So temperatures here continue to be in the 90s with high humidity though we have not had any rain this week. As I mentioned before I am forgoing the refrigerator so I can have power for the fan at night. Yes I understand the physics of a fan blowing hot air around but moving hot air…
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We have already started testing for the year!
While I will be the first to say testing is not always the best method of determining how someone is doing in school, I also recognize that it is difficult to change a culture that only understands testing. Testing is a time consuming process that takes up a half a week of classroom time every…
I am actually writing my first blog in real time while at the site
I realize many of you will not realize what a big deal that is, but is Mt. Kilimanjaro big. For my entire six years as a missionary, I have had to travel to a larger town and type my blog in while I was somewhere that either had wifi or at least cell phone service. …
2019 is done, long live 2020!
Hello everyone and welcome to 2020. Something weird about saying that. I almost feel like I am back in the 1980s and that is a commercial for a home computer from Tandy at Radio Shack. Regardless of my old person issues, we are here in 2020. I wanted to take a moment and reflect on…
It is Christmas time again and all I want are my two front teeth.
I have seen a lot on Facebook about if you don’t like this Christmas son then something is wrong with you. Well I don’t get into all that negative speak but I have to say if you can look at these faces and not think about the song “All I want for Christmas is my…
Six years and End of Year Testing
Six years really does not seem like a long time. When I first planned to come to Africa with my first mission group I intended to spend six years there. I thought that would give enough time to get the ministry back up and running and have everybody working on the same page. We know…
Math Competition, prepping for end of year and some odds and ends
Morning Parade with Kilimanjaro peaking out between the building and the tree. I would like to apologize for missing the last two weeks. It was due to a combination of factors. My computer once again succumbed to the heat, dust and travel conditions of living in remote areas that are difficult to travel to and from…
End of October Monthly Tests, new septic system etc.
Last week I told you about finishing up the spelling competition with our students. This last week we started the math competition with the Baby and Middle Class which mainly consisted of counting shapes on the television screen in a timed PowerPoint presentation. I have three more weeks of math competitions (a week for each…
Spelling Competition 2019
The last four weeks we have been putting on Spelling Competitions at the school. Every Thursday during the normal “debate” time, which is never an actual debate but instead a time when students have to speak at the front of the class to recite something they have learned, we have been going class by class…
A tale of two fundis
I guess I should start by telling you what a fundi is. The original meaning of the word was someone who is a specialist in some type of work. It was the word for someone who could repair a phone, a welder, a carpenter. It has since been used more generally. It can still mean…
Steve and Barnabas 