Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

A couple of weeks ago I talked about some of the fatalistic attitude you will find here in Tanzania and honestly in much of the majority world.  Want to make sure we are using terms the same here:  Fatalism is the belief that what will happen has already been decided and cannot be changed from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fatalism.   Basically accepting one's life situation as unchangeable.  Majority World is a term coined to try to better describe the world in different terms from the first and third world philosophy but applies to those places in the world that are underdeveloped and often live in poorer conditions or in other words the majority of the world we live in.  Today I  want to discuss a different view of the fatalistic attitude to a positive one.  The best way to do this in terms of how they work.  Every morning as I get ready for my day, I see a group of women walking out to the fields with their hoes and every evening...

This has been a full week and many things I think are worth sharing both from the standpoint of what it takes to do things here or slightly humorous. So basically this will more than likely be a long blog. As I mentioned a couple of blogs ago, I will be moving out to the site to live in the small building we have on site.  First the building needs some work and I will have to build my furniture like a bed, chairs and table.  So after getting back from Arusha and some and lots of good work there including tracking down some safety equipment and a folding 20 foot ladder, I had to get busy and start buying items not only for my house but also for the projects going on this month as money had arrived on Mpesa for me to use in getting those items purchased. The site projects I had to buy for included the Ward building's bath house and latrine which included a full variety of materials but started with inspecting the doors I had paid to have made before I left for Nair...

This was my last visit to Nairobi and I tried to make it a big one.  I added three days to the normal trip so I would not be so rushed especially since it is a day there and a day back on the shuttle.  Was glad I did as I was able to work in a couple of side trips and extra stops at my favorite places to eat. So to start things off I get into Nairobi on Tuesday evening and contact my friend in country to let her know I am there and see when she would like to get together.  She mentions she is already at one my favorites to eat at Mambo Italia at Lavington Curve (for when you want a taxi driver to find it say the Lavington Nakumatt).  We first discovered this pizza and Italian slice of heaven at the Karen Nakumatt Galleria I think.  They have a carnivore thin crust that is right up my ally.  So grab a taxi and off I go where I met one her local friends who just quit their job.  That poor bottle of wine never sto...