Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

I have seen a lot on Facebook about if you don't like this Christmas son then something is wrong with you.  Well I don't get into all that negative speak but I have to say if you can look at these faces and not think about the song "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" then we may be looking at different pictures. It is Christmas time and the last day of school, we gave out presents to the kids thanks to Zion United Methodist in North Carolina.  All the kids got a backpack (most of the Dora the Explorer this year), six exercise books, two pencils (courtesy of MUMC team), sharpener, erasers, ruler, toothpaste, toothbrush (courtesy of MUMC team), a coloring book, puzzle, bracelet, a couple scripture coins, crocheted washcloth, box of crayons, toy car, additional toy based on age.  Those moving up to Standard I got their own copy of the 100 Best Loved Bible Stories book we use for devotion time. I am going to put a bunch of pictures here (but st...

Six years really does not seem like a long time.  When I first planned to come to Africa with my first mission group I intended to spend six years there.  I thought that would give enough time to get the ministry back up and running and have everybody working on the same page.  We know what God says about our plans and it turned out to be true.  After 3.5 years I switched ministries to the school I am now involved with.  In January it will have been six years since I started this journey as a full time missionary in Tanzania.  And NO I am not  planning on stopping now.  This school feels like one of the most important opportunities I have to do God's work so I have no intentions of coming back home to stay.  Only God really knows how long I will be here, but I hope it is through the completion of the school in 5 more years. We officially closed the school December 6th for the end of the school year in Tanzania.  The school will reopen ...