Every second week, we buy new chicks. We experience reasonable sales figures. We received a contract to supply 1 ton of cucumbers and 1 ton of carrots per week in Tete. We prepared the soil on the farm, and on a weekly basis we plant 0.25ha of cucumber and carrots. We also planted butternut and squash (boerpampoen). We had a lot of trouble with our sheep that died, but with the help of a vet in Mozambiek and a vet in Ireland, dr. Martie Viljoen, we are treating them now, and are sure that we will conquer this situation In July we had 35mm of rain on the farm. We are very thankful for the rain as it is much needed for die coffee trees and the new vegetable plantings. Pastor Antonio still does door to door evangelism. The encouragement scripture he uses is Ephesians 6: 14 – 15 – The Armour of God “Stand firm, therefore, having fastened the belt of truth around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,  and being firm-footed in the gospel of peace.” All we do is to honour our Heavenly Father. Isaiah 41:15 – “See, I’m making you into a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge. You’ll thresh and crush the mountains, and make the hills like chaff.” GOD CAN

On four occasions we bought chicks in June. They do eat a lot and grow fast. Every six weeks, we can buy a new batch. Jannie did some repair work on pastor Antonios motorcycle. We sold 25 bags of yellow mealies, and with the money we received, we were able to pay the annual taxes on the farm. Mwala Madzi’s vision is to be self sustainable and give a tenth of the income on the farm towards Kingdom work. We are strongly progressing in that way and are very excited about that. In middle June we started working on a new road to the farm. Jannie was on the tractor with the scraper and Dennis was on the TLB. The distance to the farm will be 7 km shorter with the new road. We are still not allowed to have church gatherings and services, and pastor Antonio does house to house ministry. The scripture he uses for encouragement, is Mathew 7:7 – “Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.  At the clinic I only treat injuries and malaria cases.