Karibu Sana Cannan Farm

Welcome back friends, to Cannan Farm!

On Sunday after we arrived to Uganda, we left Sera's house in Jinja and ventured on public transport to Kampala.  There we met up with our great friend Richard Angoma.  Richard and his wife Susan are the directors of Canaan Farm.  With Richard, we drove to Entebbe to pick up the Yobel International team.  

After we picked up the team, we began the long haul trip to Canaan farm. In ideal conditions, this trip takes 4.5 hours, but on this particular day it took closer to 7.  But after much anticipation, we made it to the farm!

The next morning we awoke and were amazed at the changes to the farm since the last time we were here (3 years ago).  The main compound area now has electricity provided by multiple solar panels, and the bathrooms and kitchen have running water thanks to a new bore hole and solar powered pump up to a holding tank.  Even though we were in the village, it honestly felt like we had moved into a rural African resort! The rest of the team may have thought otherwise, but for us this was definitely a large step up from last time.

After a day of seeing the farm and catching up with old friends, we began preparing for the business training.  The training was designed by a ministry from South Africa called Paradigm Shift.  PS's head director Jedd Schroy came up from South Africa to join us in the training.  Jedd was a great guy to get to and I (christian) am thankful he was there given that I thought I was going to be the only guy on the team! 

We took all day Monday catching up with people and preparing our training sessions.  The plan was to give the course to 50 people. On Tuesday morning during the welcome time, the room had 102 participants eager and ready to learn!  Jedd and the Yobel team did not have the heart to turn anyone away so we all took a deep breath and moved forward.  

We will post in a few days about the details of the training and the remainder of our time at Canaan Farm.  Also, when we get back to the states, we will be able to post pictures as well.  

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