Changes

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Hector will be taking over and living on the farm property in Cantarranas... which as you can see in the picture, said house needs a lot of work before they can move in.  

We tried a young pastor in this position for many months this year, but it wasn't a good fit for him or the farm.  Plus he just got married and now lives 45 minutes away.  

We have changes come up.  I'm not alone in not being a fan of change, I don't seek change out, but over the years, I have embraced it when foisted upon me.  

The mission has some changes already happening, ones worthy of prayer.  

Gerardo (seen left with the first harvest in Sampedrana drying) will be taking over as farm manager in Sampedrana.  Carlos stepped down to handle things elsewhere for his family.​

There are upcoming changes still coming...
-There will be new staff in Las Botijas for the Milk Project (our director is leaving to attend church with her husband that just came to Christ through another church, and our cook needs to leave to care for her mother suffering from Alzheimer's.)
-We have a consult next week with a company that might be able to drill a well for us in Las Botijas (currently the water we have, when it works, comes from several miles away) which if it looks good could be expensive, but would be a huge improvement in every sense for everything on the campus there.  
-there are a couple clinic staff changes coming about as well
-prayerfully in the first quarter of 2024, another NGO will be helping us modernize and get our solar systems up to snuff for the clinic and apartment building to get our bill down, and provide battery backup power for the clinic during outages.  

Coffee ripening in Sampedrana above, first harvests up on the high farm.  

Coffee ripens at different times, even on the same branch.  The work here sometimes is the same.  There is pruning involved, fertilizing, hard work and prayer.  

There will be changes and things to come in 2024 we can't even see dawning on the horizon yet.  But we can be praying for those we already know, and those unknown, already, for grace, mercy, and strength through it all!