The moringa team had another good day. We traveled to Kitwe to give a presentation to a group of physicians at Kitwe Central Hospital. Before our presentation, a case study was presented on infant malnutrition that was closely related to what we were lecturing on. Jim and Holly then gave an abbreviated version of the presentation due to a lack of time, and then handed out moringa seeds and seedlings to those that were interested. We are hoping that the physicians will recommend using the tree to their patients and tell them how to grow and harvest it. The doctors seemed interested in our work, particularly some of the research that has been done on using the moringa to help prevent blindness; moringa has a very high Vitamin A content.
Tonight we had a meal of grilled-cheese and PB&Js; really whatever we could find. We found out that the power is going to be out from 8am-5pm tomorrow, so we're all trying to get our fill of electricity before then. There is a crowd gathered in the family room watching a soccer game as well as a line for the email.
Tomorrow we will hold one of our last workshops. A group of students from the church planting school as well as some other pastors will be coming to Dr. T's house. We're hoping to have them plant some of our trees for us, as "practice." We'll let you know how it goes.
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