Wednesday, December 30, 2009

12/30/09 from Drew (Agriculture Team)

Got to love this tropical weather! Hot at night, hotter in the day. We almost got a cab just to get the AC.

Matt, Reuben, Dad (Jim), and I are staying with Pastor Gervase and his family in a house. The fly zapper works well but the scorpion had to be killed the old fashioned way (shoe).

Today we finished the first day of work. After we ate breakfast Reuben, Dad, and I (team moringa) took a walk to look for a spot to plant moringa. We went about five feet and Dad spotted one….. No, not a place to plant moringa, a moringa tree about 18 feet tall with a 100+ pods and lots of leaves. Very useful for our work shop. We looked all over and that was the only moringa tree we saw.

After that Pastor Gervase, Reuben, Dad, and I went to an orphanage with shirts and candy. Just one of many in great need. They drink from a well (four feet hole in the dirt) and eat whenever they can.

Then we took a taxi to the church and walked around till the HIV ED team got done. We (team moringa) gave a ½ hour speech on moringa. I think that went over well.

All in all it was a good day.

Thank you for praying

Drew

2 comments:

Betty Wolf said...

God bless you, Drew and team. So grateful that you are all so faithful in updating the blog. Trust that all went well on the trip. An 18 footer - Wow!

Ed said...

Hey, I there is a group out here that developed a method for filtering water. The kit costs like US$25. I will follow up with more info once I meet with them and see how it works. That should be soon.

In Christ,

Ed