We are currently in our final preparations for the Standard 7 students to take their exit exam (Officially labeled PSLE-Primary School Leaving Examination). This examination serves two purposes really. The first to determine if the students have learned the basics necessary to advance to Secondary School and the second is to help Private Secondary Schools…
Author: Steven Hendrix
I am a missionary engineer currently working with Blessed2BlessU Ministries, Inc. to build a school in Maasai Tribal area of Kiruani, Tanzania
Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School Explores Arusha National Park
For the third year in a row, Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School has taken a study tour (field trip in the USA). Remember your own field trips to museums or local farms to learn but to also bring alive some of the lessons from the classrooms. Field trips are important to young students to…
2025 Spelling Competiton
I am going to be honest up front. I recently read an article about using Chat GPT (yes one of those AI services) to write or help create blog content that would inspire. So I gave it a try. I gave it some specific information about our recent Spelling Competition and let it go. Overall…
Student Presentation
One difference between what I remember of USA schools and the schools here in Tanzania that I have not gone into over the years is the students being expected to speak in front of large gatherings. Every morning students are selected to give a morning speech where they have to give a short speech typically…
Alaska Vacation
Realize not all of my readers care about my vacation, but figure you can just stop at the title with no harm done. But for those that know me know I take a lot of photos and am always working on my nature photography and may enjoy some of the photos I took in one…
End of 1st Semester Top Students
It has been a busy time for me personally. The school closed up for the mid year break between semesters in early June and will reopen the second week of July. So I am finishing up my time off here after Mom’s funeral and will be heading back just before the school opens. So as…
2025 Sports Competitions
So the school recently had two days of sports competition. On the first day of competition they played two soccer (football) matches with the boys and two netball matches for the girls. In both, some members of Grade 3 joined Grade 7 to play against Grade 5 and Grade 6 played against Grade 4. In…
2025 Student Bible Competition
This year, the school admin scheduled a bunch of competitions to be added to the spelling bee and math competition. One such competition is the Bible competition held on May 2. Areas of competitions were: 1. Bible Examination, 2. Bible games, 3. Memorizing Bible verses, 4. Mentioning Bible books from Genesis to Revelation, 5. Competing…
Top Students 1st Semester Mid-Terms
For those wondering and asking, I am still stateside. After the memorial service and the work I need to do on my house to get it ready to rent again, I would only have a month in Tanzania before they closed for the mid-year break over the month of June. So I will be returning…
Mary, Martha and Pat a memorial tribute
I am writing this blog for a couple of reasons. First to notify those who follow me but are not part of my church can be informed that my mother, Pat, passed away peacefully this morning. Secondly to put into words some of the thoughts I am going through as I tell people about this….
Steve and Barnabas 