This year, the school admin scheduled a bunch of competitions to be added to the spelling bee and math competition. One such competition is the Bible competition held on May 2. Areas of competitions were: 1. Bible Examination, 2. Bible games, 3. Memorizing Bible verses, 4. Mentioning Bible books from Genesis to Revelation, 5. Competing…
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Mary, Martha and Pat a memorial tribute
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….
2024 Year in Review
Another year done, another review of what happened. I am going to start things off by thanking everyone who has been praying for my health and for my family as we struggle with my Mom’s declining health. Parkinson’s and dementia together have really progressed this year to the point as we start 2025 we will…
St. Mark UMC Mission Trip-Bible Story Station
It has been a very busy time at Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School since I returned in September. At the end of September (I mean the very end and late that night) a group from St. Mark UMC in Greenwood, SC arrived at the Kilimanjaro airport to start 9 great days of Bible School…
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth-Again
My favorite part of the school year-competitions and Christmas presents for the students and staff. A couple of years ago, I did pictures of all our kids missing their front teeth as they transition between baby and regular teeth. This year I noticed one of my big smilers was a little hesitant and finally got her to…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
Steve and Barnabas 