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Mujila Falls Agriculture Center Centre

Sharing God’s Blessings with God’s People

Betty Tshala, Lans and Tshala Mwengo
Text Box: Updated July, 2009 Welcome to our Web Site, I am very sorry for the several months that our webpage has been off line. It was a combination of my being in the U.S. for six months along with several technical failures on the part of my satellite service and hosting company. I have been back in Zambia since November of 2008 and am working to get things back on track. The world-wide financial crisis dealt a strong blow to our project in the way of very high prices and very poor exchange rates. These seem to have moderated in the past few months, but we were forced to sell most of our chickens and pigs in order to reduce our operating costs. Maize was in very short supply and prices went through the roof. While I was gone, Tshala was able to build a house for our project extensionist and liaison with local chiefs and Churches. His name in Lenox and he has been very helpful in getting out the the local villages and helping to start our first women’s club. Betty has started a feeding program for local children in need. In January we hosted the Conference Executive Committee. In February we hosted a six member VIM team from Wisconsin. They were very helpful in the areas of veterinary medicine, horticulture, construction, and outreach with our Mama Roxanne Day Care centre. We successfully planted about 35 hectares of crops this year including maize, soybeans, solwezi beans, black beans, and peanuts. We expanded our forage crops which consist of Guatemala Grass and Napier Costa Rica. We also expanded our improved pastures tripling our area dedicated to star grass. In March and April we participated in our Charge and District Conferences and along with Lenox, baptized 45 children at Kanyama UMC and led Holy Communion in Mwinilunga. May was dedicated to harvesting our many crops. We had a poor corn crop due to late planting and poor seed. Our peanut and bean harvests were good. We were able to chop all of our forage crop and to build a very large trench silo. The extra feed is keeping our cattle fat and milking. Work continues on my missionary house. We will be putting on the roof in a week or two. Work also continues on our water system for the project site. We are currently using diesel pumps to move water. We want to go to a more efficient RAM pump. Please watch for future updates. Your Servants in Christ, Paul, Tshala and Betty

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Contact us via E-Mail:

Paul Webster:  pwebster@wisconsinumc.org

Tshala Mwengo: tshalamwengo@wisconsinumc.org

                               tshalamwengo@yahoo.com

The Missionaries:

Serving the Lunda People of NW Zambia

“Where there are no oxen the manger is empty, But from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.”

                                                       Proverbs 14:4

Advance Special Numbers:

Mujila Falls Agriculture—–——-—–—15016A

Rural Health——————–———–—12793A

New Vehicle————————–———12796S

Vehicle Repair Fund————————15015A

Contact your local United Methodist Church for instructions on giving.  100% of gift goes to designated project here at Mujila Falls; tax deductible.

Rev. Paul L. Webster
Text Box: Mujla Falls Agriculture Centre is a project of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. More information can be gotten on GBGM by going to their website: www.gbgm-umc.org Text Box: Since our last update we have been featured by GBGM in their “Hallelujah Moments” bulletin insert program with a story on the orphan baby that has been receiving free milk from our project for the past year and a half. Also, we put out our first IPOD broadcast interview with the help of a professional radio reporter supplied by GBGM. Go to the GBGM Website to find those items. I was surprised to learn in January that pictures from our animal traction project were featured in a full-page article in the December issue of Small Farmer’s Journal. God has been good to us and has helped us to witness through many modern media innovations.

The first donkeys in the region are quickly showing their utility and economy.  Andre and Biston learn to drive as the donkeys learn to pull.