Saving Africa

This past week Brent and Luke got a chance to travel to Munkushi to be a part of a leadership summit with Brian Oldreive from Foundations For Farming. The trip was last minute as a few seats on a private plane opened up for them to attend. The meetings were focused on discussing current issues facing Sub-Saharan Africa particularly pertaining to predicted global food shortages in the next twenty years. It is estimated that by 2035 there will not be enough food produced globally to feed the estimated 8 billion people who will populated the earth at that time. Some of the last tracks of untouched arable lands in the world exist between Southern Zimbabwe and The Democratic Republic of Congo (Zambia lies directly in the middle). Recent trends have seen massive tracks of land in Zambia being bought up by foreign governments including China, Brazil and even the US. The leadership summit focused on utilizing conservation farming, founded on the Gospel of Jesus, to equip Zambians with the skills they need to farm these lands and hence prevent Zambia from being run by foreign entities. The trip provided some great contacts for our ministry. In attendance were leaders from some of the biggest agricultural firms in Southern Africa as well as Brian Oldreive's cousin Gavin Johnson (a member of the 1995 South Africa national rugby team.......remember the movie Invictus?) The trip's events also included a farmer's breakfast for the local men in Munkushi. Gavin Johnson was able to share his testimony about how God has touched his life and the importance Foundations For Farming plays in the Gospel of Christ being spread in Southern Africa. Keep praying for how this amazing program might be utilized to see Zambia become the shining light God has purposed it to be in these last days!