I want to start off this blog on a positive note because it will take a dark turn (for me-you will probably laugh) later. This week our story was read by Kevin Costner and Jillian Estelle and was called “Catching the Moon” written by Crystal Hubbard and illustrated by Randy duBurke. It is the childhood…
Travel, food, churches and having Kiernan Shipka read to our kids
First I thought I would bring up a story I told everyone last June about Kindness and how difficult it was to wake her up on the bus ride home. I really wish I had a video of the teachers trying to wake her up after she fell asleep in the debate class Thursday afternoon. …
Schools out for two weeks so a cleaning i will go
The school is officially on a two week break that started on Monday (technically the school closed on the Friday before but normal weekend activities took place leaving me to the break activities starting on Monday). Part of the two week break will consumed with the required trip out of country. It really is a…
Conversations with Barnabas: Seth; and Viola Davis reads to the kids.
I thought it was time to bring back this segment of the blog now that I have been able to develop some background on many of our kids. So I thought I would introduce you to one of the students at our school. Seth is a young Maasai boy living near our school who most…
Tiny House Tanzania Season 3 Episode 4 plus Chris Pine reads Clark the Shark
Before we get into heart of the blog this week, I am excited. Why? For a lot of reasons. First I finally got my first celebrity retweet about them reading a story to our kids That’s so cool!! https://t.co/XIMSV18lnG — Katie Leclerc (@katieleclerc) August 27, 2018 So that was really nice. Second the headmaster asked…
A normal weekly schedule
Several folks have asked I give them an idea of what my life is like at the new site since I am not doing all the physical work I used to do for the other ministry. While I doubt anyone has a set in stone schedule that is never adjusted from week to week, I…
Tiny House Tanzania Season 3 Episode 3
A tiny house in Tanzania, really most any house not in a city, is what we call “off-grid.” This means exactly what it sounds like. We live off the electrical grid, the water grid, the sewer grid, the trash pick up grid. It is vital to do your planning considering this situation. The cats story…
I hope you don’t mind but I want to brag a little.
Yep. I want to brag a little today. Don’t worry I am not here to brag about myself, but about the kids at our school. For newer readers, we have 43 kids at the school aged 4 to 9, with the majority being on the lower end of that age range. Our kids live in…
Tiny House Tanzania Season 3 Episode 2
So I promised some stories about being creative on the Tiny House Tanzania that I think even Zack from Tiny House Nation on FYI Network would be proud of. This week I am going to talk about the bathroom. I made the decision early on to switch to a tile floor throughout the house instead…
Why Reading to our Students is so Important!
When I was home in June, I asked people to consider making videos of them reading a child’s book, especially illustrated books. The reason, simply enough is for the kids to get as much exposure as possible to having books read to them in English. Unfortunately I have not heard of anyone getting me any…
Steve and Barnabas 