We officially closed the school for the 2022 school year on December 8 because the 9th is a their independence day and a national holiday. As with previous years the Christmas gift story starts sometime around October when we first start pricing items and getting the budget ready. This was the year that the Tanzania…
Preschool Graduation
So the school wanted to do a preschool graduation this year. Imagine a normal preschool graduation with 3 to 4 more hours of dancing and skits and teachers interjecting themselves because they want the attention. The district educational government figure head was present and gave a graduation speech much better suited to someone graduation from…
Competition will push you to do more
You probably guessed it already, but this blog is about our math and spelling competitions here at Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School. This are one of my favorite things to do every year. I get to see students who have not always done well on exams step up and exceed all notions of their…
We continue to have a lot going on
I have had trouble getting blogs out and really it is a sign of good things not just me being lazy. As this school year raps up we are having our competitions, getting 2023 budgets ready, preparing Christmas gift budgets, going through government inspections, the church is having fundraisers and we are giving the students…
Standard 4 Testing-Prayer Request
Hello, sorry I have not prepared more blog updates recently. I have several almost complete. But this topic has a timeline so I am putting it in front of completing the other blogs. This year’s standard 4 class is about to do their National Exams on October 26 and 27, 2022. That is next Wednesday…
Oh What a Night!
Tuesday night I had a great event to speak to the Women at Mauldin UMC. Not just a circle but a general gathering. We had great food and a good turnout for an event like this. I would say close to 60 women and a couple of men helping me were there. I sold a…
Speaking and Sermons
I am currently back in the states and speaking as often as I can line things up. I started at St. Mark UMC thanking them for their support of me personally. I have done a presentation at Rolling Green Retirement Village that was about the Maasai and why their future makes education so important. Next…
Student leadership
The Sunday after my birthday party at the school was student recognition day at Kiruani Tanzania Assemblies of God church. Our students played a big role in leading that church service both in song, skits and delivering multiple short messages. It was a day to be proud of them and bask the ways our students…
Party Time
The big day has finally happened. Normally the school closes over June for the break between the two semesters, but this year the country is conducting a census so they have the break scheduled later in the year so students will be home from boarding schools for the count. This meant a rare opportunity for…
Extracurricular Clubs
This year I have started something new with the students in hopes of encouraging them to better their grades but also to remove top students from remedial classes to let teachers focus more attention on students that need help. I set up four extracurricular clubs to meet during the day’s remedial classes (3:50-4:30 pm) for…
Steve and Barnabas 