I am writing this blog for a couple of reasons. First to notify those who follow me but are not part of my church can be informed that my mother, Pat, passed away peacefully this morning. Secondly to put into words some of the thoughts I am going through as I tell people about this….
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Travel Stories in a Pandemic and dealing with Quarantine
I thought you might like to hear some of the stories from my travel home during the middle of a global pandemic. Some of you may have seen some of the photos on my facebook feed, but I have some more that did not make that feed. I am also going to talk about what…
Conversations with Barnabas: Seth; and Viola Davis reads to the kids.
I thought it was time to bring back this segment of the blog now that I have been able to develop some background on many of our kids. So I thought I would introduce you to one of the students at our school. Seth is a young Maasai boy living near our school who most…
Conversations with Barnabas #11
Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania a little…
Mission Team #2
To view almost all the photos I took you can go to Steve’s photo album The team arrived Saturday, June 17 at the Kilimanjaro International Airport which is about 1 hour away from Arusha where they would be staying their first night in Tanzania. Normally we use the safari vehicles to pick everyone up at the…
Conversations with Barnabas-Elfu Moja
Today’s Conversation with Barnabas is a big one. Today we welcome Elfu Moja to the Prayer/Mission Bear Family. Elfu Moja means one thousand in Kiswahili and he is the 1000th bear made by one of the most caring, sweetest individuals you will ever meet. So today we are interviewing Lynda S. who makes 99.95% of…
umeme-electric
Today I want to bring back an issue we have discussed in different ways in the past. Most notable was a discussion of the electricity usage for the country vs the state of SC during the constant blackouts during last year’s hydroelectric plant shut down. So this time let’s talk about the specific use of…
Conversations with Barnabas #8
Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania a little…
Conversation with Barnabas #7
Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania a little…
Conversations with Barnabas #6
Standard Disclaimer: Welcome back to Conversations with Barnabas Bear. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is to help everyone get to know the people in Tanzania…
Steve and Barnabas 