To be technical this is actually a tiny apartment not a house. Many of you told me how much you enjoyed my stories or cringed during my discussions of living in the tiny house at my previous site. So many were happy about my living conditions with the new site, that I hated to tell…
Umeme time
Yes it is time to discuss electricity (Umeme) again. Why? I don’t know because I have not done so in a while. Because I had to fix several electrical items on site this week. Because I never discussed putting the solar system on the headmaster’s house. Because I can’t think of anything else specific to…
The start of the fifth year
Before I forget to include it later in the blog, I have a link to Blessed2BlessU Ministries, Inc. January 2018 newsletter which features an article about myself as well as a great piece in on Pastor Rogers Mnzavas.Today marks the first week back in the Moshi to Kiruani area and the start of my 5th…
Conversations with Barnabas #11
Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania a little…
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas a little early. Yes, it is that time of year though I am pretty certain you folks in the States are much more aware of that than I am. My hotel in Arusha has a 1-foot high tree with presents under it. That is the only decoration I have seen and it is…
Life at the New Site
This week in the blog (yes, I know I am not actually getting them out weekly right now) I wanted to talk a little about life at the new site. This project is very different for me because I am currently not hands-on involved with any of the actual work going on. Instead of focusing…
A change in story of Thanks
I started this week with one blog topic in mind since it would be around Thanksgiving when I would post it. I worked on it when I got enough power to the computer I could type it up. I planned to pen a blog on being thankful for the use of the house at the…
Education
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”–Nelson Mandela For those of you who are regular readers of my blog, some of this discussion will be a refresher from some of the previous blogs. But since I am picking up new readers who are interested in the Tumaini Primary…
Everybody walk the dinosaur
My pardons to Was (Not Was) on the use of their song phrase but I really wanted a song title to talk about walking here. There were many to choose from Ronettes’ Walking In The Rain; Katrina and the Wave’s Walking On Sunshine; Johnny Cash’s I Walk the Line to the Bangles Walk Like an…
Pack your backpack
I have done a couple of blogs on organization in the past and also talked about pairing down to what is essential. I have talked about one of my favorite shows, Tiny House Nation on FYI network with John and Zack. John’s main focus on the show is to help prepare the family for living…
Steve and Barnabas 