I am writing this week about two of our church services. One was International Women’s day service on March 6 and the other was the Sunday I preached on March 13. I took quite a few videos of the choirs singing (yes plural) and that is why the lag time in posting about the church…
Top Students for First Test of 2022
We have completed our first monthly test of the year and the top students of the year are: This year our Standard IV students (17 of them) will be taking place in the Government standardized test sometime in November. We will send out prayer requests with their specific names closer to time so you can…
New Year New Friends New Attitudes
One of the fun things working with a school that has such a wide range of ages all mixed together is that as the kids grow (mentally and emotionally) they change. Our oldest kids could start to experience puberty before their final year at our school in two years. Every year I have a group…
Kindness Birthday Celebration
Those of you who have been reading my blog for years (both of you) may remember Kindness being talked about in another blog. It was one of the early years of Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School. She would fall asleep on the ride home from school and would be nearly impossible to wake up….
New School Year
2We have started our fifth year as Primary School and are excited to start off on some good notes. Last year we took our first government standardized test and our kids did pretty well. We had 5 students get an A, 2 students got a B and one student got a C. In our ward…
Christmas Time in Tanzania
Yes it is that time of year again. The very busy time of looking for gifts so that each of our 144 students, 14 staff members and some of their kids can experience God’s Love through physical gifts provided by so many people. I get the good fortune of being the one who provides them…
Missionary Ramblings Episode 7-Conversation with Bart Street about Endowment Funding
This episode I am “sitting down” with Bart Street, Investment Advisor with MaxWorth Benefits Group LLC to talk about using Endowment funding and a little about estate planning to help fund those mission projects that are near and dear to your heart. If you would like to talk with Bart about setting up an endowment…
Pastor Stephano Promoted to Bishop of Simanjaro District
I try not to complain about things but this last week has been hot. In fact when sending a message to my church’s online chat where they ask you say how many are watching because you know God takes attendance, I wrote “One from the face of the Sun watching” To explain just how hot…
Devoted Team visits, praise and prayer, and being a doctor?
This may be a long post as I have several things to cover in this one blog. First will be about the team that visited when I first got back to Tanzania, Second will be a praise and prayer request and the last will be a story that highlights what it is like being a…
Missionary Ramblings Podcast Episode 6-Austin and Sherrie Brookie
During this episode of Missionary Ramblings I sit down with Austin and Sherrie Brookie, who started The Paid in Full Project to provide financial acts of kindness in our local community. If you want to follow up after podcast and check out the project please follow the link https://thepaidinfullproject.com/
Steve and Barnabas 