Focus on one particular community is an excellent approach
to ministry in underdeveloped nations. Needs in such a country are most
certainly vast and holistic. And so the focused approach allows for a more
complete healing and restoration of that community. Afayo is a ministry that
takes just such an approach. They’re primary concern is for the education and
livelihood of this community so that the orphans can thrive.
I was recently invited to introduce the Entrepreneurship
Series of workshops there and enjoyed the first two sessions with them. Before
the teaching ministry began, though I got a tour of the church, the school, and
the farm project using the Farming God’s Way method. Though I don’t know much
about this farming method – or any farming for that matter – the point seems to
be that being more efficient in the way farming is done will produce higher
yields. Given that agriculture is such a big part of the economy in Uganda, it
makes sense to teach these methods both to adults and in the schools. I believe
what Afayo is sewing in these children will most certainly be harvested in
their generation to come.
Our first two entrepreneurship sessions together went very
well. About 50 people attended and slowly caught on to the fact that they have
the ability to do so much more if they accept that they are created in the
image of God, have the mind of Christ, and are called to be imitators of God.
As always, I loved watching the light bulbs come on and see the change in their
overall attitudes as compared to when they first began.
I look forward to following up with them to find out all the
ways God has used the teaching to change the way they do life and business.
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| Alex is a boy magnet. They love him wherever we go! |
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| These girls are practicing Farming God's Way |
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| Alex co-facilitates, he's an excellent teacher! |
