As with almost every pastor in village East Africa, Pastor
Njuguna has several income generating projects funding his life and ministry.
Some of these ideas, I’m happy to report, came from Surprised by Hope’s
asset-based development workshop. Pastor served as my translator for that
course back in February and took those lessons to heart.
To begin, the church is digging a well to provide water for
use on the church farm and for sale to nearby families. He’s raising rabbits
for sale to tourist restaurants…though it’s difficult to multiply them given
that he had only two and…one escaped. He’s built a chicken coop to house future
chickens. He’s gardening – currently tomatoes – using irrigation to make these
fruits available in the off seasons. And he runs a “general store” in the
village center.
They very same day we prayed together for the favor of the
Lord to multiply his work exponentially, Pastor Njuguna received a phone call
about another income generating opportunity. This man works so hard to grow his
church and his spiritual family. I love watching God increase his territory!
