Looking for land for Inundo Development is both exciting and daunting. We’ve been searching over the last few months – physically visiting, or scouring posted listings. Generally, we’ve known our basic needs: a few usable hectares, reasonably proximity to the airport, good accessibility, a house we can live in, and a good area from a […]
Our pickup truck navigated the rough path up the hill to Senzo’s house in the rolling hills of the northwest townships of Durban, South Africa. We were visiting Senzo after he had attended one of our Farming God’s Way trainings in Ballito. It was a scorching hot east coast afternoon and any open ground was […]
We begin a blogging series this month where we highlight one of the teaching components of the Farming God’s Way curriculum. Our focus today is on the Biblical Key of Understanding God’s All Sufficiency and how that can be a part of helping people begin to flourish. Farming God’s Way has 6 Biblical Keys that […]
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia (and first elected female head of state in Africa) once said, “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” This is an inspiring and potentially challenging quote for anyone grappling […]
It is a wonderful opportunity to share this video made by Grace Family Church who were significant supporters of the mill at “Walk in The Light” in Ntambahlophe. There is some great footage of the mill dedication and an interview with Erlo, the founder of “Walk In The Light.” Sincere thanks goes to the Grace […]
Momentum for transformation is building… We’ve written before about Erlo Driemeyer and Walk in the Light, a ministry not far from Estcourt, here in KwaZulu-Natal. You may recall that Estcourt is where the police broke up and arrested members of a human sacrifice and cannibalism ring. It is a community steeped in Zulu superstition and […]
We love being able to share a video made by the Grace Family Church communications team that gives some highlights of our Ballito Training. Partnerships with organizations like Grace extend our network in the Durban area. Thank you to all from Grace Church for The head houses the central control buy cialis in australia unit […]
From our first demonstration garden in 2010, we have been learning the transformational power of wise local resource utilization, combined with effective management, and a renewed mindset as laid out in Farming God’s Way. The impetus behind a tool like Farming God’s Way touches lives in physical, social, mental/emotional and spiritual ways. We have longed […]
It is great to be back blogging after almost 5 months in Canada. Those months away from South Africa are valuable to us because they are opportunities to connect our two worlds. While in Canada we often find our vision sharpened as we reflect on and share uniquely African stories. It is with gratitude that […]
We, the Wiens, are continually trying to redefine how people and even we ourselves see resources. Usually when we think outside of our normal box, we discover resources that we hadn’t previously recognized we also identify resources that we may be wasting or misusing and most exciting of all we discover that we can create […]