popped up that needed to be addressed after services with the congregation…. Continue Reading →

When Donkey and Mr. Iddrisu came to work this morning they were dressed in their good clothes because we were going to go to the palace to greet the Ya-Na, the king of Dagbon. We had not seen him since… Continue Reading →

The men that attended the monthly class were very happy to get the monetary gift to be able to buy corn for their families. After the class was over Steve distributed the money. Daniel, Timothy Niligrini’s brother stood up on… Continue Reading →

Donkey’s friend that we wanted to hire to help Donkey haul blocks could not come today because he had to go to his farm. Donkey said that he and Mr. Iddrisu would start hauling the blocks without the extra manpower…. Continue Reading →

We were about to sit down to eat lunch when Red and his helper showed up. Red is our go to man when we need something made. For the past few days Red has been working on a new sleeping… Continue Reading →

Everyone was back at work this morning. Amama was a little late because she had to stop and greet the family of someone who had a family member die. This has nothing to do with the 2 people that died… Continue Reading →

We are still without electricity! Today is a national holiday so all the businesses were closed including the electric company. We are celebrating Kwame Nkruma’s birthday. Mr. Iddrisu worked today to pay back the loan he took for his portion… Continue Reading →

Please allow me to vent a little before going on with the Notes today. I am very happy the streets in Yendi are being renovated but there is no method to the madness of how the contractors are blocking the… Continue Reading →

Did I tell you that about 3 days ago we heard a big boom and the lights flickered once and then went off. We suspected that it was a transformer. We had no lights all night and still no lights… Continue Reading →