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…
Conversations with Barnabas #6
Standard Disclaimer: 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…
Hammer Time! Oh Wait that was how you fix a military vehicle.
This was another good week of work. School is out so I have a lot of projects I need to complete before the kids come tear everything up again. I guess I got job security that way.I will start off with my Saturday afternoon project after spending a very long morning responding to emails. Things…
A little more work done
This week I started getting back to a regular physical workload. After several weeks of taking computer courses and studying for the tests that accompanied them for my PE license renewal and the ear infection and the flu like symptoms I had last week I have not had a week of just physical work all…
Conversations with Barnabas #5
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…
Steve and Barnabas 