My favorite Sunset photo of week. It is unfortunate but I have to say my second visit to the hospital in a month is not a record. I wish it was but let’s be honest I led a life that leads to hospital visits. Never thought I would be doing it in the mission field…
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
Memorial Day Overseas
Wow, Memorial day is tomorrow and to be perfectly honest until I started seeing all the Facebook posts I had not realized it was here. This is probably one of the more significant “holidays” to me other than Easter and Christmas. More so than Independence Day or even Veteran’s day and the ever growing list…
A second visit from the states
Had a second visitor from the USA this weekend. Rob Schadt with http://www.pommernvillagechoir.org and http://www.soul-lit.com (spiritual poetry) came for a quick visit (arrived Saturday and left Monday morning). This was interesting for me because William is stateside for his daughter’s graduation from Wofford, so this was the first visit I was responsible for. Fortunately almost…
It had to happen-first Hospital Visit
I am going to cover two parts of this out of context because I want to bring in the positive items first then we will deal with the less fun activities. The first good activity for me is that my blood sugar was really low this morning-low enough I treated myself to a chocolate bar…
Videos, Visitors and Care Packages Oh My!
It has been some happening weeks here in Tanzania since my return or more importantly the return of my laptop from Nairobi. After getting a week behind in my work with the repair of my laptop and then the trials and tribulations in getting it back in my hands, I had to spend a large…
Oh the fun of visas
Before I actually get started this week I am going to deviate-I know I do that a lot- and make a request for assistance. Rev. William Makali and his wife Martha would like to come stateside to see their daughter graduate college. This is not an FDM USA sponsored trip so he has to raise…
Doing Business in Tanzania-a Post Office Example
Just finished a month of activity trying to get a post office box in Singida-well almost finished. This is a pretty good example concerning some of the difficulties in doing business here. So I wanted to get a post office box here in town. The first thing I checked was if I could use the…
Learning a Language-I promise this did not start as a gripe session
Ok this was a blog I was holding off on as long as possible hoping that God would answer my prayers in an overwhelming positive (for me) fashion. But apparently He really wants me to work to learn this-Kiswahili. I have spent hours every day working through my grammar books and dictionaries. I have created…
Bible Time
I have another confession to make: I have never read the Bible starting with Genesis 1:1 and reading in order until Revelation 22:21. I have participated in Disciples I and II, I have participated/lead Bible studies on just about every book of the Bible and I am positive I have read from every book doing the reading…
Communication and Banking
Before I get started on this week’s blog entry, let me thank everyone who helped make the first Barnabas Bear Newsletter a huge success. I am hearing stories of a Chick-Fil-A in New York that printed the newsletter at their cost and gave it to customers purchasing a kid’s meal. Another story from California is…
Steve and Barnabas 