Mid-May Update

 In one month's time the green of rainy season is fading into the browns of fall.

Thankfully with the irrigation working the trees and areas directly around them should remain green and growing.

The slashing of the lawn and a lot of the weeding around plants and campus will slow down considerably, however with the watering of the nursery plants the weeding there will continue.

Both the Bible College students and the Jembo boarding students returned and classes resumed for the final trimester of the academic year. Graduation should occur for the Bible students on July 18th.

Cory's first agricultural class was to visit the orchards and learn about the irrigation project.

Praying that soon the date for completion of the 'Farming God's Way' training can be set for the leaders to travel here.

Fritz and I draw near to completing his freshman year of high school as less than a month remains. We plan to celebrate with a short break and weekend trip to Livingstone in mid-June. 

Rev. Patrick organized the harvesting of the project's corn crop this week, complicated by his needing to be away for several days.

A neighbor's corn waiting for a truck to transport.

Fall weather is dry with cool nights and warm days. Clouds are becoming less frequent as moisture lessens. 

The huge lake Kariba to our south continues to fill (now at 40%, one year ago was 16%) due to rains in other areas. 

 This is a good thing as most of Zambia's electricity comes from hydroelectric power plants. 

Thankful for our solar panels that provide power for our electronics including the water pump.