Farming God's Way Update

Tukwatanize women weeding the beans in the extended Well Watered garden
at the Shalom Primary School.  The original Well Watered garden
 is shown at the top of the picture. 

The women have really embraced Farming God’s Way (FGW) by applying what they have learned in their own gardens and by extending the Well Watered garden at the Shalom Primary School.  They have continued to diligently and faithfully weed their gardens and pray that the Lord will bless the work of their hands with an abundant harvest soon.

Although the ladies are seeing the blessing practically in applying God’s ways to farming, I think the greatest blessing that has taken place is in their attitude toward farming. Farming is no longer considered a less worthy kind of labor. One of the biggest issues that came through during the initial training was the shame that is attached to being a farmer in this culture, even though greater than 70% of the population are farmers.  FGW has really encouraged them to bring the Lord into every area of their life and that farming can be used as one way to bear much fruit that will glorify their Father.  FGW has also helped them to realize that God was the original Gardner and that farming was part of God’s original plan for man. In the beginning, God placed man in the garden and gave him the responsibility to tend and care for it.  More importantly it was a place where God chose to fellowship with man. We have continued to encourage the ladies to use farming as a way to honor God with their hands and to use their time in the garden as an opportunity to fellowship with Him.  This has greatly changed their attitude toward farming and the importance of glorifying God in every area of their lives.

I have included more pictures below of several women who have applied FGW to their gardens. Please continue to pray for an abundant harvest.  We look forward to sharing more praise reports with you soon!  Agape, Luan

Glady's proudly showing off her garden on our property.
She has planted maize and ground nuts using FGW methods.

Glady's maize is significantly taller and is
yielding much larger ears than ever before.

Zoe was excited for to show me her garden during a recent visit.
She applied what she learned from attending the FGW training.