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…
Tag: Tanzania
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…
St. Mark UMC Mission Team-Craft Station
A Bible school has to have crafts. Children the world over love to do crafts. In fact when doing a Bible school in Africa or South America you will find the adults enjoy the chance to participate in the crafts room as much as the children. I have had bus and truck drivers sit down…
St Mark UMC Mission Team-Music Station
A Key element for any Bible School, either in the USA or abroad, is music. Parent’s love to come see their little ones singing and dancing the typically high energy songs typical of Vacation Bible School. Children are predisposed, in my humble opinion, to want to learn through music and enjoy burning some energy. Children…
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…
2024 Graduation Ceremony
This year marks a major milestone for Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School. At the beginning of this year we added the final Primary grade-Standard 7-to our school. We held the graduation ceremony for that class on August 30 even thought the class does not take their government exit exams until September 11 and 12….
Post Flood Update
I have been back in Tanzania for almost a month after the floods receded. This should help with understanding how massive the effect has been in our area. The waters have receded from the high of about 13 feet that covered the main road to our village for several months. They have been doing repairs…
Preschool Graduation 2023
Yes it is time for our preschool graduation ceremony again. The event was very much like last year’s a lot longer (3 hours) than a preschool student’s attention span. There at least was no speech about what they should study at college or what career they should hope for-they are just in preschool. The dance…
We continue to have a lot going on
I have had trouble getting blogs out and really it is a sign of good things not just me being lazy. As this school year raps up we are having our competitions, getting 2023 budgets ready, preparing Christmas gift budgets, going through government inspections, the church is having fundraisers and we are giving the students…
My name is Steve-get used to it! Sorry but not sorry
I decided to save this story for a week so Doug and Frank can get home and forget all about checking my blog regularly before I tell it. There is something you may need to get used to or accept if you come to visit our school. The kids in our village area think all…
Steve and Barnabas 