{"id":1386,"date":"2011-08-18T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2011-08-18T14:26:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T19:26:23","slug":"1386","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2011\/08\/1386\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful fields of corn in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the partnership between the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan (ECCS) and Community Covenant Church in Scotts Valley, CA these fields of corn are growing well in Malakal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1388\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/young-corn-up-close.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1388\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1388 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/young-corn-up-close.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/young-corn-up-close.jpg 635w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/young-corn-up-close-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young corn up close<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Community Covenant initiated an agricultural project with the ECCS several years ago and this is a beautiful result.  Yes, there have been some delays along the way including the need to fence the property, but through patience and persistence the corn is growing in Malakal.<\/p>\n<p>The ECCS comments on this project:  \u201cThe farm is progressing well with a lot of maize seedlings and has become one of the outstanding farms that the passengers who passed by the road use to call &#8221; the Malakal Governor&#8217;s farm,&#8221;  because it is the biggest farm in the area.  There are other ECCS farms in Maiwut and Akobo counties which are also cultivated by the same [Community Covenant] funds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1387\" style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/Matthew-Jock-in-corn-field.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1387\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1387 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/Matthew-Jock-in-corn-field.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/Matthew-Jock-in-corn-field.jpg 636w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/Matthew-Jock-in-corn-field-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Jock in Corn Field<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate your [CWR\u2019s] efforts and vigorous commitment and love to support the agriculture work in South Sudan. South Sudan is the youngest nation of the world with vast natural resources which were not utilized so far is one of the leading hungriest nations of the world. More than 75% of its total population live under $ 1 per day and the majority of the people of the war ravaged [country] live under single meal  per day. Therefore, this is the country that needs the efforts of all compassionates who should  do all their bests to save the marginalize and the poorest people who survive under such a dire situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Community Covenant for your commitment to Sudan.  Thank you ECCS for your diligent efforts in farming.  We pray that the seed would produce one hundred fold and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1386&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the partnership between the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan (ECCS) and Community Covenant Church in Scotts Valley, CA these fields of corn are growing well in Malakal. &nbsp; Community Covenant initiated an agricultural project with the ECCS several years ago and this is a beautiful result. 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