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What Is In the Box?

A brown box… everyone looks at it with curiosity. It sits on the table and it has a rope tied around it so that no one can look inside it. The facilitator asks for volunteers. Who would like to participate in this exercise? Many hands go up. This is our first Bhekulwandle community gathering at […]

Ladies, Hats and Protecting the Unborn

What would you do if giving birth to the child in your womb would cost you your sight? There was not a dry eye in the room during a video screening at the Amanzimtoti Pregnancy Resource Centre Tea in October. The video highlighted the life story of a lady who chose to give birth to […]

Soil Revival in Tanzania

I just had to pass on this story of renewal from Tanzania. This is what Farming God’s Way methods do to restore the fertility of the land. After being in Zambia where the soil is dry and dead, it gives me hope for what is possible. Alan Gardner writes: “We met this man Martin for […]

Translation Project Overcomes a Technical Scare

I am giddy (yes, giddy) with anticipation. I cannot believe that this dream of mine is becoming a reality. Up until now, when we do a 3 day Farming God’s Way training we use a combination of English DVD’s, English instruction and Zulu summaries. Next year hopefully, this will be changing. Late last year, thanks […]

Beautiful Zambia

Being a part of the Farming God’s Way team in Africa is an absolute highlight for us. It means networking with Dickson Shuwali in Malawi, Joshua Kakande in Uganda, Elias Chunga in Zambia, and many others. Recently, the whole Wiens family spent 2 weeks in southern Zambia to spend some time with these amazing leaders […]

Meeting the Farming God’s Way Team

After a lengthy hiatus, our vegetable gardens are back in production! The hiatus was caused by a 3-month home assignment to Canada, and the fact that I was a 1-man team in Farming God’s Way. Now I have more time to devote to FGW, there is no travel on the horizon and, most exciting, we […]

Discovering New Territory: Farming and Entrepreneurship

Before we departed in April for our 3 months in Canada, there were a number of circumstances that God was using to get our attention. We had the sense that community engagement was beginning in Bhekulwandle as we saw different individuals invest their own energies into community changing ideas. Most significantly, the Chief responsible for […]

O Canada!

Walking along a boardwalk in Toronto overlooking Lake Ontario with Kerry’s brother and her family, meeting some special new friends at a church in Waterloo, reconnecting with university friends at a coffee shop, laughing, remembering, savoring are all highlights of our 3 months in Canada. Breakfast at Timmy’s, Starbucks lattes, conversations, inspiration, hugs…. more highlights. […]

God is Good All The Time

We’re at the end of our first term in the field. Almost 4 years ago, we resigned from our ministry positions in Calgary and began raising funds to transition to South Africa. Now that 3 years have passed in South Africa, we’re heading back to Canada for 3 months and time with family, friends and […]

Spring in Canada!

Soon, we’ll be in Canada. We’re really looking forward to seeing family and friends. My tendency will be to go hard; to see as many people as we possibly can in our travels over the next 3 months; to pack the schedule full of meetings and engagements. The caution is to make sure we rest, […]