While this first week on site was not designed to be a lot of hands on work due to my need to re-acclimatize to ever present heat and life in the valley I thought you may want kind of a day by day account of what goes on here. After a long weekend in Singida meeting up with…
Back to work
Just over a week back in Tanzania and still have not made it all the way back to the village but have gotten back to work and fun. The first couple of days were spent in Arusha with William and Martha Makali and getting back into the swing of things. The first task was getting…
Home?
This last month has been busy, exciting, sometimes overwhelming and once again a beautiful reminder of the blessings I have in my life not only from the perspective of what is available to me in the states but also the love of those who support and believe in me.Let me start with some of the…
Last Week in Tanzania…for 2014
Hello everyone, it has been a while since I could get internet and power at the same time and therefore it has been three weeks since I wrote a blog. That means this one is going to be long. Thought about breaking it out but every time I do that one blog gets a lot…
My Cup Overflows with Blessings
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 1:3 “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will…
A lot more paint!
This was another full week on site. I had planned to head out early Monday morning but they sent an order for medicines in by text so I had to wait until the pharmacy opened Monday morning to go buy those items. After getting the items and stopping to buy some bread for meals I…
Positive Work Attitudes
A couple of weeks ago I talked about some of the fatalistic attitude you will find here in Tanzania and honestly in much of the majority world. Want to make sure we are using terms the same here: Fatalism is the belief that what will happen has already been decided and cannot be changed from…
That is a lot of paint!!!!
This has been a full week and many things I think are worth sharing both from the standpoint of what it takes to do things here or slightly humorous. So basically this will more than likely be a long blog.As I mentioned a couple of blogs ago, I will be moving out to the site to live…
Nairobi last visit of the year
This was my last visit to Nairobi and I tried to make it a big one. I added three days to the normal trip so I would not be so rushed especially since it is a day there and a day back on the shuttle. Was glad I did as I was able to work…
Peace Corp Volunteer Girls Conference
Got the opportunity to particpate in the Girl’s Conference put on by some of the Peace Corp volunteers. They did a four day event in Singida, housing and feeding the girls from I think 6 different secondary schools in rural areas for a total of about 30 girls with the purpose to empower them. They…
Steve and Barnabas 