The Base Site
The base site hosted 21 students from the 4th grade at nearby Little Benjamin Christian School. They observed the sustainable agriculture and renewable energy projects in progress at the site, which is also a working farm. In the picture, Kirly Lopez teaches from Genesis, showing how the Earth is God's Creation and must be cared for. Going forward, Ami is returning to the US and will serve as a Resource Coordinator for the project, searching out teaching tools, raising prayer support and in general communicating what is going on in the barrios. In the coming year we hope to implement the residential program on a trial basis, but we are shifting tack slightly to see if we can deal with some compliance issues. We plan to have monthly visits in rotation to allow all 400+ students from Little Benjamin to visit the school for Bible teaching regarding stewardship as well as hands on demonstrations of the appropriate technology that we have installed at the base site. We have wind energy, biogas and soon solar installed on the property. We want the base to be a resource for the school programs that we operate nearby, and these field days are the first steps. The site is in fact a working farm with a dairy herd and seasonal plantings of corn and other traditional crops. As the base site develops we want it to be as self-sufficient as possible in terms of energy efficiency and other fixed costs, especially security. |
Construction Group Visit
The first week of March we were visited by the group of men from Southern California who come each year to take on construction projects. Each year they bring electricians, mechanics, and welders for an intense week working on projects here. They always help us get caught up on our work with the special trade skills they bring. It is always good to see these men who return year after year, developing a long term relationship with the work and people here. We don’t host many short term mission trips. We only have time and resources to host groups like the Journeymen who are forging a long term relationship with the team here. |
The Dawn Treader ProjectWe are beginning to “ visioneer” a next step for the work in the Tribal areas of the Atlantic Coast. So far we have worked with water projects, radio broadcasts and evangelism with the Jesus Film in the local language. Last year we constructed a large cargo boat to support these projects and the transportation needs of the communities in general. We are in the planning and design stage of constructing a larger boat that will serve as a floating base for the work, extending our reach in the communnites. The Miskitu are semi nomadic and taking a cue from their lifestyle should open more doors for evangelism among them. |