I am going to cover two parts of this out of context because I want to bring in the positive items first then we will deal with the less fun activities. The first good activity for me is that my blood sugar was really low this morning-low enough I treated myself to a chocolate bar…
Videos, Visitors and Care Packages Oh My!
It has been some happening weeks here in Tanzania since my return or more importantly the return of my laptop from Nairobi. After getting a week behind in my work with the repair of my laptop and then the trials and tribulations in getting it back in my hands, I had to spend a large…
Oh the fun of visas
Before I actually get started this week I am going to deviate-I know I do that a lot- and make a request for assistance. Rev. William Makali and his wife Martha would like to come stateside to see their daughter graduate college. This is not an FDM USA sponsored trip so he has to raise…
Doing Business in Tanzania-a Post Office Example
Just finished a month of activity trying to get a post office box in Singida-well almost finished. This is a pretty good example concerning some of the difficulties in doing business here. So I wanted to get a post office box here in town. The first thing I checked was if I could use the…
Learning a Language-I promise this did not start as a gripe session
Ok this was a blog I was holding off on as long as possible hoping that God would answer my prayers in an overwhelming positive (for me) fashion. But apparently He really wants me to work to learn this-Kiswahili. I have spent hours every day working through my grammar books and dictionaries. I have created…
Bible Time
I have another confession to make: I have never read the Bible starting with Genesis 1:1 and reading in order until Revelation 22:21. I have participated in Disciples I and II, I have participated/lead Bible studies on just about every book of the Bible and I am positive I have read from every book doing the reading…
Communication and Banking
Before I get started on this week’s blog entry, let me thank everyone who helped make the first Barnabas Bear Newsletter a huge success. I am hearing stories of a Chick-Fil-A in New York that printed the newsletter at their cost and gave it to customers purchasing a kid’s meal. Another story from California is…
Barnabas March 2014 Newsletter
This one is going to be very different. Because Blogger will not allow me to post a PDF file, I had to do this kind of weird. So Barnabas’ newsletter is on Facebook in two image files. I am posting the main article here but if you would like the count in Kiswahili, games and…
Some Random Musings
As I am two days late with this blog and part of that is due to falling sick to some very small sardine like fish in a soup that was absolutely no fun while traveling from Yulansoni to Singida and then a day later to Arusha, I am not doing a normal blog but instead…
The First Month
It is difficult to believe I have already been in country for over a month. It has been strangely fast paced in overall time despite the slow pace of the individual days. There are still a lot of things to talk about which I am shocked over because I figured I would have run out…
Steve and Barnabas 