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…
Tag: Conversations with Barnabas
Conversations with Barnabas: Namelock, Samwell and Marco
Before I get started with this week’s blog, I want to tell you about my trip into town today so I could post it. Our rainy season is finally here a bit late but here. So it rained a couple of nights in a row which means I have swept bags full of dead termite…
Conversations with Barnabas: Meet Mery
Before I get started, I wanted to say thank you to everyone who wished me well after last week’s blog. My fever finally broke for good that Monday night. I have been coughing it all up out of the deep recess of my lungs this week. My throat is still very raw feeling and I…
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…
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…
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…
Conversations with Barnabas #5
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…
Steve and Barnabas 