Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

Before I forget to include it later in the blog, I have a link to Blessed2BlessU Ministries, Inc. January 2018 newsletter which features an article about myself as well as a great piece in on Pastor Rogers Mnzavas. Today marks the first week back in the Moshi to Kiruani area and the start of my 5th year in Tanzania. During my trip back home speaking to various groups, I informed them of the tragic thing to happen here while I was gone.  I realize though many of my readers may not have been in those groups so you don't know about Pastor Rogers Mnzavas passing over Christmas week.  Rogers was my age when he died unexpectedly. Pastor Rogers was the Tanzanian heading things up for us here in Tanzania.  While the school was the brainchild of Pastor Stephen Molle, it was Rogers who first introduced Pastor Doug Johnson to Stephen and also started up an NGO to run the school through. His passing left many questions for all those in the USA while I was still almost a month f...

This one is going to be very different.  Because Blogger will not allow me to post a PDF file, I had to do this kind of weird.  So Barnabas' newsletter is on Facebook in two image files.  I am posting the main article here but if you would like the count in Kiswahili, games and other fun items you will need to follow the link to download the two images.  The answer to the crossword puzzle is also there in image file and I have given a link below. Page 1 of Newsletter Page 2 of Newsletter Answers to Crossword Puzzle A Kid's Life in Tanzania-School Since I spend more of my time with the kids in Tanzania than I do with adults, I thought it would be good to tell you a little about what their life is like.   Let’s start with school.   Pre-Primary is similar to kindergarten and is for children 5-6 years of age and normally lasts 2 years.   However it is normal in rural (outside the city) areas for there to be no pre-primary type school and i...