Our Mission to Kumasi Africa

  We were able to meet with the Chief of Sunyani again last week.  We are still working out details of land and a wellness clinic for the indigent people of the surrounding area.  A lady in our District is especially concerned about the number of women who die of breast cancer.  There is no mammogram machine in the surrounding area to help detect this kind of cancer.  They have petitioned the Church and the Chief of the village to help with a wellness clinic that will have a mammogram machine to help with screenings.  Oh the things we take for granted. We work very hard to maintain good relationships with local leaders.  I think we can call Chief Korkor our friend. This is our borehole we helped complete from beginning to end.  We handed it over to the community of Addokrom yesterday. The Relief Society ladies decorating the borehole When we do a handover, it is a party with the community and leadership from our church.  This was a small vill...

 Hello friends and family!  This last month has been really busy.  We will start by telling you about a school we went to go look at up north.  We had to travel 9 hours north to a town by the name of Bolgatanga.  It is a little difficult to travel because there are no public restrooms and very few places to eat.  We try to plan for this.  I usually make banana muffins and boil a few eggs the day before we travel and we pack easy to grab and eat food like apples and oranges.  We strategically visit other senior couples along the way so we can visit for a minute and utilize their washrooms (restrooms).  We passed through Techiman and we had thought the Vousden's were in Sunyani.  If that happens we can stop at Kintampo Falls.  Sometimes we can use the restroom there with out paying to get in.  We then traveled to a town called Tamale where we stayed with the Elder and Sister Jones.  The next day we traveled the last 4 hours ...