Monday, September 19, 2016

PRAYER NEEDED for our country

We need you to pray for our beautiful country at the moment. 
We are suppose to currently be in the middle of the wet season. 
It use to be that you could distinguish the seasons ( wet and dry ) because it was so obvious from one day to the next. 
This is no longer the case and causing many issues. 

This is so far an incredibly dry wet season. 
Farmers and families live here season to season. They generally do not store up for a rainy day - they never needed too. 
So due to this - famine is a result of one bad dry season. 
Especially in the villages and certain parts of the country. 

If we don't get some serious, decent rain soon ..... famine is sure to follow. 
Which means prices of everything - especially the staple items go up - so unless you have the money you will really suffer. 

This is incredibly personal for us - 
*one the majority of rob's family are in the village and grow their own food. 

*secondly - many of the families we work with in the slums will dramatically suffer with the price of food increasing - this will often mean school fees won't be paid so they can eat - ending in children not attending school. 

*thirdly - we are farming..... we have been farming tomatoes, cabbages and hot pepper ( like chilli) ... we have done this to try and help us to be able to pay our own rent... feed ourselves... pay the many school fees for rob's siblings and the upkeep of family members he supports. We also were believing for a great harvest and for the extra for us to put in to the ministry. 

Our crops are doing ok..... but because everyone's have riped quickly due to sun... the market is flooded... so can mean alot less for what you have. 

We also have some seedlings waiting to go into the ground but needing it to rain. 

We ask you to join with us and pray for RAIN RAIN RAIN for our beautiful country ... 

A few photos below of where our tomatoes and cabbages are growing. 






Ziah loves when he gets to go to farm


Discussing the progess of tomatoes and cabbages 

One of the cabbages



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