Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

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 swarms and moths out of my house.  I had been at the site for a week and half so I was also out of food good for a diabetic.  So I was ready to come to town.  I arranged my motorcycle taxi as normal and left just after morning devotions at the school.  He had apparently eaten his wheaties this morning because it was a fast trip to the normal dala dala stand.  Only no dala dalas and he kept going.  We get a mile past the normal dala dala stand and about 100 people are standing around a larger bus that is stopped.  So we get off and go look to see what is up.  The road is flooded.  Never fear we decided to cross it anyway on the motorcycle.  Twice I had to get off and hel...

I started this week with one blog topic in mind since it would be around Thanksgiving when I would post it.  I worked on it when I got enough power to the computer I could type it up.  I planned to pen a blog on being thankful for the use of the house at the site and all the things that made it so nice compared to the tiny house I used to live in. But as I walked to the bus stand today I felt I should change the story for which I am giving thanks.  Those who know me well, know I like a good place to live and running water but I am comfortable living on the ground in a tent somewhere.  So giving thanks for the creature comforts is great it just is not me so to speak.  Like I said I am thankful for them, but there are things I find more important in this life. When I used to walk at my other site, I had locations where kids would run out to greet me and ask I take their picture so they could see themselves on the view screen (they were not big on getting the...

Hello all.  This is Barnabas and dad is attaching my second newsletter to this blog-hopefully!  You can download each page by right clicking and choose save image.  Last Newsletter made it to California and New York where businesses and churches printed it out to give to kids.  Let's see how many places can become involved this time.