SEED Farms Update

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Nancy and I visited the farm on Friday and spent the whole day at work with our team of workers.

We were busy planting poles for fencing a portion of the property. We harvested some Cassava from the farm and use our power saw cut unneeded palm trees and other trees for the fence. I was working along with T. Kollie our builder. We cleared a large area (15 acres) this year to plant rice and other crops. We also located a site for the construction for the future home of our in coming bush king (75hp John Deere Tractor) with attachments (wagon, plough and front end loader) this is a huge miracle!

Continue to pray for our water well project. The farm is without safe drinking water. Workers are still drinking from the nearby stream.

Rich blessings!

Kokeh

SEED Farms Update

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We were able to reach the farm yesterday. It was a tough trip with the vehicle losing pressure and overheating on two occasions. In spite of our late arrival, we were able to accomplish a couple of tasks. We framed the two room warehouse and sufficiently cleared the building site and made a car path from the main road to the building site. The power saw was really helpful in felling trees from the road and building site. Thank God for this gift to the farm.

Our major challenge is road. A small team worked on the road, but there are still a lot of clearing and log bridges to construct to make the road passable. We are planning to spend at least two days after we complete the warehouse on the road work. We will return on Saturday to complete the warehouse to serve as a tent for the work team. This road is needed in order to truck in materials for the farmhouse construction.

The Cassava we planted on the portion in growing well. We are sending in a power saw guy to crosscut logs on the other portion. The logs will be used to process charcoal we can sell as a cost recovery scheme. We got Palm seedling yesterday for the planting. The person who is going to help us do the planting is an agriculturist who has offered to help us do the planting. He is also offering his services to build our seedling nursery for Pepper and Bitter balls in August. That would mean clearing lowland portions in preparation for vegetable planting.

Thanks for your encouragement and support for SEED!

Kokeh

Important Update on Land Acquistion for SEED

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LEADLiberia’s 125 acre Land Title Deed is probated and finally registered by law. The property is now ours! All thanks to the Lord and to the friends who made it possible!

Without haste, we decided to begin preparing our land for building and planting. It was three days of rigorous work from our volunteer Land Clearing Team and a great start on the initial portion of the property. We plan to use that portion for a farm house and to plant some crops. Our main objective is to keep clearing the property for proper landscaping and to make site planning easier.

The villagers are really excited that an organization will be involved in their community. They are asking if we are going to build a school for their kids and church. Kids walk about 2 miles to the nearest school. Folks walk 3 miles to the nearest town to charge their mobile phones and clinic as well. Trekking on foot with their goods is a normal routine for everyone including young kids. We will be open to how the Lord will "lead" and provide in the future.

Thanks for standing alongside and praying for us.

Rich blessings!

Kokeh