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Zephania and Neighbours Prepare for the Growing Season

Sibongiseni elaborates on the demonstration for Farming God’s Way training.

Just before leaving for Canada, we held a FGW training at The Seed of Hope Centre. Now that he is full time with Oasis Church, Sibongiseni Dlamini is around a whole lot more than he used to be, and loves being involved in anything that involves evangelism and discipleship. As Farming God’s Way fits the bill, he was my translator and co-trainer for the first time – even though he’d never been through the training himself. Musa was there some of the time as well, and the three of us had a great time teaching, training and answering questions. The last part of the training is always practical, and this group re-planted the vegetable demonstration plot out in the yard. Unfortunately, we received a month of rain immediately following, and much of it needs to be replanted, but the course was a success nonetheless.

Zephania and his neighbours sit in the FGW class.

I took special note of a young man named Zephania. He was particularly eager to learn, and exhibited leadership qualities in the class. I wasn’t able to follow up with him after the course, as I left the next week for Canada. Shortly after my return, however, he came to see me, asking questions and inviting me to come and see his plot. I went down to see where he wanted to plant, and wouldn’t you know, he’s got 8 neighbours organized to work together on a fairly large piece of bottom land. I was ecstatic. They wanted to grow maize and mixed veggies, but the course I had taught dealt with mixed veggies only. By then, though, I had organized the next training session, which took place at the end of October. I gave them some instructions and next steps, and invited them to the next training, where I went into detail about growing maize (corn). Five of the eight came, there were about 16 learners all together, and it was the best training we’ve done yet!

Zephania, attends the September FGW class.

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Graduates of the October FGW class.

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