I have been trying lately to write more to go along with the photos. I have turned to various AI engines but find they mainly add more verbiage to the descriptions I write them and therefore save me very little time. I do read them and have drawn some ideas from them. The fact that…
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Rising Stars of Tumaini: A Celebration of Our Top Students
At Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School in Kiruani, every child is on a journey—a journey of discovery, learning, and growth. Today I am writing about those students who have excelled during the first exam of the 2nd Term and after their long break during June. 🌱 Baby Class – The First Steps In the…
Standard 7 Prayer Request and Introduction
We are currently in our final preparations for the Standard 7 students to take their exit exam (Officially labeled PSLE-Primary School Leaving Examination). This examination serves two purposes really. The first to determine if the students have learned the basics necessary to advance to Secondary School and the second is to help Private Secondary Schools…
2025 Spelling Competiton
I am going to be honest up front. I recently read an article about using Chat GPT (yes one of those AI services) to write or help create blog content that would inspire. So I gave it a try. I gave it some specific information about our recent Spelling Competition and let it go. Overall…
End of 1st Semester Top Students
It has been a busy time for me personally. The school closed up for the mid year break between semesters in early June and will reopen the second week of July. So I am finishing up my time off here after Mom’s funeral and will be heading back just before the school opens. So as…
2025 Student Bible Competition
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…
Top Students 1st Semester Mid-Terms
For those wondering and asking, I am still stateside. After the memorial service and the work I need to do on my house to get it ready to rent again, I would only have a month in Tanzania before they closed for the mid-year break over the month of June. So I will be returning…
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 Team-Worship/Maasai
Every team that comes get a chance to participate in worship at the church closest to our school (plus the school director is the bishop/pastor for this church). They have the opportunity to sing and give the sermon, but more than anything they get to enjoy a different form of worship. I always joke the…
St. Mark UMC Mission Team-Games
Always a key element to a successful Bible school is games for the kids to play. They don’t always tie directly into your bible lesson for a specific day, but they do allow the kids to be kids and burn some energy. When doing one in a less developed country where team sports, especially for…
Steve and Barnabas 