Tuesday, April 30, 2019


     The 2019 Growing season is just beginning in the Prairies… Snow last September and this April makes for a very short opportunity for farmers to gear up and seed the crop, nurture it to maturity and harvest it before the next snow falls !   Almost every year that miracle happens somehow!   God’s system of multiplication of seed that enables the feeding of the World keeps on ticking !   
     We are once again banding together as real farmers and Virtual farmers in Canada to produce a crop that not only multiplies in Canada but also in Ethiopia !   If you as an individual or church or church or camp group has a heart for people in need in Ethiopia you are encouraged to sponsor some of the production costs of our real Kernels of Hope farmers.     Farmers like the Borley’s  and MacDonald’s of Minnedosa , the Van Burgsteden’s  of Melfort, the VanHeyst’s and Marvin’s of Brandon , the Nelson’s and Lindgren’s of Norquay and more have committed to setting aside some land for the 2019 project.   We couldn’t do this without these generous people sharing their skills and resources and doing the real work !
     The crops and money that result from Harvest go through  Kernels of Hope to the ECCC and then to the Tearfund Canada ( formerly World Relief Canada ) account at the Canadian Food Grains Bank.  This partnership allows the funding to also get matching funding from the Canadian Government !    Tearfund coordinates the project in the Wolaita Zone of Ethiopia and works through local church partners there that are a part of Terepeza Development Association.   We are able to use the churches there to show people how to adapt their farming techniques and use Economic Development – Self Help Groups to increase their production and marketing to better their lives and their families lives for more than one generation!   Tearfund works with national church relief and development arms and local churches giving sustainable solutions to poverty.
     Please check the websites  Tearfund Canada, CFGB, ECCC   to see if this is something you can help with this year !   If you have ideas or questions please contact me at raybaloun@hotmail.com       

  Grow with us in 2019 !