2We have started our fifth year as Primary School and are excited to start off on some good notes. Last year we took our first government standardized test and our kids did pretty well. We had 5 students get an A, 2 students got a B and one student got a C. In our ward…
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Christmas Time in Tanzania
Yes it is that time of year again. The very busy time of looking for gifts so that each of our 144 students, 14 staff members and some of their kids can experience God’s Love through physical gifts provided by so many people. I get the good fortune of being the one who provides them…
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…
Devoted Team visits, praise and prayer, and being a doctor?
This may be a long post as I have several things to cover in this one blog. First will be about the team that visited when I first got back to Tanzania, Second will be a praise and prayer request and the last will be a story that highlights what it is like being a…
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 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…
A couple of new items
This week we are kicking off a couple of new items that I have been working on while waiting for my passport to get renewed by the US Government. The first is a big one and I am hoping we can count on your support to help. We are raising funds through a virtual fundraising…
Hongera Standard 4 Students and Updates
As I write this update, I want to start by giving a big Hongera (Congratulations) to our Standard 4 students on their first government standardized test and Asante (thank you) to everyone who prayed for them. The results for our ward are back which shows how our students did against 441 Standard 4 students in…
Standardized Testing
I have mentioned from time to time about how our students do with the testing, math competitions and spelling bees, but all of that is really internal. I mean our teachers write and grade their tests. I create the competitions. Plans to test our kids against other schools always failed to materialize. So this year…
Steve and Barnabas 