The above picture is of the same baobab tree along my walking route in the village. I had to get a new main camera as my tough camera had an electrical problem last year that will cost too much to get fixed-more than I paid for the new camera. I am still getting used to some…
Conversations with Barnabas-Preschool
Today is my first day to teach at the preschool. The kids are between ages 4 and 7. We have 68 enrolled this year. I am going to show them an educational cartoon about counting to 10 created by Akili and Me.The numbers in Kiswahili go 1-moja, 2-mbili, 3-tatu, 4-nne, 5-tano, 6-sita, 7-saba, 8-nane, 9-tisa,…
Adjustments
When I return to the site each year, I got with a game plan. I am an Engineer and a soldier (you never really leave that behind) so I always have a game plan. Of course each year when I arrive at site that game plan has to be adjusted. Sometimes because of weather, sometimes…
Christmas Gifts-An Alternative Choice
Christmas is coming! What a wonderful time of year where we all act our best and try to be a bit nicer. It is also a great time of year to think about your favorite charities as part of your gift giving. The idea of alternative gift giving is not new. Families have been practicing…
Christmas in November
Last week was a trip to the big city for a quick weekend to pay deposits for the 2017 mission team and to visit the Christmas Fair. It is a fun event that makes one think of similar events back home. It was much needed as I have been preparing end of year reports and…
visits and rain
This week had a couple special moments to it. First it rained on monday. If you want to know what I mean by rain there is a video below. The noise you hear so loudly is the rain hitting the roof of my “house”.The second is a visit by long time friend and engineering colleague,…
What I will not write about this week-any guesses?
What oh what should I write about this week. I know what I don’t want to write about because I have spent so much time trying to explain the election system, media, why people are rioting and why it is wrong that I am exhausted from the conversation. Yesterday was Veterans day. It was…
umeme-electric
Today I want to bring back an issue we have discussed in different ways in the past. Most notable was a discussion of the electricity usage for the country vs the state of SC during the constant blackouts during last year’s hydroelectric plant shut down. So this time let’s talk about the specific use of…
Dry season
I once again find myself struggling with a blog topic that I has all my research completed and enough pictures to keep my wonderful audience returning. I have a couple of items I need to put on record before we move on to the topic today. First up: I will be making my yearly stateside…
Steve and Barnabas 