Harvest Hands disciples over 500 children in Rwentanga, Uganda and in November, we were invited to attend the Kinder Garden Graduation ceremony! What a blessing to be a part of the celebration. The teachers and children put on an amazing show for the parents and guests! ...so many talented children! Singing and dancing! To assist the school's development, Harvest Hands donated 10 bags of cement to help finish the school's walls and floors. On behalf of the Harvest Hands leadership trainers, we...
On Saturday, we held a Kids Camp in Rwentanga for 60 of the children in the discipleship program. We used 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 for the theme, "Walking with the Father" and had a great day! The children had a lot of fun and a couple kids made commitments to Jesus! ...pray for the leaders and parents as they meet to discuss ways to encourage the children's walk with the Lord now.
This week, we brought the farm school students to the farm and demonstrated the Farming God's Way planting method. They are a fun group and they enjoyed getting their hands in the dirt! Lots of good questions...this method is very different from the local way of planting. It's been interesting to see how their view of farming has changed as they realize the complexity of God's creation and the reasons why the soil needs structure and mulch in order to produce high yields. ...and slowly, they seem to be making the connection between God's promise to provide food, and how he created the environment to fulfill that promise. ...they are starting to see God is present in their lives!
The school disciplers, Godwin, Samuel and Jonas (Amon is not in the pic) got new transportation this week. Now they'll be out visiting the children's parents on their new bikes.
Last week, we started the Farming God's Way lecture series at the Rwentanga Farm Institute. Amon and Jonas are leading the lectures and they'll be assisted by other Harvest Hands leaders. They teach 3 sessions on Thursdays and the students' response has been welcoming. ...this is a great opportunity to teach a natural method of farming that will allow anyone to achieve high yields and reveal God's loving character and his faithfulness through the earth's ability to produce sufficient food for us, when we follow his ways.
Harvest Hand’s mission is to work with people that are disadvantaged and vulnerable, putting Jesus at the centre of the work, and forming partnerships, programs, projects and small business enterprises which transform local communities to provide for themselves and give witness to God’s love and presence.