This coming week we will be sending Trey back to the US to spend time with his grandparents. We wanted to get a family photo before we split up for a couple months and also keep documented the growth of the kids.
Building a Traditional Mud Room
Our watchman rebuild his room in the traditional northern Ghanaian mud style. Heidi & KJ join the ladies to plaster and pounding the floor.
Kolinvaai Dental Clinic with Dr. Fuller Robinson
William accompanies the 91-yr-old Dr. Robinson on his 45th mission trip doing free dental clinics!
Ghana’s Striped Beauty Snake
The beautiful, elegant, and harmless Psammophis Elegant snake in northern Ghana is called wa’asamiiya in Mampruli.
Photos of the Kids – 1st Quarter 2019
Some random photos of the kids from January-March of 2019.
Tanfiok-Naamaa Rock Paintings of Jilik, Ghana
I first learned about the rock paintings at Jilik when I read Mr. Mahmoud Malik Saako’s paper on the subject of promoting the sites as tourist destinations in Northern Ghana. He identified the site as Tang-piok and said it was near Bunkpurugu and Gilik. After studying Google Maps, I found a village named Jilik not […]
Funeral Mortars in Northern Ghana
Heidi and I have written and shared images before about northern Ghanaians love of firing guns at funerals and the horrible injuries that ensue. In recent years, homemade mortars have become a new favorite at these events because of the extra loud bang they produce. The foot-long iron pipes are jam-packed with black powder and […]
Scenes from the Market
William practices with his new Fujifilm camera by shooting around the market.