Thursday, 27 June 2013

Day 5: Visit to Mbirikani Farm and Ncurbi SHG Table banking

       Our day started again with breakfast before we saw one of our friendly wildlife creatures upside down...


    So after a long and very bumpy ride we found ourselves at Mbirikani site and we were able to compare and constrast the benefits of irrigation. 

     It is amazing to see God's work in the earth and how blessed the earth is. 
Sweet Potato flower, its amazing how the flower stayed white


The team headed into the land (Shamba)

To see all the beautiful blessing of God in the land it was quite inspiring one could get so lost and carried away in all the beauty...

      
Kienyeji Beans 

Papaya (Paw-paw) 


Pastor P thinking at the river side 


A farmer showing the girls the crops on the land 

Some peas and beans 

This beautiful flower is slightly dangerous its end has slightly toxic chemical  one feels itchy when they touch it




                                        
Mr Dickson, Mr Mugende and Mr Kanampiu with some bananas 






Failed irrigation system- the water was allowed to flow around to still try and get to the crops a little 

The team and the local farmers 

Wildlife in motion 

Pastor P modelling Fiona's jacket 



















 
                                        
                                                         
Our visit at the farm ended at the other site about 120 acres of land well irrigated  
  The girls admired the sunflower...


 

                               

                                           



 
Even the smallest plant was so beautiful, God took time to create many wonders... 
       After our day at the farm we visited our first table banking group Ncurbi SHG. 
    It was quite  amazing to see the works these small people where able to start regardless of their current condition, they pushed beyond all the boundaries and start, they are never too old to learn and do... 
Charles at work...
A record book


Uba and Pastor P addressed the members....



 
Table banking- Figuratively and Literally... 

     After the table banking meeting we stopped at the supermarket and bought some treats which we feasted on after dinner before we reflected on our day and had bible study.... 
The center in the evening 



                       

                                                  


The following was extracted from one of the diaries of a cloverleaf missionary: 

"So we visited a land today to road there was 'bumpa-to-bumpa sha'....  the land was so beautiful all that we were able to see the crops and domestic animals. They say irrigation strategy will work so there land can flourish. After we went to our first table banking meeting was great to see the small beginnings of the great things that are to come... In this Kenya they didn't have Mcvities they had Manji's instead NA WA oooooooo on the plus side Fanta is finally the colour I know it to be YAY!!!. I-Go voices composed their first song (Totally Sold out to you) and did a remix of one we learnt already from the church we went to on Sunday (Baraka zamungu)."

                                                   
 
Watch for all the videos from this day in I-Go the mission trip in video at the end of the blog updates. 



See you Later, Love and Blessing From 
I-Go 2013 


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