This is a time to celebrate for me personally as I am writing my 100th blog about becoming a missionary engineer with Full Dimension Ministry in Tanzania. I honestly cannot believe I have found enough to talk about to fill 100 blogs. I am not known as a chatty person, some might even call me…
Tag: Tanzania
Conversations with Barnabas #1
Welcome to Conversations with Barnabas Bear which I hope to make a regular feature in the blog rotation. A couple of items up front, the conversation is fictional (hopefully that was obvious) but are pulled from some of my (Steve) conversations and observations during my time here in Tanzania. The main purpose of these is…
Family Tanzanian Vacation
These last couple of weeks have been full of adventures for myself, Barnabas Bear and my family visiting from the states. I met up with them in Istanbul, Turkey for a couple of days before we flew over to Nairobi, Kenya then drove to Arusha taking in a Safari along the way. In Arusha, we…
A smile is worth more than you think
Primary school kids at eyeglass distribution point-wanted picture with Twiggy the Twiga who you can barely see at the flagpole. The first time I was asked to do eyeglasses was on a medical mission trip to Panama in 2002. I was mainly along for crowd control and hauling luggage and the fact I loved…
Sifu Mungu Gari
Ok this week I want to talk about string theory in theoretical physics…Just kidding of course I am going to talk about the truck. Let’s start at the beginning of this particular set of events. Tuesday, March 9 I get a text from William about he has found a vehicle can I come to Arusha. …
Puppies and Rain
Rain I have always loved rain for as long as I can remember. There were a couple of times in the military where it rained so long and so hard you would think I would have learned to hate it but it only reinforced my love of rain no matter how much or long I…
Home?
This last month has been busy, exciting, sometimes overwhelming and once again a beautiful reminder of the blessings I have in my life not only from the perspective of what is available to me in the states but also the love of those who support and believe in me.Let me start with some of the…
Peace Corp Volunteer Girls Conference
Got the opportunity to particpate in the Girl’s Conference put on by some of the Peace Corp volunteers. They did a four day event in Singida, housing and feeding the girls from I think 6 different secondary schools in rural areas for a total of about 30 girls with the purpose to empower them. They…
De Road, De Road…Oh Wait! De Bridge De Bridge
Let’s play the age game. I am guessing most of my readers are old enough to remember a show from the late 70’s to early 80’s called Fantasy Island that aired on ABC. The concept was simple, the wealthy (normally though some story lines indicated you paid according to your means) paid to have their…
The sands of time
So I promised some follow up to items mentioned in my last blog but unfortunately the internet service has been very weak lately and I have not been able to follow up on that. So here is the first one and I will get the second one out when I return from this trip to…
Steve and Barnabas 