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Something else I havn’t told you is about the church Jodi and I attend in Bulawayo.  River of Life is a growing young church who have a huge passion for evangelisation and community outreach.  One area they are keen in spreading out to is into Umguza (a small rural township just outside Bulawayo).

At this stage they are stongly involved in reaching out to the Umguza commity through teaching effective farming methods (Farming Gods Way) as well as starting up teaching programs for young preschool children.  Just recently, I was able to head out with Taps (one of the elders and a close friend) to a block of land which the church has been able to purchase in Umguza.  It is really exciting to see and hear their visions of this block of land where they are planning on builing a church as well as creating a Farming God’s Way training centre as well as a whole host of other community based programs.

The other day I was looking through all the pictures I had taken on my camera and realised that I hadn’t told you able a lady from OZ who came out earlier this year for about 6 months.  One of the things that she was able to do was to bring the “Shine Program” into Zimbabwe.

The Shine program is developed to help girls encounter their true value and help the young ladies realise that they are individuals who have worth, strength and a purpose.

 Here are some pictures of the Zim YFC team members who have participated in the course and who are now accredited trainers of the Shine Program.

Just last week I blogged all about how well our chickens were going and how we have only had minimal deaths (3) right at the start.  Well … the next day when I went out to Willow Park, Chris, our head groundsman told me that 9 chickens had died during the previous weekend (whilst he was on his time off) … but due to his quick thinking he gave them all some muthi (medicine) and they  are all back to 100% health (without anymore deaths).   Rock on!!!  We think it was some form of air-born sickness so we have now also moved them from the room where they were staying into the outdoor chicken pens.

I think that they only have about 7 more weeks and then they will be starting to lay … this will be fantastic.