Everything is a buzz on Project Canaan (pardon the upcoming pun)

 

Spencer is on an airplane coming home for Christmas! I am still in shock that this was possible, and equally saddened that Chloe is not able to come (quarantine restrictions won’t allow it). During the last eight months we all just assumed that Christmas travel would not be possible, but then it was! And our boy is coming home. I simply can’t tell you how happy that makes us, and the children are so excited to see their big brother.

 

This week we opened our first “flow hives” in our apiary (a location where bee hives are kept) on the farm. What is that you ask? According to www.honeyflow.com “The Flow system is a whole new way of extracting honey from Langstroth-style European honeybee hives. The bees fill the honey cells and cap them off. When you insert the Flow Key and split the honey cells, gravity does the rest of the work, and the honey simply flows into the trough, through the tube and into your jar.”

 

Now Project Canaan really will be a land flowing with milk and honey (and abuzz!), and we will be able to provide our children with fresh honey and also sell it in our gift shop.

We have been working diligently on our tourism program for 2021 and the focus of the tours will be showing people the laying barns, dairy, greenhouse and the new apiary will be a highlight of the tour.  The goal is to inspire and educate people in the field of agriculture as well as display how our woodworking and bead craft is helping us work toward our goal of sustainability. We recently learned that 70% of all tourists coming to Eswatini are from neighboring South Africa and 10% from Mozambique, so we want to be ready to welcome people back to Eswatini when the time is right. Meanwhile we will be able to host local visitors (and hopefully schools and students) who want to come and learn about what is happening right here in the Kingdom of Eswatini!

 

2020 has been a year of complexity, challenge, blessing and favor and for that we give thanks to the One who has been with us at every step. Now we need to finish the year well and I am inviting you to join us in giving thanks by making a year-end gift that will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $175,000! Please help us feed hungry children, care for orphans, alleviate poverty and educate the next generation of leaders.

 

Make a year-end gift in Canada:   http://www.heartforafrica.ca/2020yegivingca/

 

Make a year-end gift in the U.S.:  http://bit.ly/2020YEGivingUS

 

This is our toddler named Treasure. Isn't  she just the cutest  little girl!?

Live from Eswatini  … doing the happy dance.

Janine