Ng'ang'ange - Roseville Lutheran, Roseville, MN

2009 CVP
2nd visit, October 1, 2009

Village
Ng’ang’ange
Pastors
Simon Peter Msula
Companion
Roseville Lutheran, Roseville
Attendees
18

This parish had larger turn out of women (10 out of 18 attendees). The Pastor started talking to the audience. He talked about the value of time, telling them to keep track of time and they will get their work done. We introduced ourselves. Don delivered the greetings from USA. We distributed the handouts to all.
Review
Handouts quickly reviewed:
· DIRA – Institute of agriculture agreement
· CVP plot management FAQs
· CVP Plot record of events
Demonstrations:
· It was demonstrated how to measure an acre using actual length measurements (63.5m by 63.5m) instead of using pacing (70 by 70)
· We made 1m stick and give them to use for measuring their fields
· The Rain gauge and a recording sheet were given to Pastor and instructed them how to use it.
With them we measured a 0.5 acre adjacent their church. They have church farm that is not able to be reached by vehicle, and the second half acre will be there. The plot at the church is the newly cleared. It had big piles of grass and thorn bushes. After some discussion it was decided they will pile the largest portion of brush and grass and burn it in one or two points. However they should not burn everything leave the land uncovered after that. We thanked them for the hard work they did, however we told them we were not happy because most of the work was done by women! The Pastor gave us a bag of corn to deriver to the Kidabaga’s pastor.