Church Services

I am writing this week about two of our church services. One was International Women’s day service on March 6 and the other was the Sunday I preached on March 13. I took quite a few videos of the choirs singing (yes plural) and that is why the lag time in posting about the church…

Top Students for First Test of 2022

We have completed our first monthly test of the year and the top students of the year are: This year our Standard IV students (17 of them) will be taking place in the Government standardized test sometime in November. We will send out prayer requests with their specific names closer to time so you can…

New Year New Friends New Attitudes

One of the fun things working with a school that has such a wide range of ages all mixed together is that as the kids grow (mentally and emotionally) they change. Our oldest kids could start to experience puberty before their final year at our school in two years. Every year I have a group…

New School Year

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…

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…

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…