Pray for the seeds

 

A lot of seeds were planted today.  

The team brought a hockey bag full of toys so that was a big hit .. the kids were able to get a couple toys each ... And the grandma's stuffed their pockets for all their grand children .

We gave out about 125 seed packages as well. 

Each package had a great selection of seeds for a kitchen garden .

Supper tonight we had lazagna and garlic bread and carrot cake with hot apple cider for dessert.

Ruslan came to the farm on Friday and helped me prep all the meals .  So it was a lot easier then it looked.  Just pull it out of the freezer and stick it in the oven 😀 

One man got a few packages.. this man is one of my heroes. He took the dump that we had to drive threw on our way to the Kashar and is turning it into a park.. tomorrow I will post some pictures when I bring him some flower seeds..   beauty from ashes. 

The grandma's were giddy 😂 

The girls were troopers handing out seeds and figs to every one even though it was a little chilly .

Logon was the bomb .. he greeted everyone.

They were all in shock that even I had a coat and hat on .. but I am still not whering socks. 

At lunch today the girls ordered ceaser pizza.. it actualy looked interesting

I am going to have to try it some time .

Our first stop today was to visit the baby orphanage .. 

The kids loved the little gift bags .. a small stuffed animal, a match box car, a finger fidget, a banana and a hat.   

We had modeling clay but it was flavored... If you can imagin .. so we gave those directly to the workers so the kids don't eat them .  We also gave the orphanage 5 litres of honey. 

This was the girls packing bags last night .  

Tomorrow we have the men's home coming for a picnic up at the Kashar . Always a fun day as well . 

A day in the city

Today we ventured into Bishkek for church. Then after that we went for a walk along the street where all the old people bring their yard sale stuff.. it's an interesting glimps into the past.  A little later we met up with our Bishkek people along with the farm folks for a nice supper out and then bowling . 

 

Wow that was fun.

We had a great day today at the Kashar with students from the English school.everyone had such a great time .. horseback riding, eagle show and a cook your own hot dog on the fire with salads ...

 

Arriving soon.

 We are excited to be receiving our first team of the season tomorrow morning .  Everything fell into place for an extremely short connection in Istanbul.  They landed and departed only 2 gates apart.  

I will try to keep up with blog posts this week . There are lots of fun things in store so stay tuned . 

A light dusting of snow.

Its a little nicer inside then out side at the farm ..Winter is hanging on with a fresh dusting of snow.  If all goes well we should  be working the garden in a few weeks , but for now there is just planting in the greenn house .   We can start the tomatoes , peppers and vine crops for in the gardens  this week and by April they will be ready to move to the fields. 

Its still a lot better then the dusting of snow we are getting in Canada right now with another 7 inches in the last few hours.  

 

Seeds arrived .

 We have seeds for over 200 families all packaged up and ready to go.   To these we will add some seed potatoes  and tomato and pepper plants .   Now we are just looking for some funds to throw a party in the playground. We will get these distributed in the last week of March to give people time to start some of the seeds indoors .  

March 4 to Thunder Bay

As part of  preparing to return to Kyrgyzstan this spring,  I will be flying  Mom up to my Brothers in Thunder Bay on Tuesday March 4. 

I will have a layover at the airport waiting for my return flight .   So that said I would love to have a visit with anyone that would come meet me at the resteraunt at YQT .  I will be there from 2:30 until 4:30. 

I would love to see you .

Snow day

We won't be going anywhere for a little while.  We got a prety solid dump of snow last night. But thats OK. 

I can relax knowing that the boys are back at it with the coal deliveries .  We have a working truck and coal deliveries to the farm have started up again. 

That means we can get back to delivering coal to families in need. 

Dema is a scocial worker with Luke Services International and today helped us get coal to those who need it most. 

Back on the farm in these cold days, the boys can keep themselves warm, and busy in the green house . 

 

Making Plans for the spring.

  Julie and I have purchased or flights back to Kyrgyzstan mid March until mid May.  Shortly after we arive, we are excited to have a team coming. They will help us to get the guest house open and the gardens ready to plant. 

We also love to take this time to connect with the community around us.  I thought I would post some of the possible events that we might be able to do this spring if the funding is available.  Each of these possible events is on a photo that you can download and print if you would like to choose an event and share it with your friends, family or maybe your church family .  Who ever it is, please help us to get the word out.  

You guys make it possible to do what we do. 

30 families need food .

I recieved a message from Vera last night.  This time of year is always so difficult for people .. as they come close to the end of winter, they often start to run out of food and coal .  She says that she has identified 30 families that are in need of food.  she is asking if we can please find her a sponsor for $500 USD.  

 We did have a donation come in for coal last night .. just $1500 to go to be able to order the coal for 17 more families in need . we are hoping to order the coal tomorrow .

The boys had the day off today so they went for a hike up to the waterfalls .