This last week was an interesting mix of items. I spent a lot of my week trying to get the site ready for my absence while I head home to the States awaiting my work/residence permit renewal process to be completed. But every time I started working on a project, one of the staff would…
Mvua-Rain
It is rainy season here in the valley. It will continue until sometime in April. When I first got back this year, everyone was talking about it being a drought. Granted they had not had the normal rains in about a month it appeared. But since I have been back they have gotten some great…
Tiny House Tanzania-Ceiling in the Kitchen
As you can see above I am still tinkering with the new camera filter settings and trying some different things out to see if I can get some cool sunset photos. It has been a long time since I have put up a blog on the tiny house adventure here in Tanzania. I wanted to…
Perspectives
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…
Steve and Barnabas 