If you follow our blog at all, you probably notice that we like hiking to the Escarpment at Nakpanduri. Recently, I went our exploring on my bicycle a few miles northwest of us and I found a great new hiking spot. The next day I brought the family and some of our European friends to […]
Fixing a Flat
This weekend we were taking Dr. Faile up to Nakpanduri to visit our friend Denise and just out of the town we got a flat. I had never changed a flat on a Toyota Hilux pickup before and thank God that Dr. Faile was there to help out. It was so much more complicated than […]
Escarpment Visit with Georgia Regents Students
We have a pretty sizable group of volunteers this month so we made sure we took them all to our favorite local landmark. As always, the group was impressed by the view from the Escarpment and had a fun time hiking and climbing the rocks. William, still recovering from typhoid, had to skip this hike. […]
A Backyard Easter Egg Hunt
A friend of ours named Denise lives about 1hr east of us in the town of Nakpanduri. She has been there for over 3 decades and has had a tradition of inviting all the BMC families up at Easter for an easter egg hunt. Unfortunately, due to William’s illness we had to cancel the hunt […]
Harvesting Yams with Mejida
Mejida is a young man that has helped us with yard work around the house since we arrived in October. He works off and on at the hospital in the Accounts Dept and when he has time (and needs money) he comes by to do odd jobs. Usually we have grass to mow, hedges to […]
The Devil’s in the Details
Overloaded trucks are a common site in West Africa. This is one that we passed on the very bumpy dirt road to Nakpanduri. If you look closely you’ll see that there is a guy standing (not sitting) on top! If you look even closer you’ll see that he is lighting up a cigarette! Talk about […]
Finding Folk Art
I went on an excursion today with Dr. Femke Veldman, Elisabeth Faile, and two nurses. We headed to Nakpanduri to meet two local healers (herbalists, witch doctors, what ever you want to call them) and find out about their medicines and techniques. I’ll write more on that later. This post is about the amazing art […]
Photo of the Day
This photo was a result of lots of patience and lots of dud photos. The monkey was sitting behind a tree at dusk but stayed in the shadow of the tree trunk he was tied to. Every so often he would peer around the tree to look at people and put his face in that […]
Christmas in Nalerigu (3 of 3)
After the festivities at church and the Nayiri’s palace we gathered with several missionary families at one of the hospital guest houses for lunch. A Catholic missionary couple from Nakpanduri and Pat and Peggy Ozment from Tamale joined us. Everyone brought their finest American foods. We had such gourmet and rare foods as a canned […]