Yep that is correct this marks the beginning of my 6th full year with the Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School and my 10th year in Tanzania. A lot has happened over the years and I will most likely take some time this year to reflect of some of those events. The school is going…

Yes, 2022 was another chaotic year dealing with elements of a world still in turmoil of COVID, Russia invading the Ukraine, Inflation, Fuel and Food shortages around the world because various issues and a census in Tanzania. Like the world around it, our school had a lot going on. Fortunately, we did it more civilly…

We officially closed the school for the 2022 school year on December 8 because the 9th is a their independence day and a national holiday. As with previous years the Christmas gift story starts sometime around October when we first start pricing items and getting the budget ready. This was the year that the Tanzania…

So the school wanted to do a preschool graduation this year. Imagine a normal preschool graduation with 3 to 4 more hours of dancing and skits and teachers interjecting themselves because they want the attention. The district educational government figure head was present and gave a graduation speech much better suited to someone graduation from…

You probably guessed it already, but this blog is about our math and spelling competitions here at Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School. This are one of my favorite things to do every year. I get to see students who have not always done well on exams step up and exceed all notions of their…

Hello, sorry I have not prepared more blog updates recently. I have several almost complete. But this topic has a timeline so I am putting it in front of completing the other blogs. This year’s standard 4 class is about to do their National Exams on October 26 and 27, 2022. That is next Wednesday…

Tuesday night I had a great event to speak to the Women at Mauldin UMC. Not just a circle but a general gathering. We had great food and a good turnout for an event like this. I would say close to 60 women and a couple of men helping me were there. I sold a…

I am currently back in the states and speaking as often as I can line things up. I started at St. Mark UMC thanking them for their support of me personally. I have done a presentation at Rolling Green Retirement Village that was about the Maasai and why their future makes education so important. Next…

The Sunday after my birthday party at the school was student recognition day at Kiruani Tanzania Assemblies of God church. Our students played a big role in leading that church service both in song, skits and delivering multiple short messages. It was a day to be proud of them and bask the ways our students…