Briefly, we arrived via bus into Livingstone on
Saturday. It was an entertaining bus
ride (picture an aggressive greyhound bus with terrible music and no bathroom)
with one stop to pee during the 7.5 hour ride.
We made it alive and settled into Livingstone. We spent this morning at Victoria Falls with
the group from Farming God’s Way.
So…it’s the dry season.
I
didn’t know that the falls didn’t really
fall during this time of year. I
immediately thought of Dumb and Dumber when Lloyd says “I thought the Rocky
Mountains would be a lot rockier than this”.
Anyway, it was more like the Grand Canyon with a little water flowing
down it, than it was a great waterfall.
The point wasn’t to come see this beautiful sight any way, it was to get
introduced to Farming God’s Way. We went
on a prayer walk through the park and prayed over the country and for the
mission this week. It was super
encouraging.
We then took a military style caravan
truck over a pretty rough road for about 9 km to get to Overland Missions for
the formalities and preparations for the week.
It was Mandey and the kid’s first introduction to the African Bush. Overland Missions has a base camp situated
right on a cliff overlooking the gorge.
It was a breathtaking sight. Had
I not had sweat dripping down my face the entire time I may have enjoyed the
view a little more (its hot down here, really hot!).
I just want to
say that I am beyond impressed with the group of people down here. Grant Dryden, who is leading this week long
session, has been working with Farming God’s Way for several years and is
awesome to talk to and very humble to God.
There are people from all over the world; Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, the
Netherlands, South Africa, Canada, Germany, and the US all working together and
learning from each other with the single goal of making disciples and relieving
poverty through agriculture development.
While I have little experience gardening, this week will be very valuable. There are a number of people here who have
been doing this for a while and their success stories are encouraging. They are a terrific community to work with
and God is already at work stirring visions in my mind.
The
balance of the week will be spent doing in-field mentoring at various sights
around Livingstone. I will be spending
time with a Pastor who has implemented this in his church here in town with
considerable success. More to come….
When you get a chance you check out both
Overland Missions and Farming God’s Way.
They are two terrific organizations that are really getting it
right. I’m impressed.
“And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that
is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You
shall have them for food” Genesis 1:29
“The young lions roar for
their prey, seeking their food from God.”
Psalm 104:21
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