Let’s play the age game. I am guessing most of my readers are old enough to remember a show from the late 70’s to early 80’s called Fantasy Island that aired on ABC. The concept was simple, the wealthy (normally though some story lines indicated you paid according to your means) paid to have their…
The sands of time
So I promised some follow up to items mentioned in my last blog but unfortunately the internet service has been very weak lately and I have not been able to follow up on that. So here is the first one and I will get the second one out when I return from this trip to…
What makes for a good week in Tanzania
I got back in Singida around noon on Thursday local time and meant to get right on a blog entry that afternoon. But have you ever stared at a blank page with so much to say at one moment and no clue how to condense it all down to one writing or where to start….
The Peanut Butter Conundrum
When I get a chance to fix myself something to eat, I prefer a good old peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I don’t have a place to cook here (in my room) so it has to be simple and now that I have a wonderful Tupperware Bread keeper from Mrs. Carpenter and lots of Sugar…
The Baobab Tree proverb
When bringing teams over to Tanzania, they always want to take pictures of the baobab tree (I have sometimes called it the balboa tree because that is how many locals pronounce it). Various species can grow to be 98 feet tall and 112 feet in diameter and they have been carbon dated at 1275 years…
Barnabas 2nd Newsletter-June 2014
Hello all. This is Barnabas and dad is attaching my second newsletter to this blog-hopefully! You can download each page by right clicking and choose save image. Last Newsletter made it to California and New York where businesses and churches printed it out to give to kids. Let’s see how many places can become involved…
Arobaini na Saba
I was not going to do anything for this day, just let it pass as any other. Then it struck me this is Arobaini na Saba we are talking about and as a math and science nerd, I just cannot ignore that. What is significant about Arobaini na Saba: It is a Prime Number which…
How Things Change
My first short term mission trip to the Yulansoni valley was in 2001. A lot of things are still the same in the Singida and Yulansoni area, but a lot are different. I thought I would spend a blog exploring some of those items and some of the things that surprised me that are the…
The Walking Retread
Sorry for the play on the TV show name but it seemed appropriate for today’s discussion. As I have talked about some in past blogs, one of the things I get to do a lot of is walk. I normally walk 5 miles (total-3 at the site and 2 in town to the bus station)…
Unfortunately this is not a new record!
My favorite Sunset photo of week. It is unfortunate but I have to say my second visit to the hospital in a month is not a record. I wish it was but let’s be honest I led a life that leads to hospital visits. Never thought I would be doing it in the mission field…
Steve and Barnabas 