This last week I got a chance to visit a site where USAID and various charities had put in a solar water pump system in a community. The system was put in roughly two years ago and quit working several months ago. I was going to see if I could find out what was wrong…
Conversations with Barnabas #8
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…
Mission Team Visit #1 (yep I am that hopeful)
Today the first mission team to visit while I have been serving here as a full time missionary boarded the plane home. From their comments they all had a wonderful time, saw and participated in some amazing things. Many expressed interest in coming back or staying connected with the ministry in the future. I hope to recap…
Follow up blog from last week
Last week I put out a couple of questions and some beginning of projects so I wanted to follow up. First the above picture is from a friend’s balcony who lives in Kinampanda which is along the ridge line before you drive into the valley where I live. This is her view overlooking said valley….
Week in the Ville
This week has been a great cross section of what life is often like here so I thought I would do a discussion of major events of each day this last week. This blog will hopefully illustrate some of the frustrations of being white in Tanzania as well as many of the frustrations with individuals/groups…
work and fun odds and ends
I am currently working on several projects to prepare for the team coming over in September so they can have “shovel ready” work projects. Unfortunately none of that is too glamorous. So I am going to clean off some photos of work/play projects I have been doing lately.The last of the tools I purchased with the…
Conversation with Barnabas #7
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…
SCIENCE In the House (or school)
As I read that title I imagine myself sounding like Leonard off the Big Bang Theory when they went to encourage Middle School girls to enter science related fields.Yes, I know I am late posting this week. I appreciate the reminders. The reason is that I attended the Singida Science Conference 2016 put on by…
Ceiling Work
This week it is ceiling work. When I first got here there were holes in the ceiling of the Ward building due to something like carpenter ants. The ceiling board is made from wood chip/fiber. It is very heavy but easily damaged and easy for the termites and carpenter ants to digest. So this month is the month…
100 blogs in the Tanzania adventure
This is a time to celebrate for me personally as I am writing my 100th blog about becoming a missionary engineer with Full Dimension Ministry in Tanzania. I honestly cannot believe I have found enough to talk about to fill 100 blogs. I am not known as a chatty person, some might even call me…
Steve and Barnabas 