The house has been very busy as we work to complete our projects in the final days. Friday was our last working day at Joseph's house and the clinic. We wished our future doctor and pharmacy friends (Mike, Jake and Alden) well at 4 am this morning, as they departed for Livingston to see victory falls. Joel, Liam and I finished up everything we could on the clinic and hung the "Gracie's Place" sign above the door before departing. The team constructed desks, benches and shelves for the clinic, all of the furniture is being stored at Joseph's house for safe keeping until the doors on the clinic are in place. Our work has made a good start and we hope to see the clinic come to be a place of health and healing.
The agricultural work has gone well. We finished seeding the intensive cultivation plots on Thursday, with 500 seeds in each of the three plots, just north of the shade house. The shade house is filled with over 1000 planting bags, 1073 to be exact :D Many bags and seeds remain and Joseph has the additional supplies in safe keeping to continue with more planting bags in the future. We have shared seeds and planting bags with several other people and hope to spread seeds and knowledge of moringa farther this year.
The irrigation system for the vegetable garden and moringa is working nicely. Bringing water to the field is perhaps the best accomplishment of this year's work in the fields. This will enable much more ease in growing the moringa and other crops year round.
Many hands, minds and hearts have helped with this year's work and many people will continue the work here in Zambia after our American team has departed. May our work continue to grow and bring life and health.
Mwemde Bwino, Good Journeys,
Reuben
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