Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

We have just wrapped up February's monthly testing and awarded top student honors.  I want to share those with you and then I will go into some prayer requests for the site and the country. From the Baby Class we had a tie at first place between Ramadhan (left) and Ibrahim. Also in Baby class we had a tie at 3rd place between Michael (left) and Maulidy. In the Middle class we had Ester (pictured middle) Wilson (pictured left)  tied for 1st place and Angela in 3rd place.   In Pre-Unity Class, 1st place was Zoe (pictured right), Elisha (pictured second from right), Angel (2nd from left) and Samson (left) all tied for 2nd place. For Standard 1 it was Isaya in 1st place (pictured right), Jackson in 2nd place (pictured middle) and Elisha in 3rd (pictured left). Standard 2 we once again have Nice in 1st place (pictured right), Baraka in second place (pictured second from right.  Clara and Dorice tied in third place (statistical...

While I will be the first to say testing is not always the best method of determining how someone is doing in school, I also recognize that it is difficult to change a culture that only understands testing.  Testing is a time consuming process that takes up a half a week of classroom time every month. I still enjoy recognizing the students that do well with testing.  I console those that missed getting a prize by a mere point or less.  I wish I knew a better way, but until we can scan the brain to see what people have learned I guess it is testing. The girls continue to rule in our highest grade, Standard 3.  Though there was a slight change in order.  Teresia (far left) was 1st place this month.  Gladness in the middle was second and Grace was third.  The boys just cannot hold ground in the top three it seems.  That is their teach Twaha with them. In Standard 2, Nice (left)  took back 1st place from Dorice (middle) who kept the pre...

Last week I told you about finishing up the spelling competition with our students.   This last week we started the math competition with the Baby and Middle Class which mainly consisted of counting shapes on the television screen in a timed PowerPoint presentation.   I have three more weeks of math competitions (a week for each of the remaining classes) and then I will give you a full report on how that went.   This week we finished our end of month testing for October.   Top Students (Left to right--Baby Class, Middle Class, Pre-Unity Class, Standard 2 and Standard 1) While many of the names are the same, they sometimes happen in a different order.   As is normal, when we near the end of the year it seems to be all about the girls in Standard 1 and Standard 2 classes.   Gladness, Teresia and Grace (the only girls in our Standard 2 class because it is our smallest class) took the top three spots.   For those that have been following Obed’s r...

Tumaini Evangelistic Pre & Primary School has finished the first semester of our 2nd year in full operation.  When I think about what I want to tell people, I always start to brag on our ministry and our students.  So I am sorry but I am going to do it again. Obed reading to the Baby and Middle Class Our School average grade for the first semester is 84.2.  This is in a location where 21 is a passing grade and less than half pass. The Baby Preschool Class Top Students:  Eva (3rd), Joshua (1st) and Ramathan (2nd) Our Middle Preschool Class Top Students: Meshack (3rd), Angel (1st) and Yahaya (2nd). Our Pre-Unity Preschool Class Top Students:  Jackson (1st) Stephano, Catherine and Isaya (tied 2nd) Our Standard I Class Top Students:  Dorine (3rd) Baraka E. (2nd) and Nice back on top at #1. Our Standard II Class Top Students:  Theresia (2nd), Obed (3rd and first time in top 3), Gladness (1st)  Gladness and Obed are twin...