Overall sketch of the planned playground area. The border is the extent of the area with sand. This takes into account safety zones around high activity areas. Due to the low activity the imaginative play area may be moved outside the sand area. The future soccer field (small) will be to the left and the school…
Conversations with Barnabas #4
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…
Chapter 15-Memorial Day
Again I find myself struggling to write something. This time the problem is more the topic I want to breach. Memorial Day versus Veteran’s Day. This is Memorial Day weekend and I have often reposted several items discussing why being thanked for our service to the country makes a veteran uncomfortable on Memorial Day. The…
Things going on
I have to admit that despite trying to create recurring article pieces for the blog, I struggle with what to write about almost every week. This week for instance I just don’t have a lot to discuss on my mind. So I will do one of those multi-topic type posts that hopefully cover most of…
Conversations with Barnabas #3
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…
Arusha break-sorta?
This week is my couple of days off in Arusha to recharge, eat up the almost American style food, have no troubles finding diet soda and so on. It is rare to get a day off during the work week/weekend as there are so many things to be taken care of especially on weekends. …
First meeting of the volunteer church on the rocks
Some kids drawn to our worship music I don’t know if I have talked much about church at the village or in Singida. I know I have mentioned Arusha Vineyard Church during my visits to Arusha. To be honest, I have never liked going to the local churches in my area. The first reason is…
Conversations with Barnabas #2
Conversations with Barnabas #2 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…
Kiti-making a chair for Tiny House Tanzania Episode 8
This week I am back at the Tiny House Tanzania. A couple of words as we start the episode, several folks have told me how much they enjoy the show Tiny House Nation on the FYI network which sort of inspired my work on my house. They have also mentioned that I should try to…
One of those weeks
This last week is best described as just one of those weeks. I apologize in advance for some graphic wording and for this probably sounding like a complainer of blog but it is just one of those weeks-no real complaints they just happen. This was especially tough as I have this idea about a chair…
Steve and Barnabas 