Pastor Stephano Promoted to Bishop of Simanjaro District

I try not to complain about things but this last week has been hot. In fact when sending a message to my church’s online chat where they ask you say how many are watching because you know God takes attendance, I wrote “One from the face of the Sun watching” To explain just how hot…

Finally I am back in Tanzania

My apologies this blog has taken so long to be posted.  Typically, when I arrive in Tanzania, I am swept up in looking for changes and problems and trying to remember all the kids names.  Now multiple that by the fact I was gone for 9 months instead of 1 month.  Add to that early…

Back to Tanzania

So it is finally going to happen. I am headed back to Tanzania. This has been my longest break since starting in the full time mission field and the most “in limbo” I have felt. I think it is funny that it was the US Government that led to all this confusion and not the…

Missionary Ramblings Podcast-Episode 5-Jeanette Juran

This week my guest on Missionary Ramblings Podcast is Jeanette Juran who is a Peace Corp Volunteer who completed their tour of duty and and returned. She was assigned to Tanzania and actually was at a high school about 30 minutes away from my first Mission site in Tanzania. She and I discuss some of…

Missionary Ramblings Podcast Episode 4-Karalee Brookie and Julie Sellars

Before we get to this week’s episode, I want to thank everyone who has contributed to the capital fundraising campaign for the school dining hall and a missionary vehicle for me to use whenever I get to return to Tanzania. We currently have received $10,061 in online and offline (check) contributions which puts us at…

Missionary Rambling Podcast Episode 3-Jeff Campbell

This episode I meet up with Jeff Campbell via Zoom to discuss Missionary Care issues and one of the best descriptions of what it is like to serve in a foreign country. Jeff has been in the foreign mission field for over 25 years, meet his wife as they were both missionaries and raised 4…